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Image of Sourdough Club on ship
Photograph

Sourdough Club on ship "Portland" during Golden Potlatch, Seattle, July 17, 1912

The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. The appropriation of culture in order to market products or events is a common example of discrimination and marginalization faced by Indigenous peoples in the United States. In…
ID Number:1954.776.1
Date:1912
Image of Real Estate Association officers, Seattle, 1908
Photograph

Real Estate Association officers, Seattle, 1908

This image show the 1908 officers of the Seattle Real Estate Association. The individuals are identified as: Standing, from left, George B. Littlefield; [unreadable]; Frank E. Case. Sitting, from left, Robert C. Erskine; George W. Dilling; Robert W. Hill. The photo is part of a photo album created by Robert C. Erskine. Robert Chase Erskine (1876-1971) came to Seattle in…
ID Number:1971.5202.34
Date:1908
Image of U.S. Post office employees in front of Riverton Heights Branch, Seattle, June 7, 1956
Photograph

U.S. Post office employees in front of Riverton Heights Branch, Seattle, June 7, 1956

The first United States Post Office in Seattle--and the first in King County--opened in 1853 in pioneer Arthur Armstrong Denny's (1822-1899) log cabin home on Front Street (now First Avenue) and Marion Street, with Denny named the first postmaster. Previously, all mail for Seattle and Alki was delivered once a week by canoe from Olympia. The Seattle Post Office lacked…
ID Number:1972.5319.55
Date:1956
Image of Car going through giant cedar stump, circa 1950
Postcard

Car going through giant cedar stump, circa 1950

By about 1950, when this photographic postcard was probably made, the few remaining stumps of western Washington's gigantic trees existed only as curiosities -- something to marvel at or, in this case, drive through.This postcard image shows a car driving through a gigantic western red cedar stump at Arlington, Washington. The sign above the hole in the tree tells visitors…
ID Number:1975.5998.10
Date:Circa 1950
Image of Street clock in front of B.L. Gates jeweler, Seattle, circa 1914
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Street clock in front of B.L. Gates jeweler, Seattle, circa 1914

This street clock was located in front of B.L. Gates jewelers location at 1326 Second Avenue in the Estabrook Building, which was on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Union Street. Photographer's Reference Number: 225According to a court case between Hutchinson and Gates, the jeweler leased this building from June 1912 to February 1915.
ID Number:1980.6877.5.48
Date:Circa 1914
Image of Stetson-Ross Machine Works equipment, Seattle, circa 1921
Photograph

Stetson-Ross Machine Works equipment, Seattle, circa 1921

The firm of Webster & Stevens was often hired to take pictures for Seattle businesses and industries. In this case, their client was the Stetson-Ross Machine Works. This photo shows a Stetson-Ross machine used for an unidentified purpose. Handwritten on sleeve: Stetson Ross Machine Co.Photographer's Reference Number: 85700
ID Number:1983.10.2207.4
Date:Circa 1921
Image of Carnation Milk advertisements at Moore's, circa 1919
Photograph

Carnation Milk advertisements at Moore's, circa 1919

A small evaporated milk company which opened in Kent in 1899 grew to become the nationally known Carnation Company. Canned milk had a small market at first, but was soon accepted by hungry babies and gold-rush miners alike. By 1926, the company had six Seattle-area dairies and six local evaporated milk plants, plus 24 evaporated milk plants elsewhere in the…
ID Number:1983.10.2432.2
Date:Circa 1919
Image of Moving the totem pole, Pioneer Square, Seattle, circa 1923
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Moving the totem pole, Pioneer Square, Seattle, circa 1923

This Tlingit totem was carved around 1870 to honor a high-ranking tribal woman named Aanséet. The pole was named Naas-shagee-yéil and it was placed in Aanséet's village on Tongass Island on the Alaska coast. In 1899, a group of leading Seattle businessmen on a goodwill tour of southeastern Alaska stole the totem and brought it back to Pioneer Square. The…
ID Number:1983.10.2537.1
Date:circa 1923
Image of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) fountain, Seattle, circa 1925
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Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) fountain, Seattle, circa 1925

In 1905 22-year-old Seattle sculptor James A. Wehn applied for and eventually won the commission of a local improvement fund to design a fountain and statue at the corner of Denny Way, Cedar Street and Fifth Avenue. His copper statue of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) at Tilikum Place was unveiled on Founders Day, November 13, 1912, by the Chief's great-great-granddaughter…
ID Number:1983.10.3080.5
Date:circa 1925
Image of Ship knees produced by a planing machine at a Seattle shipyard , circa 1910
Photograph

Ship knees produced by a planing machine at a Seattle shipyard , circa 1910

The firm of Webster & Stevens was often hired to take pictures for Seattle businesses and industries. In this case, their client was the Stetson-Ross Machine Works. In this photo, taken around 1910, a Stetson-Ross planing machine is smoothing ship knees for wooden ships. Ship knees were braces made from the bases of tree trunks and used to connect and…
ID Number:1983.10.5961
Date:Circa 1910
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