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Image of Workers at Ames Drydock, Seattle, circa 1920
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Workers at Ames Drydock, Seattle, circa 1920

St. Louis native Edgar Ames (1868-1944) moved to Seattle from Chicago in 1895 and in 1916 founded the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Seattle. The modern plant he built on Harbor Island covered 20 acres and included a floating drydock. During World War I the yard produced 25 steel tankers and cargo steamships for the U.S. Shipping Board, and…
ID Number:1981.7286.1
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Campaign posters at Duthie shipyard, Seattle, June 26, 1918
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Campaign posters at Duthie shipyard, Seattle, June 26, 1918

John Frederick Duthie (1876-1945) was born in England and immigrated to the U. S. about 1887 with his parents and siblings. Around 1899 he moved to Seattle with his wife and the following year he opened a small shipyard, J. F. Duthie & Company, on land leased from the Port of Seattle, located on the Duwamish River's East Waterway, just…
ID Number:2001.67.3
Date:1918
Image of Employees working at Duthie shipyard, Seattle, October 18, 1918
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Employees working at Duthie shipyard, Seattle, October 18, 1918

John Frederick Duthie (1876-1945) was born in England and immigrated to the U. S. about 1887 with his parents and siblings. Around 1899 he moved to Seattle with his wife, and the following year he opened a small shipyard, J. F. Duthie & Company, on land leased from the Port of Seattle, located on the Duwamish River's East Waterway, just…
ID Number:2001.67.6
Date:1918

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