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Image of Portrait of David Denny, Seattle, circa 1890
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Portrait of David Denny, Seattle, circa 1890

David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) was the first member of the Denny Party (led by his older brother Arthur) to arrive in the future city of Seattle in 1851. He staked a claim to the future site of Seattle Center and in 1853 married fellow pioneer Louisa Boren (1827-1916). Denny pursued a diverse career as a community leader, capitalist, streetcar operator,…
ID Number:1952.986.47
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Dining room at Seattle Children's Home, circa 1941
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Dining room at Seattle Children's Home, circa 1941

The Ladies' Relief Society, Seattle's oldest charity, was begun in April 1884 to aid orphaned children. With the donation of two lots from David Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916), the society opened their first location, a house at Fourth Avenue and Harrison Street. On April 13, 1905, the society opened a new, larger building on Queen Anne Hill…
ID Number:1960.1876.3
Date:Circa 1941
Image of Invitation to Denny School program, February 20, 1903
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Invitation to Denny School program, February 20, 1903

Seattle was a fast-growing community in the 1880s and an elementary school was needed to serve the families in Seattle's north end (now the Belltown neighborhood). In 1884 the school board opened a two-story wooden building adorned with a bell tower located at Battery Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. They named the new school Denny School in honor…
ID Number:1970.4875.1
Date:1903
Image of Day, Latimer, & Wood business card, circa 1885
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Day, Latimer, & Wood business card, circa 1885

Benjamin Franklin Day (1834-1904) was born in Ohio and came to Seattle in 1880, buying a 160-acre farm north of Lake Union in what is now the Fremont neighborhood. A real estate speculator and investor, Mr. Day is remembered for having donated money in 1889, then land in 1891, to the Seattle School District. In 1892, the district built and…
ID Number:1974.5903.58
Date:Circa 1885
Image of Lillie Pauline White teaching certificate, King County, August 29, 1896
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Lillie Pauline White teaching certificate, King County, August 29, 1896

Lillie Pauline White (1858-1944) was a teacher in Washington until 1922, when she retired after 34 years of service. She taught at Denny School, the South School, Rainier School, and Jefferson School, among others. Ms. White was well-regarded and remembered in the Seattle community even after her retirement. In 1935 she was nominated by former pupils as Seattle's "Grand Old…
ID Number:1976.6362.230
Date:1896
Image of Portrait of John and Carrie Denny, Portland, circa 1887
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Portrait of John and Carrie Denny, Portland, circa 1887

John Bunyan Denny (1862-1913) was the eldest son of early Seattle settlers David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916). John attended Willamette University law school in Portland, and in 1887 married Carrie V. Palmer (1853-1891), daughter of Rocelia A. Palmer and Alfred Lee Palmer (1835-1914), a prominent Seattle lawyer and real estate investor. Carrie was born in Iowa…
ID Number:1980.6891.14
Date:Circa 1887
Image of Reunion of students and teachers of Denny School, Seattle, June 24, 1928
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Reunion of students and teachers of Denny School, Seattle, June 24, 1928

Seattle grew fast in the 1880s. Denny School was overcrowded from the day it opened in 1884 in what was then Seattle's north end. Two wings were soon added to hold additional classrooms. The west wing was torn down in 1911 when part of Denny Hill was regraded. Classes continued in the rest of the building until 1928, when it…
ID Number:1980.7039.2
Date:1928
Image of Observatory and telescope at the University of Washington, October 19, 1919
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Observatory and telescope at the University of Washington, October 19, 1919

Beginning in 1895, students and faculty at the University of Washington could study the stars in the school's new observatory. It was the third building completed on the present campus, and was built from stone left over from Denny Hall. The telescope had been moved from the university's downtown location.In this photo, a student looks through the telescope in the…
ID Number:1983.10.1698.1
Date:1919
Image of Sacred Heart Church convent, Seattle, circa 1928
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Sacred Heart Church convent, Seattle, circa 1928

Sacred Heart Church was the second Catholic church to be built in Seattle, assembled from materials left after the 1889 fire at Sixth and Bell Street. That first church burned in 1899 and was rebuilt by 1901. In 1928, Sacred Heart became a victim of the Denny regrade project. This building is the convent. The bell tower of the Denny…
ID Number:1983.10.3565.1
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Lincoln Park baseball, circa 1915
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Lincoln Park baseball, circa 1915

In 1900, Seattle's original Lincoln Playfield was built on Eleventh Avenue East between Pine Street and Denny Way. The popular baseball field was located south of the reservoir, near Broadway High School. By 1908, the park board reported that neighbors had started to complain about the players' bad language and "undesirable loafing."This photo shows a crowd of fans watching a…
ID Number:1983.10.8628.2
Date:Circa 1915
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