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Image of Map of the City of Seattle, King County, Washington Territory, 1887
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Map of the City of Seattle, King County, Washington Territory, 1887

R. H. (Reginald Heber) Thomson (1856-1949) was Seattle City Engineer from 1892 until 1911 and instrumental in reshaping the landscape of Seattle. Thomson was born in Hanover, Indiana, and worked as a surveyor there before heading west with his father to Oakland, California. In 1881, Thomson arrived in Seattle and soon after partnered with F. H. (Frederick Harrison) Whitworth (1846-1933),…
ID Number:1952.986.57.3
Date:1887
Image of Seattle High School Class of 1901
Photograph

Seattle High School Class of 1901

As the population of Seattle grew, so did the city's schools. The first school was called "Central School," a name that was applied to several different buildings as the original building was outgrown and a subsequent building burned down. In 1900, the older students of Seattle would have attended Seattle High School, located on the third floor of a building…
ID Number:1961.2387.1
Date:1901
Image of The Potlatch Bug: A Ragtime Song of the Golden Potlatch
Music, notated

The Potlatch Bug: A Ragtime Song of the Golden Potlatch

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. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon;" Elttaes" is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:1963.3018.3
Date:1912
Image of Rialto block, 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903
Photograph

Rialto block, 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903

The Rialto Building (also called Rialto Block), seen here looking north on Second Avenue from Madison Street, was designed in 1893, by architects James N. Corner and Warren Porter Skillings. Over the years the building housed a number of important tenants, including the Seattle Public Library from 1896-1899, and Frederick & Nelson department store from 1897-1918. The building is no…
ID Number:1972.5346.32
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Blanche Owen, Seattle, 1931
Photograph

Blanche Owen, Seattle, 1931

Blanche Owen was the wife of Henry B. Owen, who is listed as General Superintendent for Frederick & Nelson department store in the Seattle City Directory.This portrait of Owen is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She…
ID Number:1974.5923.59
Date:1931
Image of Blanche and Henry B. Owen, Seattle, 1931
Photograph

Blanche and Henry B. Owen, Seattle, 1931

Henry B. Owen is listed as General Superintendent, Frederick & Nelson in the Seattle City Directory. Here, he is shown with his wife Blanche in a photo that is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers.Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her…
ID Number:1974.5923.60
Date:1931
Image of Frederick & Nelson interior, Seattle, circa 1925
Photograph

Frederick & Nelson interior, Seattle, circa 1925

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century, but closed in the 1990s.This interiror photo is part of a…
ID Number:1974.5923.306
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Frederick & Nelson interior, Seattle, circa 1925
Photograph

Frederick & Nelson interior, Seattle, circa 1925

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century, but it closed in the 1990s.This interior photo is part of…
ID Number:1974.5923.308
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Aerial of Hollywood Chicken Farm, Woodinville, 1940
Photograph

Aerial of Hollywood Chicken Farm, Woodinville, 1940

Hollywood Farm, in Woodinville, was built by the Frederick Stimson family. They used it as a weekend retreat and summer home. Milk and cream from the farm's prize-winning Holstein dairy herd was sent to Seattle by railroad. Seattleites visited by train and bought cream, ice cream, and sausages at the farm's ice cream parlor.This aerial photo is part of a…
ID Number:1974.5923.361.1
Date:1940
Image of Aerial of Hollywood Chicken Farm, Woodinville, 1940
Photograph

Aerial of Hollywood Chicken Farm, Woodinville, 1940

Hollywood Farm, in Woodinville, was built by the Frederick Stimson family. They used it as a weekend retreat and summer home. Milk and cream from the farm's prize-winning Holstein dairy herd was sent to Seattle by railroad. Seattleites visited by train and bought cream, ice cream, and sausages at the farm's ice cream parlor.This aerial photo is part of a…
ID Number:1974.5923.361.3
Date:1940
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