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Image of Unveiling of Boeing's new 707 jet, Renton, 1954
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Unveiling of Boeing's new 707 jet, Renton, 1954

On May 14, 1954, Boeing officially rolled out the Dash 80, the prototype of the company's 707 jet transport. Thousands of Boeing employees and guests gathered at the Renton plant and watched Bertha Boeing, wife of the company's founder, christen the brown, yellow and silver plane with champagne. The Boeing Company gambled that airlines would want to switch to jet…
ID Number:1986.5.188.1
Date:1954
Image of The first showing of Boeing's new 707 jet, Renton, Washington, 1954
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The first showing of Boeing's new 707 jet, Renton, Washington, 1954

On May 14, 1954, Boeing officially rolled out the Dash 80, the prototype of the company's 707 jet transport. Thousands of Boeing employees and guests gathered at the Renton plant to watch Bertha Boeing, wife of the company's founder, christen the brown, yellow and silver plane with champagne. The Boeing Company gambled that airlines would want to switch to jet…
ID Number:1986.5.1344.1
Date:1954
Image of Lucille Engdahl working with deaf children, University of Washington Speech Clinic, Seattle, 1939
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Lucille Engdahl working with deaf children, University of Washington Speech Clinic, Seattle, 1939

Using new techniques, the hard-of-hearing section of the University of Washington speech clinic began training three deaf children how to talk. Instructors speak into an amplification device placed against the patient's ear to convey that sound exists and has meaning. Graduate student Lucille Engdahl also showed the children how to shape their mouths and by touching their throats how to…
ID Number:1986.5.2055.1
Date:1939
Image of Machine shop, Isaacson Iron Works, Seattle, 1943
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Machine shop, Isaacson Iron Works, Seattle, 1943

In 1907, John Isaacson established a small blacksmith shop called Isaacson Iron Works. During World War II, Isaacson Steel incorporated the Jorgensen Steel forging operations and was an integral supplier of iron products for West Coast Naval shipyards, including forged and machined ship shafting. Isaacson Iron Works was in operation from 1907 until 1983. Written on sleeve: INDUSTRIES, Isaacson Iron…
ID Number:1986.5.4446.1
Date:1943
Image of Molten metal being poured into a crucible at Isaacson Iron Works, Seattle, 1943
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Molten metal being poured into a crucible at Isaacson Iron Works, Seattle, 1943

In 1907, John Isaacson established a small blacksmith shop called Isaacson Iron Works. During World War II, Isaacson Steel incorporated the Jorgensen Steel forging operations and was an integral supplier of iron products for West Coast Naval shipyards, including forged and machined ship shafting. Isaacson Iron Works was in operation from 1907 until 1983. Written on sleeve: INDUSTRIES, Isaacson Iron…
ID Number:1986.5.4446.2
Date:1943
Image of Ship shafts at Isaacson Iron Works, Seattle, 1943
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Ship shafts at Isaacson Iron Works, Seattle, 1943

In 1907, John Isaacson established a small blacksmith shop called Isaacson Iron Works. During World War II, Isaacson Steel incorporated the Jorgensen Steel forging operations and was an integral supplier of iron products for West Coast Naval shipyards, including forged and machined ship shafting. Isaacson Iron Works was in operation from 1907 until 1983. Written on sleeve: INDUSTRIES, Isaacson Iron…
ID Number:1986.5.4446.3
Date:1943
Image of Ship shaft production line at Isaacson Iron Works, Seattle, 1943
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Ship shaft production line at Isaacson Iron Works, Seattle, 1943

In 1907, John Isaacson established a small blacksmith shop called Isaacson Iron Works. During World War II, Isaacson Steel incorporated the Jorgensen Steel forging operations and was an integral supplier of iron products for West Coast Naval shipyards, including forged and machined ship shafting. Isaacson Iron Works was in operation from 1907 until 1983. Written on sleeve: INDUSTRIES, Isaacson Iron…
ID Number:1986.5.4446.4
Date:1943
Image of Event at Isaacson Iron Works, Seattle, 1943
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Event at Isaacson Iron Works, Seattle, 1943

In 1907, John Isaacson established a small blacksmith shop called Isaacson Iron Works. During World War II, Isaacson Steel incorporated the Jorgensen Steel forging operations and was an integral supplier of iron products for West Coast Naval shipyards, including forged and machined ship shafting. Isaacson Iron Works was in operation from 1907 until 1983. Written on sleeve: INDUSTRIES, Isaacson Iron…
ID Number:1986.5.4446.5
Date:1943
Image of Children playing at Seattle Children's Home, November 1946
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Children playing at Seattle Children's Home, November 1946

Seattle's oldest charity, the Seattle Children's Home originated as the Ladies' Relief Society in April 1884 to aid orphaned children. In the 1930s, the home shifted its emphasis from orphans to troubled children. Beginning in the 1980s, it provided comprehensive treatment and services to troubled youth. In 2012, Seattle Children’s Home merged with Navos, one of the largest providers of…
ID Number:1986.5.7818.1
Date:1946
Image of Capeloto brothers unloading fruit at market, Seattle, November 4, 1948
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Capeloto brothers unloading fruit at market, Seattle, November 4, 1948

Louis, Joseph, and Salvo Capeloto were three of the nine children of Moisin "Morris" and Behora "Dora" Capeloto. The Jewish family immigrated together from Rhodes to Washington State in 1912, around the time that Italy seized Rhodes from Turkey during the Italo-Turkish War, a significant precursor of the First World War.In this image the three Capeloto brothers pose in the…
ID Number:1986.5.9812.1
Date:1948
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