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Music Library, Totem Broadcasters, Seattle, circa 1925
KJR in Seattle, begun by amateur radio operator Vincent I. Kraft in 1921, was the first radio station to be licensed in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly thereafter, in 1924, radio station KOMO began as KFQX operated by the American Radio and Telephone Company, under the ownership of Roy Olmstead (1886-1966) and Alfred M. Hubbard. In 1926 KOMO was relaunched under Birt F.…
ID Number:1954.745.9.13
Date:Circa 1925
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Master control room, Totem Broadcasters, Seattle, circa 1925
KJR in Seattle, begun by amateur radio operator Vincent I. Kraft in 1921, was the first radio station to be licensed in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly thereafter, radio station KOMO began as KFQX in 1924, operated by the American Radio and Telephone Company, under the ownership of Roy Olmstead (1886-1966) and Alfred M. Hubbard. In 1926 KOMO was relaunched under Birt F.…
ID Number:1954.745.9.15
Date:Circa 1925
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Naval Training Station barracks on University of Washington campus, Seattle, October 1, 1918
This image of the construction of the temporary Naval Training Station on University of Washington campus, showing finished barracks, was taken on October 1, 1918. The training camp was active from August 1, 1917 to 1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students and graduates from University of Washington, Washington State College, and Oregon colleges, were trained for both…
ID Number:1955.970.500.8.3
Date:1918
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Dexter Horton building during construction, Seattle, April 16, 1924
This image of the Dexter Horton Building in Seattle was taken during construction on April 16, 1924. When it opened the following year, the 15-story building at Second Avenue and Cherry Street, was one of the largest office buildings in the country at 328,000 square feet. A protected historic landmark since 1993, the building was named for Pioneer Dexter Horton,…
ID Number:1955.970.500.35.1
Date:1924
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Dexter Horton building under construction, Seattle, January 24, 1923
This image of the Dexter Horton Building in Seattle was taken during construction on January 24, 1923. When it opened the following year, the 15-story building at Second Avenue and Cherry Street, was one of the largest office buildings in the country at 328,000 square feet. A protected historic landmark since 1993, the building was named for Pioneer Dexter Horton,…
ID Number:1955.970.500.35.2
Date:1923
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Wilsonian Apartment Hotel lobby, Seattle, December 1923
This image of the lobby of the Wilsonian Apartment Hotel in Seattle was likely taken just after the opening on November 26, 1923, in December 1923. The Wilsonian, located in Seattle's University District on the northeast corner of University Way NE and NE 47th Street, was the crowning achievement of real-estate developers Corinne Simpson Wilson (1867-1929) and her husband and…
ID Number:1955.970.500.36.1
Date:1923
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Dormitory at Seattle Children's Home, circa 1938
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:1960.1876.2
Date:Circa 1938
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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
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Wee Coyle greeting General Leonard Wood on Wenatchee, Seattle, April 9, 1921
Legendary local athlete William Jennings "Wee" Coyle (1888-1977) was raised in Seattle and attended Seattle High School (later Broadway High School) and the University of Washington. Wee served in both WWI and WWII, and was the first commander of the American Legion Post No. 1. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Washington state under Louis F. Hart, serving from 1921…
ID Number:1962.2560.16
Date:1921
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Architects and others with model of U.S. Science Pavilion, Seattle World's Fair, circa 1961
"Looking at the U.S. Science Pavilion model, from left to right: Mr. William Ku, Assistant to Mr. Yamasaki; Mr. Perry B. Johanson, Architect of the firm of Naramore, Bain, Brady & Johanson; Mr. Philip M. Evans, Commission, U.S. Science Exhibit; Mr. Francis D. Miller, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Science Exhibit; and Mr. Minoru Yamasaki, Architect. The Federal Science Pavilion is part…
ID Number:1965.3598.9.54
Date:Circa 1961