63 results for: Pacific Car
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Portrait of Mary Hadley Fletcher, mother of Harriet Foster Beecher, circa 1910
Mary Hadley Fletcher (1834-1922) was the mother of artist Harriet Foster Beecher and lived with Harriet and her family in Port Townsend. This photo of Fletcher, with a cat on her lap, was taken sometime before her daughter's death in 1915, as a corresponding photo of Harriet in the same location and pose, published in the book cited below, was…
ID Number:1953.303.b
Date:Circa 1910
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James J. Hill seated in automobile, Seattle, circa 1909
Canadian-American railroad executive James Jerome Hill (1838-1916), nicknamed the "Empire Builder," was perhaps more significant to the framing of the empire of the Pacific Northwest than any other individual. He built the Great Northern Railroad and also controlled the Northern Pacific and Burlington railroads. Mr. Hill's decisions about rail routes and station stops had the power to turn fledging communities…
ID Number:1956.1029.1
Date:Circa 1909
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William O. McKay, Broadway High School Football Player, Seattle, 1907
Broadway High School athlete William O. "Bill" McKay was a football teammate of Wee Coyle. The William Jennings "Wee" Coyle collection chronicles Coyle's sports career and teammates starting in high school and on through college, as well as his later career as Lieutenant Governor of Washington State.William O. "Bill" McKay (1887-1956) attended the University of Washington, but left before graduating…
ID Number:1960.1821.12
Date:1907
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Main entrance gate with car outside, looking northeast, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
This photograph shows the view through the main entrance gate into the Exposition. The George Washington statue is just visible through the right arch, with the U.S. Government building behind. Embossed on mount: HarwoodCaption on image: Main Gate of A.Y.P
ID Number:1974.5868.0
Date:1909
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Paul and Theiline M. Pigott with children, circa 1930
In 1934, Paul Pigott bought back the Pacific Car and Foundry Company, a rail car manufacturing business his father originally started in 1905 but sold to American Car Co. in 1924. He rebuilt the Seattle company with 125 employees into one of the top industrial corporations in the U.S. Under the leadership of his son, Charles M. Pigott, Pacific Car…
ID Number:1974.5923.376
Date:Circa 1930
Postcard
Car going through giant cedar stump, circa 1950
By about 1950, when this photographic postcard was probably made, the few remaining stumps of western Washington's gigantic trees existed only as curiosities -- something to marvel at or, in this case, drive through.This postcard image shows a car driving through a gigantic western red cedar stump at Arlington, Washington. The sign above the hole in the tree tells visitors…
ID Number:1975.5998.10
Date:Circa 1950
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Alaska Steamship Company at Piers 1 and 2, Seattle, circa 1898
The Alaska Steamship Company was formed in 1894, initially to ship passengers and fishing products between Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. In 1896 gold was discovered on the banks of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory, triggering a stampede of prospectors into Seattle and an era of prosperity that lasted for more than a decade. The Alaska Steamship Company…
ID Number:1978.6603.1
Date:Circa 1898
Ephemera
Steamship Indianapolis ticket, circa 1906
The steamship Indianapolis was one of two ships used in the Seattle to Tacoma steamship passenger service. After a year working on the Great Lakes, the ship was sold to the Puget Sound Navigation Company in October 1905 and began running as part of the mosquito fleet in April 1906. The Indianapolis was a passenger transport from 1906 to 1938,…
ID Number:1980.6924.6
Date:Circa 1906
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Train of Tomorrow at Union Station, Seattle, 1950
The Train of Tomorrow was a four-car American demonstrator train built as a collaboration between General Motors (GM) and Pullman-Standard between 1945 and 1947. It was the first new train to consist entirely of dome cars, or "Astra-Domes," as well as other features such as tri-level seating and sleeping accommodations. After being christened at a dedication ceremony in Chicago on…
ID Number:1981.7392.11.18
Date:1950
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Seattle waterfront near the Canadian Pacific dock, circa 1925
Starting in the late 19th century, trade with Asia grew to be an important part of Seattle's economy. By the 1920s the waterfront was crowded with piers, railroad tracks, and warehouses. A roadway had been built to keep the increasing car traffic away from the busy railroad tracks. This photo, taken in the 1920s near the Canadian Pacific dock, shows…
ID Number:1983.10.459
Date:Circa 1925