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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
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Kilbourne & Clark employees posing in front of factory, Seattle, June 1922
Kilbourne & Clark Manufacturing Co. was a firm founded in 1899 by electrical engineer Walter Gordon Clark (1876-1950) and dentist-turned-promoter of electric power utilities Edward Corliss Kilbourne (1856-1959). Initially established to sell electrical machinery and supplies, the firm scored a long string of successes in making and marketing early radio equipment for the U. S. Navy, shipping, and broadcast receivers.In…
ID Number:1969.4571.1
Date:1922
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Seattle from Pike Street and Second Avenue, 1878
By 1878, Seattle had over 2,000 residents. Shown here is the area bounded by Pike and Union Streets and Second and Third Streets (now Avenues), some distance north of the town's active lumber mill and commercial district. The large building in the upper left is the Territorial University, founded in 1861. Only a few of the area's big trees remain…
ID Number:1971.5202.19
Date:1878
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U.S. Post office employees in front of Broadway Station, Seattle, August 13, 1935
The first United States Post Office in Seattle--and the first in King County--opened in 1853 in pioneer Arthur Armstrong Denny's (1822-1899) log cabin home on Front Street (now First Avenue) and Marion Street, with Denny named the first postmaster. Previously, all mail for Seattle and Alki was delivered once a week by canoe from Olympia. The Seattle Post Office lacked…
ID Number:1972.5319.44
Date:1935
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Postmaster and employees in front of Federal Building, Seattle September 19, 1935
The first United States Post Office in Seattle--and the first in King County--opened in 1853 in pioneer Arthur Armstrong Denny's (1822-1899) log cabin home on Front Street (now First Avenue) and Marion Street, with Denny named the first postmaster. Previously, all mail for Seattle and Alki was delivered once a week by canoe from Olympia. The Seattle Post Office lacked…
ID Number:1972.5319.50
Date:1935
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Masonic Building, 2nd Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1903
This building was located on the northeast corner of 2nd Avenue and Pike Street in Seattle. St. John's Lodge operated a Masonic Temple here from about 1892-1899. The building is no longer standing. Business in image: Eastern College of Painless Dentistry; People's Savings Bank; Phillips Shoes; Dr. Janson; Peterson's Dry GoodsSigns in image: Socialist Labor PartyThis photograph is part of…
ID Number:1972.5346.19
Date:Circa 1903
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Hotel Ramona, 1st Ave. and Seneca St., Seattle, circa 1903
The Hotel Ramona, shown here on the northeast corner of First Avenue and Seneca Street, catered to a middle and working-class clientèle. This was one of many hotels that were built on First Avenue from 1884 until 1910, after the 1883 arrival of the Northern Pacific link to the transcontinental railroad made travel to Seattle much easier. This building is…
ID Number:1972.5346.23
Date:Circa 1903
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Peterson Men's Shop advertisement, circa 1935
Joseph A. Peterson (circa 1877-1951) and George W. Blanchard (1877-1956) both worked at Edward C. Cheasty's men's clothing shop on Second and James in Seattle in the early 1900s, where they got to know dozens of customers and their clothing preferences, and provided personalized attention based on individual style. Blanchard left after 18 years to go into the neckwear business,…
ID Number:1976.6296.26
Date:Circa 1935
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Flower girls at Port Blakely, June 18, 1906
On Monday, June 18, 1906, William Rankin and Carrie Ziegler were married at the bride's home in Port Blakely, Washington. According to a newspaper account saved by the family, "Miss Bessie Wilson began the wedding march at high noon and the bridal party entered preceded by six little flower girls."This June 1906 photo shows the six flower girls who took…
ID Number:1977.6486.121
Date:1906
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Panorama of Seattle, 1878
This image of Seattle faces southeast across Pike Street, toward Mount Rainier, which is just visible beyond Beacon Hill. According to "Choir's Pioneer Directory," at the time of this photo Seattle had 4,681 residents, 586 buildings, and seven miles of wooden sidewalks. The large square building in the upper left corner of the frame is the Territorial University, built in…
ID Number:1980.6923.38
Date:1878