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Statistics of the Territory of Washington, 1886
These statistics from 1886 were compiled from the Records of the Office of the Territorial Secretary, during the period that Watson C. Squire held the Territorial Governorship. Statistics compiled here include, among many others: County Seats, Vote totals, Vote on each side of the mountain, and names of County Surveyors and School Superintendents. Women's Suffrage was granted in 1883 in…
ID Number:1952.986.57.7
Date:1886
Photograph
Governor Elisha Ferry, circa 1891
Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895) was the first governor of Washington State. Ferry was a Republican lawyer who had twice been Governor of Washington Territory, the only one to serve two terms. On Washington's admission as a state on November 11, 1889, he became its inaugural governor. In his first summer, he had to supervise the rebuilding of three major cities…
ID Number:1957.1284.5
Date:Circa 1891
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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
Poster
William J. Coyle for Lieutenant Governor poster, Seattle, 1920
William Jennings "Wee" Coyle (1888-1977) was raised in Seattle, where he attended Seattle High School (later Broadway High School) and the University of Washington. He played football in high school and college, and was known locally for his successes as quarterback of the University of Washington team. Mr. Coyle served in both WWI and WWII, and was the first commander…
ID Number:1964.3334.16b
Date:1920
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Fair officials looking at Century 21 poster, Seattle World's Fair, circa 1962
The Seattle World's Fair was a politically-important event for Seattle, Washington state, and the nation. Here, U.S. Senator Warren G. Magnuson (seated one in from the right) examines a fair poster along with officials of the fair. Next to him on the right is Edward Carlson, chair of the World's Fair State Commission and promoter of the Space Needle. James…
ID Number:1965.3598.9.47
Date:Circa 1962
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Senator Warren Magnuson showing model of Science Center to federal officials, Seattle World's Fair, 1960
"'Doorway' which will draw 10,000,000 persons to federal building during Century 21 Exposition opening April 21, 1962, is shown by Senator Warren G. Magnuson, D., Wash., to (l to r) General Services Administrator Franklin Floete, Undersecretary of Commerce Philip A. Ray, and Robert J. Dodds, Jr., General Counsel, Department of Commerce. All participated in planning federal 'showcase' for the world's…
ID Number:1965.3598.9.78
Date:1960
Record
Roll and minutes of the Republican Club, Seattle, 1896
Around 1896, Republicans living in Washington state started forming Republican Clubs. The Republicans of the Second Ward (roughly where the southern Central Area and northern Mount Baker neighborhoods are today) formed a club in January 1896, with 154 individuals signing the roster shown here. This ledger includes a preamble on the first page: "For the purposes of furthering the interests…
ID Number:1969.4740.4
Date:1896
Correspondence
Letter from Abigail Scott Duniway to Missouri Hanna, November 8, 1910
This personal letter regarding suffrage movements in Washington and Oregon was written by Abigail Jane (Scott) Duniway (1834-1915), a writer, pioneer, editor, and champion of women's suffrage. At the time she wrote the letter, Ms. Duniway was president of the Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association, and her efforts were instrumental in the passage of Oregon's women's suffrage bill in 1912.…
ID Number:1970.4814.1
Date:1910
Serial
Votes for Women, Vol. 1, No. 1, October 1909
Missouri T.B. Hanna (1857-1926) was the first woman publisher in Washington State, and was heralded as “the mother of journalism” in Washington.Hanna, who also went by “Mrs. M.T.B. Hanna,” moved to Spokane Falls in Washington Territory in 1882, and then to the waterfront mill town of Edmonds in 1904. In 1905 Hanna purchased the weekly "Edmonds Review" and published it…
ID Number:1970.4814.5
Date:1909
Serial
Votes for Women, Vol. 1, No. 2, January 1910
Missouri T.B. Hanna (1857-1926) was the first woman publisher in Washington State, and was heralded as “the mother of journalism” in Washington.Hanna, who also went by “Mrs. M.T.B. Hanna,” moved to Spokane Falls in Washington Territory in 1882, and then to the waterfront mill town of Edmonds in 1904. In 1905 Hanna purchased the weekly "Edmonds Review" and published it…
ID Number:1970.4814.6
Date:1910