115 results for: Seafair
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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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"Meet Me in Seattle (At the Fair)" souvenir record from the Seattle World's Fair, 1962
Among the myriad souvenirs marketed at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair were fair-related songs, sold in the form of souvenir sheet-music and as musical recordings. At least 200 fair-themed songs were composed by professional and amateur songwriters, with more than fifty of these released as vinyl discs."Meet Me in Seattle (At The Fair)" written by Edward Chambreau and performed by…
ID Number:1965.3689.37
Date:1962
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Suess Art Glass float for Potlatch parade, Seattle, circa 1920
In this image employees of the Suess Art Glass Company, dressed for a parade, pose in front of the company building at 764 Virginia Street in downtown Seattle. The company had begun in 1901, a few months after third-generation glazer and founder John Bernard Suess (1875-1930) moved to Seattle from Chicago with his wife, Bertha (Stumpf) Suess (1876-), and daughter…
ID Number:1971.5110.2
Date:Circa 1920
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Seafair Princess Barbara Foy serving birthday cake at Washington Mutual's 75th anniversary celebration, September 21, 1964
Washington Mutual (WaMu) was incorporated as the Washington National Building Loan and Investment Association on Sept 25, 1889. It grew to be the United States' largest savings and loan association until its collapse in 2008. For Washington Mutual's 75th anniversary, customers 75 years old were honored guests at all the bank's offices on September 21, 1964. This photo documents University…
ID Number:1979.6747.61
Date:1964
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Crowd watching Seafair hydroplane races from above Lake Washington floating bridge, Seattle, 1952
Handwritten on sleeve: '52 Seafair from Lake Washington Floating Bridge.Webster & Stevens number: 52-0119
ID Number:1983.10.18197.1
Date:1952
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Sternwheelers club members square dancing, Seattle, August 12, 1955
In this image the Sternwheelers, members of the Seattle Indoor Sports Club, present their wheelchair square dance to an enthusiastic crowd during the American Legion's Cavalcade of Music and Drill at Memorial Stadium as part of the Legion's state convention. The Legion invited the Sternwheelers to perform after a performance scheduled at the Seafair Fiesta of Floats was canceled on…
ID Number:1986.5.8531.1
Date:1955
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Sternwheelers club members lined up on dance floor, Seattle, August 12, 1955
In this image the Sternwheelers, members of the Seattle Indoor Sports Club, pose together before performing a wheelchair square dance during the American Legion's Cavalcade of Music and Drill at Memorial Stadium as part of the Legion's state convention. The Legion invited the Sternwheelers to perform after a performance scheduled at the Seafair Fiesta of Floats was canceled on the…
ID Number:1986.5.8531.2
Date:1955
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Boys participating in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.1
Date:1947
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Gordon Bradbury in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.2
Date:1947
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Winners of pie eating contest with judges, Seattle, August 3, 1947
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.3
Date:1947