135 results for: Seattle Public Schools
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For Seattle: The New York of the Pacific Coast, 1906
The Seattle Commercial Club was incorporated on July 11, 1906, by a group of businessmen in order to "stimulate the civic spirit and patriotism of the citizens of Seattle; to procure a market for the produce of this vicinity; to encourage commerce and enterprise in all mercantile lines; to support all local industries and manufacturers; and to collect and impart…
ID Number:1947.25.22
Date:1906
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Lincoln High School graduating class, Seattle, 1919
In the fall of 1907, Lincoln High School opened in the Wallingford neighborhood, at Interlake Avenue North and North 43rd Street. It had thirty classrooms, a study hall, and a gymnasium. There were so many students in the area that the school was already too small when it opened. After several additions and 74 years of service, Lincoln High School…
ID Number:1967.4162.1
Date:1919
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Julean Arnold and China Club of Seattle aboard S.S. President Grant, Seattle, April 7, 1923
Julean Herbert Arnold was a U. S. Commercial Attache in China and Japan from 1914-1940, and a founder of the China Club in Seattle. Established in 1916, the China Club of Seattle still operates today and is committed to promoting closer trade and cultural relations with China. In 1923, Mr. Arnold spent four months touring the United States, including Seattle,…
ID Number:1967.4171.1
Date:1923
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Invitation to Denny School program, February 20, 1903
Seattle was a fast-growing community in the 1880s and an elementary school was needed to serve the families in Seattle's north end (now the Belltown neighborhood). In 1884 the school board opened a two-story wooden building adorned with a bell tower located at Battery Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. They named the new school Denny School in honor…
ID Number:1970.4875.1
Date:1903
Manuscript
Our Afternoon Trip, April 17, 1906
Inga Caroline Hoffield (1894-1945) was born in Iowa to Norwegian-immigrant parents Benjamin Kornelius Hoffield (1865-1949) and Ellen B. (Strom) Hoffield (1872-c. 1905). The family moved to Seattle before 1900, and Inga and her two younger sisters attended Salmon Bay School at 26th Avenue W and W Prospect Street.The manuscript pictured here is an essay that Inga wrote while a student…
ID Number:1970.4879.1
Date:1906
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School teacher May de Crane, Seattle, 1914
May de Crane taught at eighth grade at Seattle's West Woodland School in 1913-1914. One of her students was Nathalia Jensen, daughter of Rasmus Peter Jensen, who came to Seattle from Denmark in 1889 and homesteaded in the West Woodland area. Caption information source: Seattle Public Schools Quarterly Report, January 1914.
ID Number:1971.5068.36
Date:1914
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Report card for Nathalia Jensen, 1914
Rasmus Peter Jensen immigrated to Seattle in 1889 and homesteaded in the West of Woodland Park district (now the West Woodland neighborhood). He was a carpenter by trade and operated both a construction business and a general store out of his home. Mr. Jensen married Marie E. D. Hansen in 1892 and they had two children, Anna C. Jensen (1894-1912)…
ID Number:1971.5068.37
Date:1914
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Cora Dollart's report card, Roslyn, Washington, 1900
Cora Dollart's report card from Roslyn Public Schools. She was in second grade at the time. Cora's parents were Russian immigrants of German heritage who settled in Roslyn, Washington where Cora and her brother Henry were born. The family moved to Seattle in 1907, where Cora and Henry attended public schools.
ID Number:1972.5567.116.10.1
Date:1900
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Henry Dollart's report card, Roslyn, Washington, 1900
Henry Dollart's report card from Roslyn Public Schools. He was in grade A3 at the time.Henry Dollart was the brother of the donor of the collection. He was born in Roslyn, Washington in 1890 to Russian immigrant parents of German heritage. The family lived in Roslyn until 1907, when they moved to Seattle.
ID Number:1972.5567.116.10.2
Date:1900
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Cora Dollart's Certificate of Promotion, Seattle, Washington, January 24, 1908
Cora Dollart's Certificate of Promotion to High School from Seattle Public Schools Grammar School Department. Her parents were Russian immigrants of German heritage. They settled in Roslyn before moving to Seattle, where Cora and her brother Henry attended public schools. Awarded on January 24, 1908
ID Number:1972.5567.116.10.3
Date:1908