43 results for: Smith, Henry A.
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Seattle High School track team, Seattle, 1906
This group portrait of the 1906 Seattle High School track team includes Wee Coyle. The William Jennings "Wee" Coyle collection chronicles Coyle's teammates and sports career in high school and college, as well as his later career as Lieutenant Governor of Washington State.Seattle High School (later Broadway School) opened on Broadway Street in 1902 and graduated its last class in…
ID Number:1960.1821.8
Date:1906
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Seattle High School football team, 1906
This 1906 group portrait shows the Seattle High School football team. Some of the players on this team were also members of the 1904 team which won the Pacific Northwest Championship and was coached by R. Perry Short. Wee Coyle was a member of both teams, and this photo is part of the William Jennings "Wee" Coyle collection which chronicles…
ID Number:1960.1821.9
Date:1906
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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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Colonel Henry Smith, Seattle, circa 1930
This portrait of an unknown Colonel Henry Smith is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925, and McBride continued to operate…
ID Number:1974.5923.187
Date:Circa 1930
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Smith Cove terminals, Seattle, February 21, 1931
Originally home to a village of the Duwamish people, the area that became known as Smith Cove was settled by European Americans in the 1850s. Doctor, farmer, and territorial legislator Henry Smith (1830-1915) received a land claim of 160 acres on the deep water cove on the north side of Elliott Bay in 1853. Smith Cove, just south of what…
ID Number:1983.10.4369.1
Date:1931
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Hooverville in Interbay neighborhood, Seattle, 1938
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, many unemployed and homeless people throughout the United States built shantytowns on vacant lots. The settlements were called Hoovervilles, after President Herbert Hoover whom many blamed for the depression. In Seattle, shantytowns grew in the waterfront areas south of downtown Seattle and north near Smith Cove, shown here. When the United States entered…
ID Number:1986.5.9684.1
Date:1938
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Sam Smith and his sons, November 7, 1967
Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-1979 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:1986.5.42352.27
Date:1967
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Sam Smith at voting machine, September 16, 1969
Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-199 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:1986.5.51173.6
Date:1969
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Sam Smith in his office, February 1971
Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-199 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:1986.5.53800.10
Date:1971
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Councilman Sam Smith addressing Women's Clubs, March 1969
Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-199 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:1986.5.56539.7
Date:1969