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Makah woman drying fish on a rack, Neah Bay, circa 1900
The Makah people of the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula refer to themselves as Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx, which translates roughly to "the people who live by the rocks and seagulls." The early Makah were skilled mariners, using several types of canoes which they carved from western red cedar for various purposes - war, whaling, fishing, sealing, carrying cargo, and long voyages.…
ID Number:1955.970.470.23
Date:Circa 1900
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Fugitive flamingo wading in Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, October 16, 1960
In October of 1960 the whereabouts of a flamingo escaped from Woodland Park Zoo was front page news around Puget Sound. The flamingo escaped on October 12 after a flight from his open enclosure at the zoo. Acting park superintendent, Edward J. Johnson, said the flamingo was likely eating well and its dense feathers would allow it to easily survive…
ID Number:1974.5887.1
Date:1960
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Customers inside Washington Mutual Savings Bank, circa 1923
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.This photo shows Washington Mutual customers inside the bank's location at the Walker Building at 1101 Second Avenue. Washington Mutual Savings Bank remodeled this building for…
ID Number:1979.6747.31
Date:Circa 1923
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Columbia St. from Yesler's wharf, Seattle, circa 1875
Predating the settlement that became the city of Seattle, the Duwamish had a winter village of approximately 8 longhouses situated along the central waterfront, roughly at the intersection of present-day First Avenue South and Yesler Way. Henry Yesler established his steam-powered sawmill at the foot of Mill Road (now Yesler Way) in October 1852, and by around the 1860s, the…
ID Number:1980.6923.106
Date:Circa 1875
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View north on 3rd Avenue from Pike Street, 1967
This image looks north along 3rd Ave from Pike St. The top of the Space Needle is visible in the distance. The Garden Art Theater at left was an adult movie theater at the time this photograph was taken in 1967, but the building had earlier been home to the Winter Garden Theater, which opened in 1920 and was one…
ID Number:1980.7067.1.35.1
Date:1967
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Program for "The Birth of a Nation " at Clemmer Theatre, 1915
James Q. Clemmer opened the 1,200 seat Clemmer Theater at 1414 Third Avenue on April 12, 1912, one of the first theaters in the country made primarily to show motion pictures. Clemmer had established his first movie house - the Dream Theater that included a pipe organ - in an unused storefront in Pioneer Square in 1908. Clemmer went on…
ID Number:1981.7191.5
Date:1915
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Snowplow near Stevens Pass, circa 1925
Stevens Pass, Washington, usually gets about 400 to 500 inches of snow each winter, although it snowed 800 inches during the winter of 1996-97. Road crews and railroad workers have had to work continually to keep the ways clear. This Lee Pickett photo, probably taken during the 1920s, shows a Great Northern Railway Snow King rotary snowplow at Scenic, near…
ID Number:1981.7265.5
Date:Circa 1925
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Meadow Creek, Washington, circa 1917
The Keechelus Dam, at the south end of Lake Keechelus, was completed in 1917. For several summers, dam construction workers lived at a camp called Meadow Creek. The temporary town had a post office, school, store, YMCA, and several other businesses. Almost everyone left during the winter, except for about 25 families who stayed on to take care of the…
ID Number:1981.7333.111
Date:Circa 1917
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Workers shoveling snow at Snoqualmie Pass, circa 1923
Until 1931, the highway department closed the Sunset Highway through Snoqualmie Pass each winter. Work crews usually opened the road in late May, sometimes blasting through remaining drifts with dynamite. This photo from the 1920s shows workers clearing snow at the pass. Handwritten on sleeve: Snoqualmie Pass Snow.Webster & Stevens number: 104105
ID Number:1983.10.236.7
Date:Circa 1923
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Two Yakama couples in traditional dress, Seattle, January 29, 1921
The Yakama (formerly spelled Yakima) people have lived in the Columbia River basin since time immemorial. During the winter, they lived in permanent villages built on the valley floor, where the climate was most temperate. Starting in spring, they traveled along the rivers and into the hills to gather food. Some gathered roots and berries, and others fished in rivers,…
ID Number:1983.10.2082.1
Date:1921