179 results for: Curtis
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Struson children, Seattle, 1938
This portrait of the Struson children 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 a studio…
ID Number:1974.5923.377
Date:1938
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Captain James Griffiths with his family, Seattle, 1938
Captain James Griffiths arrived in Tacoma in 1885 from England and opened an office under the name of James Griffiths & Company as ship brokers, commission merchants, and stevedores. Over the next several years, he created many partnerships and firms including the Tacoma Steam Navigation Company where he built the first seagoing tug in Tacoma. With Griffiths, Bridges and Stetson…
ID Number:1974.5923.391
Date:1938
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Julius Harold Bloedel, Seattle, 1937
Julius Harold Bloedel (1864-1957) was a lumberman and businessman. This portrait of Bloedel 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,…
ID Number:1974.5923.393
Date:1937
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Portrait of Jessie Stewart, Seattle, circa 1905
Jessie M. Stewart (1879-1960) was born in Ontario and went to homestead near Shelton in 1887 with her parents Malcolm Donald Stewart (1827-1914) and Ann (Nicholson) Stewart (1835-1929). She was a bookkeeper and amateur actress. Her older sister Mary Stewart (1876-1960) was a teacher for 49 years at B. F. Day Elementary School in Seattle. Caption information source: The Seattle…
ID Number:1978.6598.2
Date:Circa 1905
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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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Entrance to Washington Mutual Savings Bank building at 1101 Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1938
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 image depicts the entrance to the Washington Mutual Savings Bank building prior to the building's extensive remodeling in 1939. Known as the Walker Building, the…
ID Number:1979.6747.33
Date:Circa 1938
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Seattle from Beacon Hill, circa 1909
Much of downtown Seattle was built on land reclaimed from Elliott Bay and the mouth of the Duwamish River. This four-part panoramic image faces northwest from Beacon Hill and shows the area south of downtown before the Jackson Street regrade (1907-1909) cut through the hill for better access to the Rainier Valley.The King County Courthouse, with its tall cupola, can…
ID Number:1980.6923.10
Date:Circa 1900
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Panorama of Seattle, 1878
This image of Seattle faces southeast across Pike Street, toward Mount Rainier, which is just visible beyond Beacon Hill. According to "Choir's Pioneer Directory," at the time of this photo Seattle had 4,681 residents, 586 buildings, and seven miles of wooden sidewalks. The large square building in the upper left corner of the frame is the Territorial University, built in…
ID Number:1980.6923.38
Date:1878
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The Curtis Picture Musicale program, circa 1912
From 1911 to 1913, photographer Edward S. Curtis toured the country with a multimedia production, The Curtis Picture Musicale, based on his photographs of Indigenous peoples. At this point, Curtis’s efforts to document Indigenous life had already taken 14 years, and he expected that it would take eight additional years to complete the project. The Musicale, a fund-raising effort, was…
ID Number:1980.7060.1
Date:Circa 1912
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Seattle High School Class of 1897
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:1980.7070.47
Date:1897