200 results for: European American Settlement
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David Thomas Denny II, Seattle, circa 1890
David Thomas Denny II (1867-1939) was the sixth of eight children born to early Seattle settlers David Thomas Denny and Louisa B (Boren) Denny. In 1891 David II married Nellie Elizabeth Graham (1871-1956), daughter of another couple who had settled in Seattle in the 1850s, Elizabeth (Crammond) Graham and Walter Graham. Together Nellie and David II had three children, Inez…
ID Number:2014.81.9
Date:Circa 1890
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Nellie Elizabeth Graham Denny, circa 1920
Nellie Elizabeth Graham (1871-1956) was the daughter of Elizabeth Crammond and Walter Graham, who settled in Seattle in the 1850s. Graham attended the University of Washington and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Washington State Pioneers Association, and the Daughters of Pioneers of Washington. In 1891 Nellie married David Thomas Denny II (1867-1939), son of another couple…
ID Number:2014.81.14
Date:Circa 1920
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David Thomas Denny II and Nellie Graham Denny, Seattle, circa 1938
Nellie Elizabeth Graham (1871-1956) and her husband, David Thomas Denny II (1867-1939), were both born in Seattle to early settlers, Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Crammond) Graham and Walter Graham, and David Thomas Denny and Louisa B (Boren) Denny, respectively. Nellie and David II were married on December 9, 1891, and together had three children, Inez Louisa (Denny) Whiteaker (1893-1963), Walter Claude Denny…
ID Number:2014.81.16
Date:Circa 1938
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First Grand Lottery of Washington Territory tickets, July 4, 1876
In 1875, Seattle pioneer lumberman Henry Leiter Yesler (1810-1892) was property-rich but cash-poor, so he came up with a plan to liquidate much of his property by holding a lottery. The lottery had been authorized by the territorial legislative assembly the previous year in an act that stipulated 10 percent of the proceeds should be used to finance construction of…
ID Number:2016.84.1.1
Date:1876
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First Grand Lottery of Washington Territory ticket order form, July 4, 1876
In 1875, Seattle pioneer lumberman Henry Leiter Yesler (1810-1892) was property-rich but cash-poor, so he came up with a plan to liquidate much of his property by holding a lottery. The lottery had been authorized by the territorial legislative assembly the previous year in an act that stipulated 10 percent of the proceeds should be used to finance construction of…
ID Number:2016.84.1.2
Date:1876
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First Grand Lottery of Washington Territory broadside, Seattle, 1876
Twenty-three years after settling in Seattle, pioneer lumberman Henry Leiter Yesler (1810-1892) was property-rich but cash-poor, so he came up with a plan to liquidate much of his property by holding a lottery. The lottery was authorized by the Washington Territorial Assembly in 1875 in an act that stipulated 10 percent of the proceeds should be used to finance construction…
ID Number:2016.84.1.3
Date:1876
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Yesler Wood, Coal, & Lumber Co. stock certificate, 1890
This stock certificate for the Yesler Wood, Coal, & Lumber Company was issued on March 20, 1890, to J. D. Lowman for ten shares valued at $1000. Prominent Seattle business and civic leader James D. Lowman (1856-1947) was also secretary of the company founded by his uncle, Seattle pioneer Henry Leiter Yesler (1810-1892). Yesler's Wharf, located at the foot of…
ID Number:2018.3.3.21
Date:1890
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Rainier Hotel Company stock certificate, 1889
This stock certificate for the Rainier Hotel Company was issued on November 10, 1889, to Bailey Gatzert for 10 shares, valued at $500. The company owned the Rainier Hotel on Seattle's First Hill, located on Fifth Avenue between Marion Street and Columbia Street. The hotel was rushed to completion in 1889 following the Great Seattle Fire, which had destroyed much…
ID Number:2018.3.3.22
Date:1889
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Chief Seattle Day program, 1915
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In 1912 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Potlatch celebration (an early version of Seafair) and financed the statue of…
ID Number:2018.3.3.32
Date:1915
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American House business card, circa 1877
John Harte McGraw (1850-1910) moved to Seattle from Maine in 1876 and got a job as a clerk in the Occidental Hotel. According to his obituary, he became an owner of American House boarding house in 1877, though the hotel was destroyed in a fire in 1878. That year he joined Seattle's tiny police force and began a successful career…
ID Number:2018.3.3.57
Date:Circa 1877