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Puget Power & Light payment to King County Sheriff Matt Starwich, Seattle, circa 1924
This image documents a payment from Puget Power and Light to King County Sherriff Matt Starwich. Above is a reproduction of a Puget Power and Light check for over $655,000 made out to Starwich signed by Puget Power and Light President A.W. Leonard. The photo below shows Starwich accepting the check.The mock up is part of a collection from McBride…
ID Number:1974.5923.181
Date:Circa 1924
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Dorothy Stimson Bullitt and child, Seattle, circa 1925
Businesswoman and philanthropist Dorothy Stimson Bullitt was born in Seattle in 1892 to C.D. and Harriet Stimson. Dorothy Stimson and A. Scott Bullitt married in 1918, and after two years moved back to Seattle. They spent several years renovating and refurbishing a spacious home in The Highlands located on property adjacent to her parent's home of Nordcliffe. In 1932, after…
ID Number:1974.5923.349
Date:Circa 1925
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Thirty-six secret knock-out blows without the use of fists, Seattle, 1938
In 1926, Seattle Police Patrolman S.J. Jorgensen was a nationally-known pistol champ and jiu-jitsu instructor. In 1930, he published this booklet for police departments, filled with images showing knock-outs, headlock breaks, and other self-defense techniques. Also included are testimonial letters for his earlier book, "American Police Jiu-Jitsu," as well as ads for books on health, body building, and civil service…
ID Number:1976.6296.23
Date:1938
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Teaching certificate for Lillie Pauline White, King County, November 12, 1887
Lillie Pauline White (1858-1944) began her 34-year teaching career in Seattle in 1887. She was issued the Second Grade Teacher's Certificate pictured here by the King County Board of Examiners, Isaac P. Rich, H. T. Jones, and Katherine F. Cheasty. Handwritten on the certificate are Ms. White's scores in the 10 subjects she was tested in: Orthography, Reading, Arithmetic, Physiology,…
ID Number:1976.6362.228
Date:1887
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Lillie Pauline White teaching certificate, King County, August 29, 1896
Lillie Pauline White (1858-1944) was a teacher in Washington until 1922, when she retired after 34 years of service. She taught at Denny School, the South School, Rainier School, and Jefferson School, among others. Ms. White was well-regarded and remembered in the Seattle community even after her retirement. In 1935 she was nominated by former pupils as Seattle's "Grand Old…
ID Number:1976.6362.230
Date:1896
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Township No 24 North Range No 4 East, 1864
This hand drawn map shows early land ownership for King County Township No 24 North Range No. 4 East, providing names and property boundaries of original purchasers and claimants. These boundaries encompass what is now known as Rainier Beach neighborhood at the Southernmost point, up to the Yesler Terrace neighborhood at the North. It also includes the original of the…
ID Number:1976.6389A.1
Date:1864
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Township No 25 North Range No 3 East and Township No 25 North Range No 4 East, 1864
This hand drawn map shows early land ownership for King County Township No 25 North Range No. 4 East and Range No. 3 East, providing names and property boundaries of original purchasers and claimants. These boundaries encompass what is now known as the First Hill neighborhood at the Southernmost point, up to North 85th, just above the present-day Green Lake…
ID Number:1976.6389A.2
Date:1864
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Portrait of Potlatch King Edgar L. Webster, Seattle, 1911
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen who used imagery common to local Indigenous Peoples to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a…
ID Number:1977.6531.2
Date:1911
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Mine office at Black Diamond, Washington, circa 1920
In the early 1880s, prospectors from the Black Diamond Coal Company, a California firm, found rich coal deposits in King County, Washington. Over the next fifty years, the mines at Black Diamond were among the county's highest producers. This photo, taken around 1920, shows the mine office in Black Diamond. It was located just west of the Pacific Coast Coal…
ID Number:1978.6585.31
Date:Circa 1920
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Mine superintendents' homes, Black Diamond, Washington, circa 1920
In the early 1880s, prospectors from the Black Diamond Coal Company, a California firm, found rich coal deposits in King County, Washington. Over the next fifty years, the mines at Black Diamond were among the county's highest producers.This photo, taken in Black Diamond around 1920, shows the homes of the General Superintendent of Mines (l.) and the Superintendent (r.) on…
ID Number:1978.6585.32
Date:Circa 1920