156 results for: Mass Media
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Worker being interviewed for a documentary at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
On October 13, 1959, Seattle's KING 5 TV aired "Richfield Success Story," a 30-minute television documentary about the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company. The film featured the boot making process and included interviews with long-time employees. Here, the show's emcee Bill Nielson interviews expert hand-sewer Julius Brandt. A selection of the company's boots and shoes can be seen in the background.
ID Number:2013.114.20
Date:1959
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Gordon Matheson at work during KING-TV filming at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
On October 13, 1959, Seattle's KING 5 TV aired "Richfield Success Story" a 30-minute television documentary about the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company. The film featured the boot making process and included interviews with long-time employees. Here, Gordon Matheson is being filmed while working on a pair of boots inside the factory. Stamped on verso: RICHFIELD SUCCESS STORY. PICTURE # 91013…
ID Number:2013.114.21
Date:1959
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Bob Burki at work during KING-TV filming at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
On October 13, 1959, Seattle's KING 5 TV aired "Richfield Success Story" a 30-minute television documentary about the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company. The film featured the boot making process and included interviews with long-time employees. Here, Bob Burki is being filmed while working on a pair of boots inside the factory. Stamped on verso: RICHFIELD SUCCESS STORY. PICTURE # 91013…
ID Number:2013.114.22
Date:1959
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Prudence Penny's Centennial Cookbook, 1963
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper published recipes and home economics advice in the Prudence Penny column, which ran from the 1930s to the 1970s. Prudence Penny was a pseudonym created by Hearst newspapers, and each local paper employed a person writing under her name. The column was written by as many as thirty authors around the country.This cookbook includes 100 recipes…
ID Number:2014.3.2.5
Date:1963
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Exterior of KIRO Radio Station building on Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle, circa 1968
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University; this photo shows the exterior of the fifth location, at 1530 Queen Avenue North. As of 2025,…
ID Number:2014.67.5
Date:Circa 1968
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Two men in KIRO Radio broadcast booths, Seattle, circa 1945
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University. As of 2025, the KIRO station studios are located in the Belltown neighborhood, with a transmitting tower…
ID Number:2014.67.8
Date:Circa 1945
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KIRO studio engineer James Upthegrove and engineer John Dubuque with radio equipment, Seattle, circa 1955
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University. As of 2025, the KIRO station studios are located in the Belltown neighborhood, with a transmitting tower…
ID Number:2014.67.11
Date:Circa 1955
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Exterior of KIRO Radio Station at Federal Old Line Insurance Building, Seattle, circa 1957
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University. As of 2025, the KIRO station studios are located in the Belltown neighborhood, with a transmitting tower…
ID Number:2014.67.14
Date:Circa 1957
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KIRO mobile news station wagon parked on mountain road, circa 1942
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University. As of 2025, the KIRO station studios are located in the Belltown neighborhood, with a transmitting tower…
ID Number:2014.67.15
Date:Circa 1942
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KIRO engineers Jim Hatfield and Jim Upthegrove working near Lake Washington, 1938
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University. As of 2025, the KIRO station studios are located in the Belltown neighborhood, with a transmitting tower…
ID Number:2014.67.17
Date:1938