517 results for: Museum of History
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Annie Rose and the Thrillers performing at the Rainbow Tavern, Seattle, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.231b
Date:1983
Cartographic material
Baist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Seattle, Plate 12, 1908
The G. William Baist Company of Philadelphia produced real estate and insurance maps of over twenty different cities across the United States between the 1880s and 1967. The company published atlases in Seattle in 1905, 1908, and 1912, illustrating property ownership, building materials and improvements, and transportation routes.This map, labeled Plate 12, was separated from the atlas, and shows the…
ID Number:1985.4.13
Date:1908
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Morris Alhadeff, September 1985
Morris “Morrie” Alhadeff (1914-1994) was General Manager and Chairman of the Board of the Longacres Racetrack in Renton, Washington. Alhadeff began working at Longacres in 1947 and took over running running the facility after Longacres founder (and Alhadeff’s father-in-law) Joseph Gottstein died in 1970. He and his wife, Joan Gottstein Alhadeff, were strong supporters of civil rights, and great patrons…
ID Number:1985.135.1
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Dr. Joel Baker, August 6 and 19, 1985
Dr. Joel Baker Sr. (1905 -1999), born in Shenandoah, Virginia, earned his medical degree from University of Virginia and moved to Seattle in 1930, where he joined the Virginia Mason Hospital Mason Clinic team. Baker served as chief of surgery at Virginia Mason for three decades before retiring at age 65. During his career, Dr. Baker invented a method of…
ID Number:1985.135.2
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Eddie Carlson, January-March 1985
Edward "Eddie" Carlson (1911 – 1990), was an American hotel and airline executive, and Seattle civic leader. Born in Tacoma, and raised in Tacoma and Seattle, Carlson attended Lincoln High School and the University of Washington, and served in the US Navy during World War II. In 1946, Carlson began working for Western (later Westin) Hotels, Inc., becoming president in…
ID Number:1985.135.3
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Walter Straley, July-August 1985
Walter William Straley (1913-1999) was born in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and attended school and college in the midwest. In 1933, Straley accepted an entry level position with Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. selling services and collecting overdue bills in the Des Moines office. Straley excelled at public speaking and soon began moving up in the Bell Company. The family relocated every…
ID Number:1985.135.4
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Norton Clapp, June 12, 1985
Norton Clapp (1906-1995) was a Seattle businessman and philanthropist. Clapp started working for the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company part-time in 1938, and returned to the company after serving in the Navy, replacing his father as director after his death. In 1960, he became president of Weyerhaeuser, serving in that position until 1966, and as Board member until 1970, before leaving to…
ID Number:1985.135.5
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Giovanni Costigan, 1985
Giovanni Costigan (1905–1990) was a noted historian and popular lecturer, and a specialist in Irish and English history. Costigan attended the University of Oxford, and University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he earned his PhD. Costigan taught at the University of Wisconsin and Idaho State University before joining the history department at the University of Washington in 1934. He retired…
ID Number:1985.135.6
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Mike Dederer, July-August 1985
Michael Dederer (1905-1995) built the Seattle Fur Exchange into one of the foremost fur auctions in the country and an international presence in the industry. Born in Canada, Dederer moved with his family to Montana in 1914. Working at a department store while still in high school, Dederer had developed an interest in the fur trade. Shortly after moving to…
ID Number:1985.135.7
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Peter Donnelly, August 1985
Peter F. Donnelly (1938 – 2009) was an American patron of the arts, and a pivotal figure in the development of the arts community in Seattle. A Massachusetts native, Donnelly arrived in Seattle in 1964 on a fellowship to work with the fledgling Seattle Repertory Theatre. Soon, he was hired as the first managing director and later as producing director,…
ID Number:1985.135.8
Date:1985