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Winona Bailey posing in car, Seattle, circa 1935
Helen Winona Bailey (1873-1938) was born in Maine to Charles Harris Bailey (1849-1920) and Mary H. (Wilder) Bailey (1849-1897). The family moved to Colorado about 1890, then to Seattle around 1905. She was a Latin teacher in the Everett High School from about 1906-1912, and later head of the Language Department at Queen Anne High School. Winona was an avid…
ID Number:1978.6688.2.6
Date:Circa 1935
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Washingon Mutual Savings Bank building at 1101 Second Avenue, Seattle, 1921
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 documents the bank's location at the Walker Building on Second Avenue. Caption accompanying image: The Walker Building, built in 1899 was purchased by…
ID Number:1979.6747.28
Date:1921
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Washington Mutual Savings Bank's main office at 1101 Second Avenue during remodel, 1939
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 a 1939 remodel in process of the bank's location in the Walker Building on Second Avenue. Caption accompanying image: Washington Mutual's main…
ID Number:1979.6747.34
Date:1939
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The start of the Great Seattle Fire, June 6, 1889
The Great Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the city. The fire started at 2:30 p.m. in a paint and woodwork shop at Front Street (now First Avenue) and Madison Street and over the course of the next 18 hours swept a southward across…
ID Number:1979.6815.3
Date:1889
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Street clock in front of Albert Hansen jeweler, Seattle, circa 1918
Albert Hansen opened a jewelry business in 1883 and continued for about thirty years in various locations in downtown Seattle. This photo shows his store at 1010 Second Avenue, which was in the Leary Building on the northeast corner of Madison and Second. Joseph Mayer and Brothers manufactured many street clocks during the early twentieth century. The photographer Austin Seward…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.41
Date:Circa 1918
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Street clock in front of Theo Wolfe Watchmaker, Seattle, circa 1907
Street clocks such as this one were popular during the first two decades of the 1900s and were often found in front of jewelry and watchmaking shops. Jos. Mayer and Bros. began in 1897 in Seattle and manufactured many clocks during the first two decades of the 1900s. Joseph Mayer and Bros. assembled this street clock and many others in…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.45
Date:Circa 1907
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Street clock in front of S. Friedlander and Son, Inc., Seattle, circa 1922
Street clocks such as this one were popular during the first two decades of the 1900s and were often found in front of jewelry and watchmaking shops. Joseph Mayer and Bros. assembled this street clock, and many others in Seattle. This clock was made for S. Friedlander and Son Jewelers and Opticians, located at 1300 Second Avenue. The clock, like…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.46
Date:Circa 1922
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Joseph Mayer & Brothers Co. street clock for Frank Briggs Jeweler, 1402 1st Ave., Seattle, circa 1920
This street clock was made by Joseph Mayer & Brothers Company, a watchmaking and wholesale jewelry business begun in Seattle in 1897. Founded by German immigrants Markus (1878-1950), Albert (1872-1929), Emil (1881-), Herman, & Joseph (1868-1937) Mayer, the company existed in various form until 1991. About 100 Mayer street clocks were produced between 1909-1930, often placed in front of jewelers…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.47
Date:Circa 1920
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Street clock in front of B.L. Gates jeweler, Seattle, circa 1914
This street clock was located in front of B.L. Gates jewelers location at 1326 Second Avenue in the Estabrook Building, which was on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Union Street. Photographer's Reference Number: 225According to a court case between Hutchinson and Gates, the jeweler leased this building from June 1912 to February 1915.
ID Number:1980.6877.5.48
Date:Circa 1914
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Street clock in front of B.L. Gates jeweler, Seattle, circa 1918
This street clock stood in front of B.L. Gates jeweler, located at 809 Second Avenue between 1905 and 1930. Many of Seattle's street clocks were manufactured by Joseph Mayer and Brothers. Austin Seward worked for Pierson and Company, which documented the Mayer Brothers business. Building across the street is the Marion Building. Two other street clocks are visible further up…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.49
Date:Circa 1918