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Image of Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, May 13, 1995
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Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, May 13, 1995

The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the local LGBTQ community. "The Prom You Never Went To" was first held in 1983 and became an institution in the local gay and lesbian…
ID Number:2007.25.63
Date:1995
Image of Women's Commercial Club of Seattle in automobiles at Volunteer Park, Seattle, circa 1914
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Women's Commercial Club of Seattle in automobiles at Volunteer Park, Seattle, circa 1914

The Women's Commercial Club of Seattle, founded in 1910, was an organization of over 100 Seattle women in business and professions. Professions included architect, dentist, surgeon, editor, printers, florist, and proprietor of a livery barn. Club activities appear to have included both social functions and business-related meetings. The club disappears from the Seattle City directory after 1915. Caption on image:…
ID Number:2007.30.21
Date:Circa 1914
Image of Exterior of Anthony's book bindery, Seattle, 1964
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Exterior of Anthony's book bindery, Seattle, 1964

Ferdinand Anthony (1836-1919), immigrated to the U. S. from Munich, Bavaria (now part of Germany) in 1862, and came to Seattle in 1882. In Seattle he established the city's first book bindery. The first location of the shop was in the Frye Opera House at First Avenue and Marion Street in downtown Seattle, but that building burned in the 1889…
ID Number:2007.31.2
Date:1964
Image of Exterior of Anthony's book bindery, Seattle, circa 1945
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Exterior of Anthony's book bindery, Seattle, circa 1945

Ferdinand Anthony (1836-1919), immigrated to the U. S. from Munich, Bavaria (now part of Germany), in 1862, and came to Seattle in 1882. In Seattle he established the city's first book bindery. The first location of the shop was in the Frye Opera House at First Avenue and Marion Street in downtown Seattle, but the building burned in the 1889…
ID Number:2007.31.3
Date:Circa 1945
Image of Helen Anthony letter regarding the Great Seattle Fire, June 8, 1889
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Helen Anthony letter regarding the Great Seattle Fire, June 8, 1889

Ferdinand Anthony (1836-1919) immigrated to the U. S. from Munich, Bavaria (now part of Germany) in 1862, and came to Seattle in 1882. He established the city's first book bindery, located in the Frye Opera House at First Avenue and Marion Street in downtown Seattle. Anthony's business was destroyed on June 6, 1889, when the Great Fire swept through downtown…
ID Number:2007.33.1
Date:1889
Image of Duncan & Sons catalog, circa 1920
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Duncan & Sons catalog, circa 1920

Duncan & Sons, Inc. sold supplies for shoes and sold and repaired leather saddles and harnesses in Seattle from 1898-2007. The company was an important local business and was a large city employer in the first part of the 20th century. The catalog pictured here gives an excellent look into the business as it was in the 1920s. The catalog…
ID Number:2007.36.1
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Program for the dedication of Colman Pool, Seattle, July 4, 1941
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Program for the dedication of Colman Pool, Seattle, July 4, 1941

A salt-water pool dug at Lincoln Park in 1926 had mud sides and bottom, and proved to be very popular, so swimming enthusiasts called for constructing a more permanent swimming pool. In 1941, Kenneth Colman and his family, long-time residents of Fauntleroy, donated funds to the city for an outdoor salt-water pool and bathhouse to honor his father, Laurence Colman…
ID Number:2007.39.114.1
Date:1914
Image of Morgan J. Carkeek  posting park rules, Carkeek Park, Seattle, circa 1918
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Morgan J. Carkeek posting park rules, Carkeek Park, Seattle, circa 1918

Beginning in about 1918, the Seattle Park Board hosted annual picnics at the "original" Carkeek Park (1918-1926) on Pontiac Bay at Lake Washington, later the site of the Sand Point Naval Station and now Magnuson Park. These annual luncheon picnics were attended by donors to the park and their friends on the anniversary of the donation of the park by…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.9
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Annual luncheon at Carkeek Park, Seattle, October 1922
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Annual luncheon at Carkeek Park, Seattle, October 1922

Beginning in about 1918, the Seattle Park Board hosted annual picnics at the "original" Carkeek Park (1918-1926) on Pontiac Bay at Lake Washington, later the site of the Sand Point Naval Station and now Magnuson Park. These annual luncheon picnics were attended by donors to the park and their friends on the anniversary of the donation of the park by…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.12
Date:1922
Image of Morgan J. Carkeek ringing bell, Carkeek Park, Seattle, circa 1920
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Morgan J. Carkeek ringing bell, Carkeek Park, Seattle, circa 1920

Beginning in about 1918, the Seattle Park Board hosted annual picnics at the "original" Carkeek Park (1918-1926) on Pontiac Bay at Lake Washington, later the site of the Sand Point Naval Station and now Magnuson Park. These annual luncheon picnics were attended by donors to the park and their friends on the anniversary of the donation of the park by…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.15
Date:Circa 1920
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