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Boys playing baseball, circa 1910
Baseball was a popular sport for Seattle boys. Some played in clubs at their elementary schools, and many enjoyed pickup games at local ballfields and vacant lots.This photo shows several young boys playing baseball at Lincoln Playfield on Capitol Hill, around 1910. This playfield became Broadway Playfield in 1922, and was renamed Bobby Morris Playfield in 1980. Webster & Stevens…
ID Number:1983.10.7987
Date:Circa 1910
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Children in wading pool at Lincoln Park, Seattle, circa 1911
Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill, so named because of the Lincoln Reservoir near Broadway and Pine Streets, once had many attractions for Seattle's children: a wading pool, sand pile, playground, and large ball field. As the city grew and the neighborhood's population changed, there were fewer families with young children. By the 1930s, complaints were heard about deteriorating playground equipment,…
ID Number:1983.10.7988
Date:Circa 1911
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Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Seattle, circa 1911
This wooden building housed the congregation of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church and stood at the southeast corner of Mercer and First Avenue North. Handwritten on sleeve: Trinity ME Church.Photographer's Reference Number: 8393
ID Number:1983.10.7993.1
Date:Circa 1911
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Frantz H. Coe School, circa 1910
The new Frantz H. Coe School building wasn't quite finished when classes started in the fall of 1906. Students spent their first year in portable buildings, and moved into the finished school building in the fall of 1907. Coe School was still the largest grade school in the Queen Anne neighborhood in the early 1960s.This photo shows Frantz H. Coe…
ID Number:1983.10.7998
Date:Circa 1910
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Ship J.D. Peters and tugboat, probably in Seattle, circa 1911
Handwritten on sleeve: Bark J.D. Peters.Photographer's Reference Number: 8437
ID Number:1983.10.8003
Date:Circa 1911
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University Heights School, Seattle, circa 1910
Handwritten on sleeve: Univ. Heights School.Photographer's Reference Number: 8475
ID Number:1983.10.8011
Date:Circa 1910
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Whittier School, circa 1908
Seattle annexed the city of Ballard in 1907. The Seattle school district built Whittier School in Ballard's Crown Hill neighborhood the following year. This new brick building replaced several smaller wooden schools.This photo, probably taken in 1908, shows Whittier School's first building when it was almost completed. The building was located on Thirteenth Avenue NW in Crown Hill, and was…
ID Number:1983.10.8017
Date:Circa 1908
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Webster School, Seattle, circa 1908
During the early 1900s, the school population of Ballard grew rapidly and many buildings were placed into temporary service as classrooms. A few small portable buildings known as Bay View School transformed into the substantial brick building shown in this photo. Named Webster shortly after it opened in 1908, the school had a steady enrollment of between 400 and 500…
ID Number:1983.10.8020.1
Date:Circa 1908
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Steamship "Minnesota," circa 1910
When it was launched in 1903, the "Minnesota" was the largest ocean liner of its time. It was built for the Great Northern Railway Company, and carried passengers and freight between Seattle and various Asian ports. The ship's fastest trip between Yokohama and Puget Sound was 11 days, 20 hours, and 35 minutes.This photo, taken around 1910, shows passengers and…
ID Number:1983.10.8024
Date:Circa 1910
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Fourth Avenue and Pike Street, Seattle, circa 1911
This street scene of Fourth Ave between Pike and Union. Signs in image: [...ig] Concern. [...] Tailored Ready Co. - High Grade Furnishings. Photographs. Boston College of Vitosophy - Western Branch. Large Square Room for Rent. Hotel Georgian. Humphrey Cafe. Restaurant. Pacific Tailoring Co. - Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing. Cafe. [...ish] Baths.Handwritten on sleeve: 4th Avenue from Pike to Union.Webster…
ID Number:1983.10.8033.1
Date:Circa 1911