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Crescent Manufacturing Company Social Association Picnic, Halls Lake, July 12, 1919
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and the following year consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington.The handwritten note on this photograph…
ID Number:2011.114.84
Date:1919
Poster
Elliott Bay Water Taxi poster, Seattle, 1997
West Seattle is Seattle's oldest and biggest neighborhood, situated on a peninsula in Elliott Bay. Early public transportation between West Seattle and Seattle was mostly limited to the irregular and infrequent service provided by “Mosquito Fleet” steamships that traveled from port to port around Puget Sound. In 1888 the West Seattle Land and Improvement Company built a dock and launched…
ID Number:2012.26.65
Date:1997
Program
Rainier Baseball Club scorecard, 1947
The Seattle Rainiers were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 to 1906 and 1919 to 1968. Originally named the Seattle Indians and also known as the Seattle Angels, they changed their name after being acquired by the Rainier Brewing Company, which was in turn named for nearby Mount Rainier. This official score…
ID Number:2012.58.3a
Date:1947
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International Sweethearts of Rhythm with audience at Black and Tan, Seattle, September 1944
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the country's only integrated all-women band, came to Seattle in September 1944. They played twice at the Civic Auditorium and also performed at the Black and Tan. Here, the band plays at the Black and Tan in front of an audience that includes Esther Johnson (far left) and Kline McCurdy (behind her). The woman at…
ID Number:2014.49.002.028.0107
Date:1944
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Gertrude Peoples wearing formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples, a native of Natchez, Mississippi, moved to Seattle with her family as a teenager where she graduated from Queen Anne High School. She began counseling at-risk high school students in the 1960s. During the racially-turbulent 1970s, she was recruited by the University of Washington to counsel and advocate for black athletes, a role that eventually became UW's…
ID Number:2014.49.006.008.0097
Date:Circa 1953
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Peoples family standing outside their home, Seattle, circa 1953
Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples, John D. "Sonny" Peoples, and their daughter Carol (now Carol Peoples-Procter), stand outside their home on the 1200 block of East 25th Street. Gertrude Johnson Peoples is the founder of the country's first academic-support office for college student athletes. She is also the first female athletic recruiter for a major university (University of Washington). In March 2012,…
ID Number:2014.49.006.020.0094
Date:Circa 1960
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Sonny and Gertrude Peoples posing in formal attire, Seattle, circa 1953
John D. "Sonny" and Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples stand together in an unidentified home. Gertrude is wearing a white, ballerina-length, printed dress with a short jacket. John is wearing a tuxedo with white jacket and black pants. Behind them is a cloth-covered table with liquor bottles. Gertrude Peoples is the founder of the country's first academic-support office for college student athletes…
ID Number:2014.49.006.021.0056
Date:Circa 1963
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Freddie Brown wearing his Golden Gloves championship robe, Seattle, February 24, 1949
Seattle boxer Freddie Brown (1931-1961) won the middleweight championship title at the 14th annual Golden Gloves Tournament in February 1949. The final bouts, held on February 22, drew what was reported to be the largest Golden Gloves crowd in Civic Auditorium history. Freddie Brown fought twice that night, winning the semi-final against Ivan Johnson before prevailing in the final, defeating…
ID Number:2014.49.009.017.0066
Date:1949
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Freddie Brown with Bill Ross and unidentified woman, Seattle, February 24, 1949
Seattle boxer Freddie Brown (1931-1961) won the middleweight championship title at the 14th annual Golden Gloves Tournament in February 1949. The final bouts, held on February 22, drew what was reported to be the largest Golden Gloves crowd in Civic Auditorium history. Freddie Brown fought twice that night, winning the semi-final against Ivan Johnson before prevailing in the final, defeating…
ID Number:2014.49.009.017.0068
Date:1949
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Freddie Brown and Bill Ross, Seattle, February 24, 1949
Seattle boxer Freddie Brown (1931-1961) won the middleweight championship title at the 14th annual Golden Gloves Tournament in February 1949. The final bouts, held on February 22, drew what was reported to be the largest Golden Gloves crowd in Civic Auditorium history. Freddie Brown fought twice that night, winning the semi-final against Ivan Johnson before prevailing in the final, defeating…
ID Number:2014.49.009.018.0070
Date:1949