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Strawberry pickers in the field, circa 1921
In the 1920s, farmers in the fertile valleys of the White, Duwamish, Cedar, and Little Black Rivers of western Washington state grew fruits and vegetables for shipment to Seattle and other markets. On average, local strawberry farmers grew 6,000 lbs. of berries per acre of land. In this photo, taken around 1921, strawberry pickers stand in a field somewhere near…
ID Number:1983.10.2179.1
Date:Circa 1921
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Train at Skagit River power site, circa 1921
Harsh terrain made the development of Seattle City Light's three Skagit River dams very difficult. Once they got permission to proceed on the Gorge Creek Diversion Dam in 1918, workers built access roads and a railway line, the Skagit River Railway, to haul supplies and workers to the construction site.This photo, taken around 1921, shows what is probably an excursion…
ID Number:1983.10.2251.6
Date:Circa 1921
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The Scandinavian Seamen's Home and Mission Hotel, circa 1922
Sometimes sailors found themselves in Seattle without a place to stay between voyages. Others were too old or too sick to continue work. In the 1920s, organizations which helped them included the Scandinavian Seaman's Home and the Mission Hotel, managed by Reverend E.B. Slettedahl.This photo, taken in about 1922, shows the seamen's home and hotel building on Marion Street, convenient…
ID Number:1983.10.2327
Date:Circa 1922
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Schwabacher delivery truck with Carnation milk, circa 1920
Schwabacher Brothers & Company, a San Francisco firm, opened an branch in Seattle in the 1860s. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other materials to the logging camps, mill towns, and farming communities. The first supplies were delivered across the water and upriver by steamer. In later years, the…
ID Number:1983.10.2435.1
Date:Circa 1920
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Woman at switchboard, Seattle, circa 1922
Today, telephone call connections are made electronically. At first, however, each connection had to be made individually by an operator at a switchboard. This was a popular job for women.In this photo, taken in the early 1920s, a Seattle telephone operator uses a telephone switchboard to connect people who've called with the people they're calling. Handwritten on sleeve: Telephone Girls…
ID Number:1983.10.2720.1
Date:Circa 1922
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Telephone switchboard operators, circa 1922
Today, telephone call connections are made electronically. At first, however, a telephone operator seated at a switchboard manually connected each local and long-distance call. Most telephone operators were women. In this photo, taken in the early 1920s, a Seattle telephone operator uses a telephone switchboard to connect people who've called with the people they're calling. Photographer's Reference Number: 95450
ID Number:1983.10.2720.2
Date:Circa 1922
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Man mowing lawn at Seattle Golf Club, The Highlands, circa 1922
The Seattle Golf and Country Club moved to its current location in The Highlands in 1908-1910. Their clubhouse was designed by noted architect Kirtland K. Cutter. Here, a worker mows the lawn at the club. Handwritten on sleeve: Tractor Eqpt. Co., Country Club Mower.Photographer's Reference Number: 94064
ID Number:1983.10.2828
Date:Circa 1922
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Workers cleaning cabbage, circa 1925
In the 1920s, some of the produce from the fertile farmland around Kent, Washington went directly to Seattle markets, and some was processed locally. The Libby, McNeil & Libby plant in Kent canned beans, cabbage, and sauerkraut grown on contract by area farmers. In this photo, taken around 1925, men and women prepare cabbage at an unidentified location in Kent.…
ID Number:1983.10.3050.3
Date:Circa 1925
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Interior view of a Sumner factory, January 16, 1926
Sumner, Washington, is the oldest town in the Puyallup Valley. The area was settled in the early 1850s, and by the 1910s, it had developed into a center of berry growing and dairy farms. Canning factories, crate plants, and other industries developed to support the agricultural activities. This photo, taken in Sumner in 1926, shows the interior of what appears…
ID Number:1983.10.3116.1
Date:1926
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Olympic Manor house under construction, April 7, 1926
Seattle grew quickly after 1900. New residential areas extended out from the central city. Houses in those areas were often individually built by skilled carpenters and other craftsmen.In this photo, two plasterers stand by a new house in Olympic Manor, a housing development in north Seattle in the Crown Hill neighborhood. They are mixing plaster for surfacing the interior walls.…
ID Number:1983.10.3148.2
Date:1926