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Oral history interview with Maurice Carlson, January 8, 1985
Interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy with Maurice Carlson for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on January 8, 1985. Carlson was born in Seattle on February 16, 1915. He spent his career as a clerk and later secretary in the Seattle police department.During World War II, Maurice Carlson worked as a night shift clerk for the Seattle police…
ID Number:1985.134.3
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Chester Kingsbury and Reverend Robert Shaw, April 18, 1985
Oral history interview with Chester Kingsbury and Reverend Robert Shaw about the peace movement during World War II, their attempts to undermine racism after World War II, and religious organizing for peace. The interview was conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on April 18, 1985.For Shaw and Kingsbury, the fight against the war…
ID Number:1985.134.8
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Bernice Simet, March 16, 1985
Interview with Bernice Simet conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on March 16, 1985. Simet enlisted with the U.S. Coast Guard in 1943 and talks about her service in the Coast Guard SPARS (Women's Reserve) and worked as a recruiter and barracks manager during World War II. She left the Coast Guard after…
ID Number:1985.134.23
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Marjorie Sotero, April 12, 1985
Interview with Marjorie E. (Polk) Sotero about her experiences before and during World War II, conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on April 12, 1985. Sotero was born in Montana and moved to Washington when she was five years old. She worked as a hospital ward clerk and department store detective before joining…
ID Number:1985.134.25
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with George Nickum, September 1985
George C. Nickum (1910-1990), internationally recognized naval architect and longtime Northwest resident, headed the naval architectural firms of W.C. Nickum & Sons, and later Nickum & Spaulding Associates, before his retirement in 1986. Nickum apprenticed in the practice of naval architecture with his father, W.C. Nickum, during the Depression years. His father had designed early Seattle fireboats, including the fireboat…
ID Number:1985.135.18
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Al Rochester, September 24, 1985
Alfred Ruffner “Al” Rochester (1895-1989) was a lifelong Seattle resident. Rochester graduated from Broadway High School, served in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War I, and as state director of the Office of War Information during World War II. Rochester served on the Seattle City Council from 1944-1956, and at one time was chairman of the Parks and…
ID Number:1985.135.23
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with David E. "Ned" Skinner, August 12, 1985
David E. "Ned" Skinner II (1920-1988) was a shipping heir and philanthropist in Seattle. He was the grandson of David E. Skinner (1867-1933) of the Skinner & Eddy shipyard, the Pacific Steamship Co., and the Port Blakely Mill. Skinner was born in Seattle, attended the Lakeside School, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1942. During World War, Skinner served in…
ID Number:1985.135.25
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Holt W. Webster, 1985
Holt Webster (1919-1992) was a pioneer in the freight industry, and one of the founders of Airborne Express, where he also served as chairman and chief executive officer. During World War II, Webster was a captain in the military Air Transport Command from 1942 through 1946. After the war, he worked for Northwest Airlines in Seattle from 1946 to 1951…
ID Number:1985.135.28
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Edward C. Wells, March 1985
Edward C. Wells (1910-1986) was an engineer and senior vice president of the Boeing Company, and served on the company’s board of directors. He played a major role in the design of Boeing planes, from bombers, such as the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-29, to jet transports, including the 707, 747 and others. Wells was born in Boise, Idaho and…
ID Number:1985.135.29
Date:1985
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Boeing bomber B-17 in flight with Mount Rainier in the background, 1941
Under military contract, the bomber went from design to flight test in just 12 months. Making its first flight on July 28, 1935, it was Boeing's first military aircraft with a flight deck instead of an open cockpit and was armed with bombs and five .30-caliber machine guns. Boeing plants built 6,981 of more than 12,000 B-17's delivered during World…
ID Number:1986.5.159.3
Date:1941