1829 results for: Seattle Times
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Norman Archibald standing next to his SPAD plane, France, 1918
Hazel Marjorie (Archibald) Draper (1891-1973) and Norman Silas "Jim" Archibald (1894-1975) were born in Seattle to real estate developer Silas W. Archibald (1864-aft 1952) and Elizabeth Jane (Langille) Archibald (1866-), who had emigrated from Nova Scotia, Canada, after their 1889 marriage. Both Hazel and Norman served in France during World War I; Norman was a lieutenant with the 95th Aero…
ID Number:2009.3.4.18.2
Date:1918
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Five men near a crevasse during search and rescue operation, Mount Rainier National Park, July 1929
Often referred to as "the Greathouse accident," the most highly publicized tragedy in Mount Rainier climbing history occurred on July 2, 1929 when six climbers slid into a deep crevasse on upper Ingraham Glacier. Apprentice guide and Lincoln High School football coach, Forrest Greathouse, and climber Edwin A. Wetzel were killed and the other four climbers badly injured. The search…
ID Number:2009.16.53
Date:1929
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Students’ Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, 1918
The establishment of Students' Army Training Corps (SATC) units during World War I was authorized by the Selective Service Act of 1917, and implemented by the newly created Committee on Education and Special Training of the US War Department. The short-lived SATC program utilized the facilities, equipment, and faculty of colleges and universities to select and train officer candidates and…
ID Number:2009.32.1
Date:1918
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Program for "Dora Thorne" at the Seattle Theatre, November1906
The Seattle Theatre, designed by architects George Willis Lawton and Charles Willard Saunders, opened at the corner of Third Avenue and Cherry Street on December 5, 1892. The building included an auditorium that housed the theater, as well as a three-story office space. The Seattle Theater operated at that location through May 1915. The building was demolished that same year,…
ID Number:2010.3.26.9.31.1
Date:1906
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.1
Date:Circa 1920
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Houses constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.2
Date:Circa 1920
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Houses constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.3
Date:Circa 1920
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.4
Date:Circa 1920
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.5
Date:Circa 1920
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.6
Date:Circa 1920