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William H. "Dode" Brinker, University of Washington baseball player, circa 1905
William Hutchinson Brinker was also known as "Dode" and "Bill." He played on the University of Washington baseball team from 1903–1905, and was the program's head coach in 1906, 1909–1910, 1915–1916, and 1918–1919. Brinker also played professionally in 1912 for the Phillies as outfielder and third baseman.The William Jennings "Wee" Coyle collection chronicles Coyle's sports career and teammates starting in…
ID Number:1960.1821.48
Date:Circa 1905
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Canoe War during Junior Day event at University of Washington, circa 1910
The University of Washington crew teams hosted "Junior Day" events, held in the spring at the end of the season, and located on the shores of Lake Washington's Union Bay. Included in the water fun were log rolling and the canoe fights. Canoe war participants were given a ten foot pole and the object was to force your opponent out…
ID Number:1960.1821.59.1
Date:Circa 1910
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UW student activity at Denny Field, Seattle, circa 1910
Sometime around 1910, a group of people gathered at Denny Field, on the campus of the University of Washington, for an unidentified activity. Tightly-packed men and a few women have formed a human chain around a large hook, while others watch from the bleachers and sidelines. The number of men in the group wearing the beanie hats usually worn by…
ID Number:1960.1821.63
Date:Circa 1910
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Dormitory at Seattle Children's Home, circa 1938
The Ladies' Relief Society, Seattle's oldest charity, was begun in April 1884 to aid orphaned children. With the donation of two lots from David Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916), the society opened their first location, a house at Fourth Avenue and Harrison Street. On April 13, 1905, the society opened a new, larger building on Queen Anne Hill…
ID Number:1960.1876.2
Date:Circa 1938
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Dining room at Seattle Children's Home, circa 1941
The Ladies' Relief Society, Seattle's oldest charity, was begun in April 1884 to aid orphaned children. With the donation of two lots from David Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916), the society opened their first location, a house at Fourth Avenue and Harrison Street. On April 13, 1905, the society opened a new, larger building on Queen Anne Hill…
ID Number:1960.1876.3
Date:Circa 1941
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Seattle Children's Home exterior, circa 1915
The Ladies' Relief Society, Seattle's oldest charity, was begun in April 1884 to aid orphaned children. With the donation of two lots from David Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916), the society opened their first location, a house at Fourth Avenue and Harrison Street. On April 13, 1905, the society opened a new, larger building on Queen Anne Hill…
ID Number:1960.1876.5
Date:Circa 1915
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View of Second Avenue looking south, Seattle, 1912
This image of downtown Seattle was taken facing south from the top of a building at approximately Stewart Street. First Hill is at the left edge of the frame, with both St. James Cathedral and the County Courthouse visible. Beacon Hill is in the center distance, and Elliott Bay is on the right edge of the frame. The prevalence of…
ID Number:1960.1916.1
Date:1912
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Letter from Henry McClure after Great Seattle Fire, June 7, 1889
Henry Franklin McClure (1860-1931), a graduate of the University of Oregon, came to Seattle in 1888 to practice law. In 1897 McClure and his brother Walter Andrew McClure (1868-1954) formed the law firm McClure and McClure. They were later joined by another brother, William Ernest McClure (b. 1874) and the firm developed into one of Seattle's largest law offices. The…
ID Number:1961.2226.1
Date:1889
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Seattle High School Class of 1901
As the population of Seattle grew, so did the city's schools. The first school was called "Central School," a name that was applied to several different buildings as the original building was outgrown and a subsequent building burned down. In 1900, the older students of Seattle would have attended Seattle High School, located on the third floor of a building…
ID Number:1961.2387.1
Date:1901
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Discharge centrifugal pump built by Moran Brothers Co. for U.S. Naval Drydock, 1895
In 1882, Robert Moran and his brothers started a marine repair business at Seattle's Yesler's Wharf. By 1895, the company was large enough to do work for the U.S. Navy. In 1891, the Navy had opened a station, with drydock, in Bremerton, across Puget Sound from Seattle.Here, three men stand near a 42-inch centrifugal pump that the Moran firm built…
ID Number:1961.2439.1
Date:1895