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Jr. Cadillac bumper sticker, circa 1975
Northwest rock ‘n’ roll band Jr. Cadillac was formed in 1970 by musicians Jim Manolides, Buck Ormsby, George Rudiger, Bob Hosko, and Ned Neltner. Throughout the 1970s band opened for many big shows that came through the Northwest: The Kinks, The Beach Boys, ELO, Yes, and Jethro Tull. The band backed Chuck Berry 12 times on his tours through the…
ID Number:2013.87.152
Date:Circa 1975
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Northwest Area Music Awards program, April 1989
The Northwest Area Music Association, Inc. (NAMA) was founded in Seattle in 1987 to promote national awareness of the Northwest's thriving music scene, and provide a network for industry professionals to advance the music business within the Northwest. For several years, NAMA held an awards ceremony to honor northwest musicians and bands, as well as other music-related industries such as…
ID Number:2013.87.156.1
Date:1989
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Rebecca Gaines posing for graduation portrait, Seattle, June 7, 1888
Rebecca Gaines (1869-1953) was born in California to Irish-immigrant parents. Shortly after 1880 the family moved from Nevada to Seattle, and in June 1888 Rebecca graduated from the Territorial University (now University of Washington). The family then moved to Alameda, California before 1900. There, Rebecca married marine engineer Frank Vivian James (1867-1921) in 1891 and together they had three children.…
ID Number:2013.95.5
Date:1888
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Frank James sitting on ship deck, circa 1895
Frank Vivian James (1867-1921), a California native, worked in the San Francisco Bay area as a marine engineer. He met his future wife, Rebecca Gaines (1869-1953), in Seattle, where she had attended the Territorial University of Washington (now University of Washington), graduating in 1888. After their 1891 marriage Frank and Rebecca settled in Alameda, California, where together they had three…
ID Number:2013.95.6
Date:Circa 1895
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Swift Packing Company employees, September 19, 1956
In 1855, 16-year-old Gustavus Franklin Swift founded a butchering operation in Eastham, Massachusetts, and in 1875, the successful Swift and Company meatpacking business was incorporated in Chicago. In 2007, Swift & Co. was purchased by JBS USA Holdings, Inc. and continues as of 2019 as the Swift Trade Group of JBS.Around 1910, Swift & Co. built a branch meat-processing plant…
ID Number:2013.108.3
Date:1956
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Portrait of Walter Gordon Clark, Seattle, circa 1900
Walter Gordon Clark, engineer, was born in Utah and attended universities in the United States and Germany. He spent the early years of the 20th century in Seattle, where, sometime between 1900 and 1910, he and E. C. Kilbourne founded Kilbourne & Clark, an engineering firm and agency for Eastern electrical companies. By 1915, with Clark in New York, the…
ID Number:2013.111.1
Date:Circa 1900
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Group of men looking at Currin shoe window display in Carl Schermer store, First Avenue South, Seattle, 1921
The Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company was founded in 1908 at 225 Eastlake Avenue with a partnership between Hugh L. Currin and Warren Greene. In 1920 the company moved to a new factory building at 2715 Western Avenue. Currin-Greene manufactured boots and specialty work shoes sold throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. In particular, they were known for hand-made, cleated logging…
ID Number:2013.114.7
Date:1921
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Employees at work during KING-TV filming at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
On October 13, 1959, Seattle's KING 5 TV aired "Richfield Success Story" a 30-minute television documentary about the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company. The film featured the boot making process and included interviews with long-time employees. Here, Frank Lull, foreground, and other employees are being filmed while working on boots inside the factory. Stamped on verso: RICHFIELD SUCCESS STORY. PICTURE #…
ID Number:2013.114.14
Date:1959
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Frank Law interviewed by Bill Neilson at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
On October 13, 1959, Seattle's KING 5 TV aired "Richfield Success Story" a 30-minute television documentary about the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company. The film featured the boot making process and included interviews with long-time employees. Here, employee Frank Law is being interviewed by emcee Bill Neilson inside the factory. Stamped on verso: RICHFIELD SUCCESS STORY. PICTURE # 91013 13. SHOW…
ID Number:2013.114.16
Date:1959
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Ben Peterson at work during KING-TV filming at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
On October 13, 1959, Seattle's KING 5 TV aired "Richfield Success Story" a 30-minute television documentary about the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company. The film featured the boot making process and included interviews with long-time employees. Here, Ben Peterson is being filmed while working inside the factory. Stamped on verso: RICHFIELD SUCCESS STORY. PICTURE # 91013 22. SHOW DATE 10 13…
ID Number:2013.114.17
Date:1959