517 results for: Museum of History
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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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Oral history interview with Thornton "T.A." Wilson, March and May 1985
Thornton Arnold “T.A.” Wilson (1921 – 1999), known to friends and colleagues as just “T,” was the Chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of Boeing corporation. Born in Missouri, Wilson earned his B.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Iowa State University and a M.S. degree from the California Institute of Technology.Following his graduation from Iowa State, Wilson joined…
ID Number:1985.135.30
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Willard Wright, July 15, 1985
Willard J. Wright (1914-1997) was a Seattle lawyer at the firm of Davis Wright Tremaine. A Seattle native, he attended the Lakeside School, graduating in 1932. He was a longtime trustee of Lakeside beginning in 1938 and was involved in the selection of the new headmaster after the sudden death of Headmaster Robert Adams in 1950. In this interview, Wright…
ID Number:1985.135.31
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Kate Webster, March 30, 1988
Kate Belcher Webster (1924-2017) was a longtime Washington State University (WSU) regent and a leader at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Born and raised in New York City, Webster moved to Seattle some time after her marriage to Holt Webster, founder of the Airborne Express delivery company. She described herself as a “professional volunteer.” In Seattle, Webster first became involved with the…
ID Number:1985.135.32
Date:1988
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Buildings at a Washington state CCC camp, August 1939
In 1933, during the Great Depression, the United States government created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to help relieve unemployment. The CCC set up work camps in national parks and other remote areas of the country where the recruits planted trees, built roads and buildings and worked on a variety of other conservation projects.This 1939 photo shows the headquarters building…
ID Number:1986.5.1830.2
Date:1939
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Funeral cars processing down King Street, Seattle, November 28, 1941
Born in China, Chin Fook Hing (1875-1941) came to Seattle from California around 1900. In 1911 he established the Chong Hink Knitting Company at 504 Twelfth Avenue South, which he managed until his death. Through his work in the Seattle Chinese Patriotic League, Mr. Chin was credited with raising more than $50,000 for China war relief. Long active in his…
ID Number:1986.5.7833.1
Date:1941
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Aerial view of Museum of History & Industry, Seattle, 1952
The Museum of History & Industry opened its doors on February 15, 1952, just south of the Montlake cut. The original south entrance circular driveway disappeared with the construction of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge and State Route 520 that opened on August 28, 1963. Other modifications included blocking out the southerly windows of the transportation ramp on the west…
ID Number:1986.5.9955.1
Date:1952
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Aaron Dixon and Trolice Flavors at court hearing for Franklin High School sit-in, Seattle, April 5, 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:1986.5.11579.11
Date:1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants leaving prison, Seattle, April 5, 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:1986.5.11580.6
Date:1968
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Aaron Dixon with his mother at courthouse, April 5, 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:1986.5.11580.13
Date:1968