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Image of Report on dairy samples with ratings, June 30, 1938
Ephemera

Report on dairy samples with ratings, June 30, 1938

Morningside Dairy was a small family business operating in Seattle from around 1922 until 1948. The dairy was owned by Franz Hardow (1886-1965), the son of Swedish immigrants, and Anna Gerrels Hardow (1894-1990), the daughter of German immigrants. The couple married in 1921, then left Minnesota for Seattle, where they leased land from Washington State for their home and farm…
ID Number:2024.6.8
Date:1938
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Ephemera

"Score Card For Milk" for Morningside Dairy, September 15, 1934

Morningside Dairy was a small family business operating in Seattle from around 1922 until 1948. The dairy was owned by Franz Hardow (1886-1965), the son of Swedish immigrants, and Anna Gerrels Hardow (1894-1990), the daughter of German immigrants. The couple married in 1921, then left Minnesota for Seattle, where they leased land from Washington State for their home and farm…
ID Number:2024.6.11
Date:1934
Correspondence

Letter from Anna Hardow to Lena and Wilbur Cole, February 6, 1943

Morningside Dairy was a small family business operating in Seattle from around 1922 until 1948. The dairy was owned by Franz Hardow (1886-1965), the son of Swedish immigrants, and Anna Gerrels Hardow (1894-1990), the daughter of German immigrants. The couple married in 1921, then left Minnesota for Seattle, where they leased land from Washington State for their home and farm…
ID Number:2024.6.15
Date:1943
Image of Seafair Pirates marching in the Lake City Western Days Parade, Seattle, July 28, 1962
Photograph

Seafair Pirates marching in the Lake City Western Days Parade, Seattle, July 28, 1962

In 1949, younger members of Washington State Press Club formed the Ale & Quail Society. A year later, as the Seafair Pirates, they joined with other groups to create Seattle’s first Seafair. Starting with a boisterous landing in West Seattle, the Pirates still actively and noisily participate in many Seafair activities. Their main objectives are to have fun and to…
ID Number:2024.12.3
Date:1962
Image of Alaska Music Festival Seafair float in the Lake City Parade, Seattle, July 28, 1962
Photograph

Alaska Music Festival Seafair float in the Lake City Parade, Seattle, July 28, 1962

While Seafair was originally intended to celebrate the centennial of Seattle’s 1851 founding, excited planners debuted the first Seafair a year early, in August 1950. Over the years, this summer festival has grown to include parades, boat races, royalty, concerts, community festivals, concerts, and more.Lake City, in northeast Seattle, celebrates Seafair with its Western Days, featuring a salmon bake and…
ID Number:2024.12.5
Date:1962
Image of Rose-themed Seafair float in the Lake City Parade, Seattle, July 28, 1962
Photograph

Rose-themed Seafair float in the Lake City Parade, Seattle, July 28, 1962

While Seafair was originally intended to celebrate the centennial of Seattle’s 1851 founding, excited planners debuted the first Seafair a year early, in August 1950. Over the years, this summer festival has grown to include parades, boat races, royalty, community festivals, parades and more.Lake City, in northeast Seattle, celebrates Seafair with its Western Days, featuring a salmon bake and a…
ID Number:2024.12.6
Date:1962
Correspondence

Draft of letter from Evelyn Chapman to Washington legislators regarding Title I funding for the Northwest Center, May 26, 1969

Evelyn Johnson Chapman (1935-2016) and John Hume Chapman (d. 2000) married in 1959 and had three children. Their oldest son, Coolidge, was born with brain damage which caused physical and mental developmental disabilities. Unable to enroll him in Seattle Public Schools for kindergarten, they placed him in an experimental program at the recently formed Northwest Center for the Retarded (now…
ID Number:2024.14.1.04.01
Date:1969
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Draft of speech given by Evelyn J. Chapman to King County legislators, May 29, 1968

Evelyn Johnson Chapman (1935-2016) and John Hume Chapman (d. 2000) married in 1959 and had three children. Their oldest son, Coolidge, was born with brain damage which caused physical and mental developmental disabilities. Unable to enroll him in Seattle Public Schools for kindergarten, they placed him in an experimental program at the recently formed Northwest Center for the Retarded (now…
ID Number:2024.14.1.04.02
Date:1968
Image of Mark Ten Suie, Seattle, circa 1885
Photograph

Mark Ten Suie, Seattle, circa 1885

Mark Ten Suie, also known as Ten Suie Mark and T.S. Mark, was a Chinese American merchant working in Seattle in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Born in China around 1861, he immigrated to the US around 1872, arriving in the Seattle area around 1876, though published records of the exact date vary. Beginning around 1888, entries in…
ID Number:2024.33.1
Date:circa 1885
Image of Mark Ten Suie Trading Company ledger, 1899 - 1906
Logbook

Mark Ten Suie Trading Company ledger, 1899 - 1906

Mark Ten Suie, also known as Ten Suie Mark and T.S. Mark, was a Chinese American merchant working in Seattle in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Born in China around 1861, he immigrated to the US around 1872, arriving in the Seattle area around 1876, though published records of the exact date vary. Beginning around 1888, entries in…
ID Number:2024.33.2
Date:1899
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