1892 results for: Washington (State). Office of the Secretary of State
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KIRO studio engineer James Upthegrove and engineer John Dubuque with radio equipment, Seattle, circa 1955
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University. As of 2025, the KIRO station studios are located in the Belltown neighborhood, with a transmitting tower…
ID Number:2014.67.11
Date:Circa 1955
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Exterior of KIRO Radio Station at Federal Old Line Insurance Building, Seattle, circa 1957
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University. As of 2025, the KIRO station studios are located in the Belltown neighborhood, with a transmitting tower…
ID Number:2014.67.14
Date:Circa 1957
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KIRO Radio poster, Seattle, 1941
Seattle radio station KIRO began broadcasting as KPCB in 1927. By 1937, the station had become KIRO, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had increased its power from 100 to 1000 watts. Around that time, KIRO became Seattle’s official CBS affiliate. In 1941, with the completion of its new 50,000-watt transmitter on Maury Island, KIRO had become one of the…
ID Number:2014.67.132.2
Date:1941
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David Thomas Denny II, Seattle, circa 1890
David Thomas Denny II (1867-1939) was the sixth of eight children born to early Seattle settlers David Thomas Denny and Louisa B (Boren) Denny. In 1891 David II married Nellie Elizabeth Graham (1871-1956), daughter of another couple who had settled in Seattle in the 1850s, Elizabeth (Crammond) Graham and Walter Graham. Together Nellie and David II had three children, Inez…
ID Number:2014.81.9
Date:Circa 1890
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Nellie Elizabeth Graham Denny, circa 1920
Nellie Elizabeth Graham (1871-1956) was the daughter of Elizabeth Crammond and Walter Graham, who settled in Seattle in the 1850s. Graham attended the University of Washington and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Washington State Pioneers Association, and the Daughters of Pioneers of Washington. In 1891 Nellie married David Thomas Denny II (1867-1939), son of another couple…
ID Number:2014.81.14
Date:Circa 1920
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David Thomas Denny II and Nellie Graham Denny, Seattle, circa 1938
Nellie Elizabeth Graham (1871-1956) and her husband, David Thomas Denny II (1867-1939), were both born in Seattle to early settlers, Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Crammond) Graham and Walter Graham, and David Thomas Denny and Louisa B (Boren) Denny, respectively. Nellie and David II were married on December 9, 1891, and together had three children, Inez Louisa (Denny) Whiteaker (1893-1963), Walter Claude Denny…
ID Number:2014.81.16
Date:Circa 1938
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Inez Louisa Denny as a child, Seattle, circa 1896
Inez Louisa Denny was born in 1893 to David Thomas Denny II and Nellie Graham Denny. She attended the University of Washington and in 1918 married John Charles Whiteaker (1894-1958). Their son, John D. Whiteaker, was born in 1926. Inez Louisa was a member of the Guild of Children’s Orthopedic Hospital and the Washington State Historical Society.In this image, Inez…
ID Number:2014.81.19
Date:Circa 1895
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University Book Store textbook cover, Seattle, circa 1940
Two University of Washington students who had visited student bookstores at eastern colleges are credited with starting the University Book Store at UW. The original bookstore was located in a closet near the university president’s office. Financial challenges and increasing needs for space plagued the student-run organization, and a 1924 fire precipitated the bookstore’s move off campus to 4326 University…
ID Number:2014.81.56
Date:Circa 1940
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Police Force of Seattle, Washington Territory, circa 1888
In 1869 the Seattle City Charter created a Marshall position, and by 1875 Ordinance 66 established day and night police. An amendment to the city charter in 1883 changed the Marshall to the Chief of Police. This D. R. Judkins photograph, taken during J. C. Mitchell's term as chief in 1888-1889, shows 17 men in police uniforms in two rows.…
ID Number:2015.17.1
Date:Circa 1888
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Schwabacher Bros. truck waiting to join parade, Seattle, July 29,1938
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:2015.30.2
Date:1938