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Herb Munter in airplane, Seattle, circa 1915
Herb Munter was a self-taught engineer who built Seattle's first airplanes out of a Harbor Island workshop. In 1916, William Boeing and Conrad Westervelt hired him to help them build the B&W, their first airplane. Handwritten on sleeve: Munter Airplane & Pilot.Webster & Stevens number: 45303
ID Number:1983.10.10128
Date:Circa 1915
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Colman Dock, Seattle, 1915
Before regular ferry service, hundreds of small steamers competed to carry people and freight around Puget Sound. There were so many of these vessels making short runs between so many towns and islands, that they were called the Mosquito Fleet. Some people limit the term Mosquito Fleet to the many small wooden steamers on the sound, while others include larger…
ID Number:1983.10.10135
Date:1915
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Seattle Giants baseball team, 1915
The Seattle Giants played baseball in the Northwestern League. The 1915 season opened on April 20, with the Tacoma Tigers beating Seattle 3-1. In this 1915 photo, the Giants pose on the field in Dugdale Park. Webster & Stevens number: 46385
ID Number:1983.10.10156
Date:1915
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Green Lake Branch Library, Seattle, circa 1916
This library opened in 1910, one of three original Carnegie libraries in Seattle. The building, designed by W. Marbury Somervell and Joseph S. Cote, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Handwritten on sleeve: Green Lake Library. Photographer's Reference Number: 46516
ID Number:1983.10.10162.1
Date:Circa 1916
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Yesler Branch Library, Seattle, circa 1916
The Yesler Library was built in 1914 and was named after Seattle pioneer Henry Yesler. The name was changed in 1975 at the request of neighborhood community members. Today it is the Douglass-Truth Library, named after Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth. Handwritten on sleeve: Yesler Library. Caption information source: Seattle Public Library.Photographer's Reference Number: 46522
ID Number:1983.10.10164.1
Date:Circa 1916
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Exterior of Sears, Roebuck & Company warehouse, Seattle, circa 1915
Chicago-based mail order firm Sears, Roebuck & Company opened its first Seattle warehouse about 1910 in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. By 1913 the company had completed construction on a new seven-story reinforced concrete warehouse and distribution center closer to the rail yards south of downtown. The following year Sears announced plans for a huge addition to the distribution center, designed…
ID Number:1983.10.10166
Date:Circa 1915
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McGilvra School, 1915
McGilvra School was named after John J. McGilvra, a pioneer lawyer in Seattle. The school was built on land purchased from McGilvra in 1913. Located in the Madison Park neighborhood, the original brick building had nine rooms, four teachers, and 155 students in first through seventh grades.This 1915 photo shows McGilvra School on 38th Avenue East in Seattle. Webster &…
ID Number:1983.10.10167
Date:1915
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Pike Place Market from Western Avenue, Seattle, circa 1915
Seattle's Public Market or "Pike Place Market" opened in 1907 on the edge of a steep hill and over the years has grown to incorporate several lower levels of the original building as well as several additional buildings. A local preservation movement in 1971 established the seven-acre Pike Place Market Historical District which continues to protect the physical and social…
ID Number:1983.10.10173
Date:Circa 1915
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Georgetown precinct police, circa 1915
Around 1915, Seattle had neighborhood police headquarters in Ballard, West Seattle, Columbia City, Densmore (now Wallingford), and Georgetown. This photo, taken about 1915, shows the men of the Georgetown precinct, lined up in front of the Georgetown City Hall. The Seattle Public Library and the city's health department had branches in the same building. Webster & Stevens number: 46814
ID Number:1983.10.10183
Date:Circa 1915
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Fire Station No. 24, Seattle, 1915
In 1903, Fire Station No. 24 opened on Fifth Avenue West at West Galer Street. Until the mid-1920s, the station housed fire companies using horse-drawn ladder and hose wagons. The building was remodeled in 1925 when the department bought motorized fire trucks. The station was closed in 1949.This photo, taken around 1905, shows Station No. 24 on Queen Anne Hill.…
ID Number:1983.10.10188.2
Date:1915