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Seafair Princess Barbara Foy serving birthday cake at Washington Mutual's 75th anniversary celebration, September 21, 1964
Washington Mutual (WaMu) was incorporated as the Washington National Building Loan and Investment Association on Sept 25, 1889. It grew to be the United States' largest savings and loan association until its collapse in 2008. For Washington Mutual's 75th anniversary, customers 75 years old were honored guests at all the bank's offices on September 21, 1964. This photo documents University…
ID Number:1979.6747.61
Date:1964
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Interest payment crowd inside Washington Mutual Savings Bank, January 2, 1948
Washington Mutual (WaMu) was incorporated as the Washington National Building Loan and Investment Association on Sept 25, 1889. It grew to be the United States' largest savings and loan association until its collapse in 2008.Here, Washington Mutual customers crowd inside the bank's building at 1101 Second Avenue for their annual interest payment. Caption accompanying image: Interior of bank with interest…
ID Number:1979.6747.76
Date:1948
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Men with mail sacks and mail truck outside Washington Mutual Savings Bank, circa 1941
Men, probably Washington Mutual employees, pose with a U.S. postal worker near a mail truck being loaded with sacks containing interest payments outside the Washington Mutual Savings Bank building at 1101 Second Avenue, Seattle. Washington Mutual (WaMu) was incorporated as the Washington National Building Loan and Investment Association on Sept 25, 1889. It grew to be the United States' largest…
ID Number:1979.6747.77
Date:Circa 1941
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Markus and Albert Mayer jewelry store in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, 1898
Soon after striking gold on the banks of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory, brothers Albert Mayer (1871-1929) and Markus Mayer (1877-1950) established a watch and jewelry making business in Dawson City. Their older brother, Joseph Mayer (1868-1937), started Joseph Mayer Bros. in Seattle, which began by selling souvenir spoons, flatware, and wholesale jewelry, and grew into a major…
ID Number:1979.6792.1
Date:1898
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Seattle Tent & Awning Co. employees, Seattle, circa 1925
Seattle Tent and Awning Company was begun by S. W. Robb (1866-1929) when he arrived in Seattle in 1896; in 1919 he sold the business to Thomas H. McGroge. The company advertised as "Manufacturers and Jobbers" of silk and canvas tents and goods for mountaineers, sportsmen, and lumber camps. During WWI the plant was the largest producer of goods in…
ID Number:1980.6877.95
Date:Circa 1925
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Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925
The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard sawmills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. In 1958 the largest fire in Seattle since the fire of…
ID Number:1980.6877.117
Date:Circa 1925
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Cedar drying stacks at Seattle Cedar Lumber Mfg. Co., Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925
The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard sawmills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. In 1958 the largest fire in Seattle since the fire of…
ID Number:1980.6877.121
Date:Circa 1925
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Stetson Post building at 2nd Ave. at Marion St., Seattle, circa 1895
This northeast facing view of Second Avenue at Marion Street shows the Victorian clapboard Stetson-Post Building with its central tower. Built in 1883, it was variously known as the New York Kitchen Block, the French Row Dwellings, and the Rainier Block before its demise in 1919. On the corner is Robeson Bros., a store owned by Samuel I. Robeson and…
ID Number:1980.6923.74
Date:Circa 1895
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Warshal's wall mural postcard, circa 1977
Pictured on this postcard is the exterior of Warshal's Sporting Goods, a long-time Seattle outdoor emporium, highlighting a new mural on the South Wall. The mural was co-commissioned by the Seattle Art Commission as part of the Seattle Walls project of the Downtown Seattle Development Association. The mural was designed and painted by artist Fay Jones, whose work has been…
ID Number:1980.7040.2
Date:Circa 1977
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Abandoned gas plant, Seattle, circa 1967
Seattle’s Lake Union was once primarily an industrial lake ringed by lumber mills, shipyards, tar and asphalt companies, and a gas works. Starting in the early 1900s, the Seattle Gas Company supplied natural gas, made from coal, to Seattle's homes and businesses. Its nearby tar plant produced coal tar products. The plants were shut down in 1956. By the late…
ID Number:1980.7067.1.1.2
Date:Circa 1967