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Image of Port of Seattle General Map Seattle Harbor, May 1915
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Port of Seattle General Map Seattle Harbor, May 1915

The Port of Seattle commission was created by election on September 5, 1911, voted in by a wide margin. One week later on September 12, 1911, the new commissioners met for the first time and began planning and developing Seattle's first public harbor facilities, and later, a container terminal, the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and may other facilities that continue operating…
ID Number:2019.3.6
Date:1915
Image of City of Seattle Harbor Department Map of Central Waterfront District, August 1916
Cartographic material

City of Seattle Harbor Department Map of Central Waterfront District, August 1916

Maritime trade was crucial to the city's economic development, and Seattle continues to be defined and supported by the harbor that has become one of the busiest ports in the U. S. This 1916 map of Elliott Bay depicts wharves and businesses along the waterfront, as well as and water depths (soundings) along piers and in Elliott Bay. Each street,…
ID Number:2019.3.17
Date:1916
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Oral history interview with Junkoh Harui, April 20, 2004

Interview with Junkoh Harui, the owner of Bainbridge Gardens on Bainbridge Island, with Julie Kressen on April 20, 2004, for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Bainbridge Gardens was started in 1911 by Harui's father and uncle. In 1941, they were forced to leave to Moses Lake during World War II. In 1958, Harui and his wife, Chris, opened the Island's…
ID Number:2019.35.8.6
Date:2004
Image of John Young at Fort Worden, 1936
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John Young at Fort Worden, 1936

In June 1936, over 100 members of the U.S. Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) from colleges in California, Washington, and Utah arrived at Fort Worden in Port Townsend for training. Among the cadets was John Chew Young (1912-1987), a Chinese-American student from San Jose, California, arriving for his second consecutive summer of training at the US Army base. A…
ID Number:2020.13.1
Date:1936
Image of John Young at Fort Worden, 1936
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John Young at Fort Worden, 1936

In June 1936, over 100 members of the U.S. Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) from colleges in California, Washington, and Utah arrived at Fort Worden in Port Townsend for training. Among the cadets was John Chew Young (1912-1987), a Chinese-American student from San Jose, California, arriving for his second consecutive summer of training at the US Army base. A…
ID Number:2020.13.2
Date:1936
Image of John Young standing on disappearing gun platform at Fort Worden, 1936
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John Young standing on disappearing gun platform at Fort Worden, 1936

In June 1936, over 100 members of the U.S. Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) from colleges in California, Washington, and Utah arrived at Fort Worden in Port Townsend for training. Among the cadets was John Chew Young (1912-1987), a Chinese-American student from San Jose, California, arriving for his second consecutive summer of training at the US Army base. A…
ID Number:2020.13.3
Date:1936
Image of John Young at Fort Worden, 1936
Photograph

John Young at Fort Worden, 1936

In June 1936, over 100 members of the U.S. Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) from colleges in California, Washington, and Utah arrived at Fort Worden in Port Townsend for training. Among the cadets was John Chew Young (1912-1987), a Chinese-American student from San Jose, California, arriving for his second consecutive summer of training at the US Army base. A…
ID Number:2020.13.4
Date:1936
Image of John Young at Fort Worden, 1936
Photograph

John Young at Fort Worden, 1936

In June 1936, over 100 members of the U.S. Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) from colleges in California, Washington, and Utah arrived at Fort Worden in Port Townsend for training. Among the cadets was John Chew Young (1912-1987), a Chinese-American student from San Jose, California, arriving for his second consecutive summer of training at the US Army base. A…
ID Number:2020.13.5
Date:1936
Image of John Young at Fort Worden, 1936
Photograph

John Young at Fort Worden, 1936

In June 1936, over 100 members of the U.S. Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) from colleges in California, Washington, and Utah arrived at Fort Worden in Port Townsend for training. Among the cadets was John Chew Young (1912-1987), a Chinese-American student from San Jose, California, arriving for his second consecutive summer of training at the US Army base. A…
ID Number:2020.13.6
Date:1936
Image of Bob's Java Jive, Tacoma, 1985
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Bob's Java Jive, Tacoma, 1985

Bob’s Java Jive was built 1927 at the Port of Tacoma by veterinarian Otis G. Button and was then transported to 2120 South Tacoma Way (Pacific Highway/US 99). Opening as a coffee shop, it was but one of many eye-catching structures being built along the nation’s growing highway system. During Prohibition, the Java Jive purportedly served as a speakeasy and…
ID Number:2020.42.1.20.01.05
Date:1985
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