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Image of U.S. Army draftees parading through downtown, Seattle, May 10, 1918
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U.S. Army draftees parading through downtown, Seattle, May 10, 1918

On May 10, 1918, 62 men, conscripted from Seattle and King County through the new Selective Service system, paraded through downtown Seattle streets before entraining for Vancouver Barracks, where they would join the U.S. Army. The men assembled at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club, where they received packages of food, tobacco, and other useful items, then marched to King Street…
ID Number:1983.10.1091.1
Date:1918
Image of Sailors drilling at naval training camp, Seattle, circa 1918
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Sailors drilling at naval training camp, Seattle, circa 1918

During World War I, the University of Washington had a U.S. Navy training station on the shores of Lake Union. Before the camp closed in 1919, over 5,000 men had been trained there for both naval and naval aviation units. Handwritten on sleeve: Naval Training Camp DrillWebster & Stevens number: 65659
ID Number:1983.10.1217
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Office interior at the Naval Training Station, circa 1918
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Office interior at the Naval Training Station, circa 1918

When the United States entered World War I in 1918, the University of Washington provided land on the shore of Lake Union for a Naval Training Station. In this photo, navy trainees work and talk on the telephone in the station's busy office while women type and file. Webster & Stevens number: 66247
ID Number:1983.10.1241
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Hangar interior at naval training camp, Seattle, circa 1918
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Hangar interior at naval training camp, Seattle, circa 1918

During World War I, the U.S. Navy had a training station on the University of Washington campus. The Navy buildings were on the shore of Lake Union, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. This photo shows the interior of a hangar with two planes. Handwritten on sleeve: U.S.N.T. Caralion Int Hangar.Webster & Stevens number: 66293
ID Number:1983.10.1246
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Frederick & Nelson department store exterior, circa 1918
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Frederick & Nelson department store exterior, circa 1918

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century. It…
ID Number:1983.10.1257
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Woman aboard S.S. Tyrus Cook, circa 1918
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Woman aboard S.S. Tyrus Cook, circa 1918

This portrait of an unidentified woman was taken around the time of World War I. Handwritten on sleeve: S.S. Tyrus Cook.Webster & Stevens number: 66391
ID Number:1983.10.1270.1
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Woman preparing to christen S.S. West Eldara, Seattle, October 14, 1918
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Woman preparing to christen S.S. West Eldara, Seattle, October 14, 1918

In 1916, the Skinner & Eddy Corporation opened a shipyard at the foot of Massachusetts Street on the site of the old Moran Brothers yard. Skinner & Eddy built 75 vessels during World War I, becoming Seattle's largest shipyard. The end of the war, in 1918, brought a depression in shipbuilding, and the yard was sold in 1923. Here, a…
ID Number:1983.10.1279.3
Date:1918
Image of Exterior of The Nut House, Seattle, circa 1920
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Exterior of The Nut House, Seattle, circa 1920

In 1909 Atlanta-born Anton Louis Delkin (1889-1974) arrived in Seattle from British Columbia with $40 cash and five barrels of peanuts. By 1918 Delkin, the "Chief Nut," was selling $1,350,000 worth of nuts per year through his company, The Nut House. After an attempt in the early 1920s to expand into additional cities, the board of trustees decided in 1923…
ID Number:1983.10.1287
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Joshua Green Building, Seattle, circa 1918
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Joshua Green Building, Seattle, circa 1918

The Joshua Green Building, located at Fourth and Pike in downtown Seattle was built in 1913 and designed by architect John Graham, Sr. It was named after Joshua Green, a leader in Seattle's shipping and banking industries. Handwritten on sleeve: Green Bldg.Webster & Stevens number: 66713
ID Number:1983.10.1295
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Cattle show at Hollywood Farm, Woodinville, November 19, 1918
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Cattle show at Hollywood Farm, Woodinville, November 19, 1918

Hollywood Farm, in Woodinville, was built by the Frederick Stimson family. They used it as a weekend retreat and summer home. Milk and cream from the farm's prize-winning Holstein dairy herd was sent to Seattle by railroad. Seattleites visited by train and bought cream, ice cream, and sausages at the farm's ice cream parlor. Caption on image: Pacific Northwest Ice…
ID Number:1983.10.1343
Date:1918
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