1514 results for: City of Seattle
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Bailey Gatzert School students salute flag, Seattle, May 18, 1943
Youngsters at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School salute the flag as part of a city-wide "I Am An American" Day celebration. The student body at this school represented many races and backgrounds at a time when wartime patriotism ran strong. A major component of the celebration was the granting of citizenship to 46 men who recently donned uniforms for the U.S.…
ID Number:PI25526
Date:1943
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Cheerleaders at charity football game, December 2, 1939
In 1939, the Seattle Public Schools' Parent Teacher Association and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer sponsored the city-wide high school football championship games. Over 25,000 fans crowded Washington Field on the University of Washington campus to root for their favorite teams. The second game pitted Roosevelt High School against Garfield High School. Roosevelt beat Garfield 16 to 8.This December 2, 1939 photo…
ID Number:PI25700
Date:1939
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Cleveland and Garfield High School football game, Seattle, 1937
The Seattle Public Schools' Parent Teacher Association and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer sponsored the city-wide high school football championship games. Over 25,000 fans crowded Washington Field on the University of Washington campus to root for their favorite teams. The income from the championship games provided hot meals and medical care to school children in need. Handwritten on negative: Football - Cleve-Gar,…
ID Number:PI26764
Date:1937
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Aerial view of Alaskan Way Viaduct under construction from south, Seattle, 1957
Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct carried traffic over the waterfront area, linking the northern part of the city to the industrial area south of the central business district. The first unit of the elevated roadway, from Battery Street to Dearborn Street, was completed in 1953 and a southern extension in 1959. The Viaduct closed in January 2019 after being replaced by…
ID Number:PI27481
Date:1957
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Aerial view of the Central Area after snowstorm, November 22, 1946
This aerial view of the Seattle's Central Area was taken after two days of snow blanketed the city in late November 1946. The view looks west across the Central District, toward Elliiott Bay. At the time, most of Seattle's Black population was concentrated in the Central Area because of housing and job discrimination, and restrictive covenants that prohibited the rental…
ID Number:PI27592
Date:1948
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Aerial view of the Rainier Valley after snowstorm, November 22, 1946
This aerial view of the Seattle's Rainier Valley was taken after two days of snow blanketed the city in late November 1946. The view looks southeast towards Mount Rainier, with Rainier Avenue South running upward from the bottom of the frame. Sick's Stadium is visible to the left of Rainier Avenue, in the lower third of the photo.At the time…
ID Number:PI27593
Date:1946
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Parade in Bellevue, December 1955
The city of Bellevue, Washington, incorporated in 1953. Two years later, Bellevue was named an All-America City by the National Municipal League and Look Magazine. When the award arrived, the city closed the schools early and quickly organized a parade.This photo, taken on a rainy day in December 1955, shows the parade which celebrated Bellevue's winning the title of All-America…
ID Number:PI27860
Date:1955
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Gas mask instruction in front of the Armory, Seattle, August 2, 1942
Civilian defense units donned gas masks as the entire city went through its biggest practice air raid on August 2, 1942. Fifty-eight thousand men and women took part in the 90-minute test as army and navy planes simulated a bomb attack. The control headquarters was located at the Field Artillery Armory, where "incidents" were reported by telephone. Civilian defense workers…
ID Number:PI27963
Date:1942
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Madrona air raid wardens drilling with gas masks, August 1942
On August 2, 1942, Seattle staged a city-wide air raid drill to test its wartime emergency preparedness. Sirens wailed and army and navy planes roared low over the city as 58,000 civil defense workers handled traffic, dealt with imaginary fires, gave first aid and evacuated people from areas where bombs had supposedly landed. During the drill one theoretical bomb landed…
ID Number:PI27965
Date:1942
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Jackson Studio store window after exclusion of Japanese Americans, Seattle, May 1942
The exclusion of Seattle's Japanese families by the federal government during World War II changed the city in numerous ways. Among the more obvious signs were the shuttered and boarded up Japanese businesses along Main, Jackson and upper King Streets. Many of the families who managed or worked in the stores and shops never returned to the city after they…
ID Number:PI28066
Date:1942