1892 results for: Washington (State). Office of the Secretary of State
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Seattle Tennis Club Tournament program, August 1899
The Seattle Tennis Club was founded in 1890 as the Olympic Tennis Club (renamed in 1896), and the club operated two clay courts at the northwest corner of Madison Street and Minor Avenue on First Hill. By 1919 a larger facility was needed and the club purchased land at their current location on the shore of Lake Washington in Madison…
ID Number:2018.3.3.48
Date:1899
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Silver Skis program, 1936
The first Silver Skis downhill race was held in 1934, organized by a group of Seattle-area ski boosters in order to put the Northwest on the nation's winter sports map. The race began with a mass start at Camp Muir at 10,000 feet on Mount Rainier, and ended when the first skier crossed the finish line 3.6 ungroomed miles later…
ID Number:2018.3.3.49
Date:1936
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Motor Boat Club regatta program, July 4, 1906
The program pictured here is for the third annual summer Regatta held by the Motor Boat Club of Seattle. Races took place on Lake Washington, and included a one-mile straight course, and three-, five-, and ten-mile triangular courses. The speed boat Comet wowed 3,000 spectators by finishing the ten-mile course in just over 29 minutes. Caption information source: "Comet is…
ID Number:2018.3.3.50
Date:1906
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Races at the Meadows program, August 3, 1906
Built in 1902 by the King County Fair Association, The Meadows was the premier venue in the Northwest for horse racing. The track was located just five miles south of downtown Seattle, between the south end of Beacon Hill and the Duwamish River, in what is now known as the Georgetown neighborhood. The grandstands seated 10,000 spectators, who had convenient…
ID Number:2018.3.3.51
Date:1906
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Longacres Thoroughbred Racing brochure, 1990
Longacres Park racetrack in the Green River Valley near Renton was the home of thoroughbred racing in western Washington from 1933 to 1992, and was the longest continually operated track on the West Coast. Designed by famed Seattle architect B. Marcus Priteca (1889-1971), the track took advantage of soil composition favorable to racing due to regular flooding by the river.…
ID Number:2018.3.3.52
Date:1990
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Golden Gloves program, February 1958
The program pictured here is from the 23rd annual Golden Gloves Northwest Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championships, a boxing competition held February 21-22, 1958, at the Civic Auditorium in Seattle. The event was sponsored by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper, and featured former heavyweight champion of the world Jack Dempsey as guest of honor.
ID Number:2018.3.3.53
Date:1958
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The Seattle Referee, November 3, 1916
The issue of "The Seattle Referee" pictured here was published as a program for a boxing match between William August "Willie" Hoppe (b.1890) of San Francisco and "Smilin' George" Ingle of Seattle. The date on this program, November 3, 1915, is a misprint. The bout actually took place on Friday, November 3, 1916, at the Dreamland Pavilion in Seattle, and…
ID Number:2018.3.3.54
Date:1916
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High school football program, November 21, 1903
The program pictured here is for a football game played between Seattle High School and Portland High School on November 21, 1903, at Seattle’s Athletic Park on Madison Street. The program highlights the coaches and players of each team and includes photos, line-ups, and score cards. Seattle won the game 28-0.The Seattle team was coached by Bruce C. Short. Players…
ID Number:2018.3.3.55
Date:1903
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Seattle International Horse Show program, October 1928
The Seattle International Horse Show was first held in 1928 at the city's recently constructed Civic Auditorium (site of the present-day Seattle Center). The show was held annually until 1969, featuring events governed by the Association of American Horse Shows (now the United States Equestrian Federation or USEF). The program pictured here is from the first show, October 20-27, 1928.
ID Number:2018.3.3.56
Date:1928
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American House business card, circa 1877
John Harte McGraw (1850-1910) moved to Seattle from Maine in 1876 and got a job as a clerk in the Occidental Hotel. According to his obituary, he became an owner of American House boarding house in 1877, though the hotel was destroyed in a fire in 1878. That year he joined Seattle's tiny police force and began a successful career…
ID Number:2018.3.3.57
Date:Circa 1877