1950 results for: ACT-UP/Seattle
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Jack Sturgis Air Transport Bureau ticket, circa 1930
This ticket offers a 50¢ credit to be used at any aviation company that is a member of the Jack Sturgis Air Transport Bureau. The bureau was run out of the Municipal Airport (also known as Boeing Field) in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. Services offered ranged from passenger tickets to Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, to aerial tours over downtown…
ID Number:2018.3.3.24
Date:Circa 1930
Program
Boeing Children's Christmas Party program, 1953
The workforce and economy of Seattle from WWII through the 1970s was largely dependent on the Boeing Company and the commercial-airplane market. In 1957 business was booming due to the rise of the jet airplane. At the time Boeing employed about 100,000 people, including half of King County's manufacturing workers, while the Seattle's total population was only 550,000. This program…
ID Number:2018.3.3.31
Date:1953
Program
Chief Seattle Day program, 1915
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In 1912 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Potlatch celebration (an early version of Seafair) and financed the statue of…
ID Number:2018.3.3.32
Date:1915
Program
Aida program, August 1927
"Aida" is an opera in four acts composed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824-1893). Set in Egypt, it was commissioned by and first performed at Cairo's Khedivial Opera House on December 24, 1871. The opera has since been performed thousands of times all over the world, and remains a central piece in the operatic…
ID Number:2018.3.3.33
Date:1927
Program
Seattle War Memorial Plaza opening program, January 1951
During World War II, the King County War Finance Committee's Victory Square in downtown Seattle was a gathering place and symbol of Seattle's war efforts. After the war, Mayor William F. Devin (1898-1982) established a War Memorial Committee who oversaw design and construction of a memorial plaza that was built as part of the new Public Safety Building. The building…
ID Number:2018.3.3.34
Date:1951
Program
Launch of Nebraska program, 1904
In 1901, the Moran Brothers shipyard of Seattle won the bid to build one of three battleships for the US Navy. Construction of the ship, named Nebraska, began with a keel laying ceremony on July 4, 1902, at the shipyard located at the foot of South Charles Street south of Pioneer Square. Over 1,000 workers helped build the ship, which…
ID Number:2018.3.3.35
Date:1904
Ephemera
Golden Potlatch themed coffee bag, 1912
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:2018.3.3.39
Date:1912
Postcard
Seattle Ad Club postcard, 1913
The Seattle Advertising and Sales Club, or Seattle Ad Club, was started in 1909 and continues as of 2018 as the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Seattle. The club was founded by local business men in part to investigate and prevent fraudulent advertising schemes.This postcard advertises the club's monthly luncheon, to be held February 18, 1913, at the Rathskeller.
ID Number:2018.3.3.40
Date:1913
Postcard
Seattle Ad Club postcard, 1912
The Seattle Advertising and Sales Club, or Seattle Ad Club, was started in 1909 and continues as of 2018 as the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Seattle. The club was founded by local business men in part to investigate and prevent fraudulent advertising schemes.This postcard advertises the club's monthly luncheon, to be held March 18, 1912, at the Rathskeller. This particular…
ID Number:2018.3.3.41
Date:1912
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Golden Potlatch advertisement, 1913
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:2018.3.3.42
Date:1913