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New England hotel souvenir, circa 1905
Seattle’s New England Hotel was located south of Mill Street (now Yesler Way), on the corner of First Avenue South and Main Street. In the city’s early days, this placed it in the red-light district. The hotel was popular with people heading to the gold rush, and it was a hangout for politicians and campaigners. Its manager, James Weir, also…
ID Number:2018.3.3.4
Date:Circa 1905
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"Divide the tax load with initiative no. 69" leaflet, 1932
Two hotly contested initiatives were on the November 8, 1932 ballot in Washington State: The Washington 40-Mill Tax Levy Limit Initiative, also known as Initiative 64, was approved by 61% of voters, limiting property taxes to 2 percent of assessed value; and the Washington Income Tax for Schools Initiative, also known as Initiative 69, which won 71 percent of the…
ID Number:2018.3.3.11
Date:1932
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Keep the ball rolling for Cotterill campaign advertisement, circa 1910
George Fletcher Cotterill (1865-1958), born in Oxford, England, was an American civil servant and politician. He came to Seattle in 1883 and found work as a civil engineer, and later ran for various city and state offices. He served as a state senator from 1906 to1910, as mayor of Seattle from 1912 to 1914, as chief engineer of the State…
ID Number:2018.3.3.18
Date:Circa 1910
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Fly on the Flyer advertising leaflet, 1909
The Flyer was an American steamboat that served from 1891-1929 on Puget Sound, a time in which passenger traffic via boat was very high. The Flyer (later the Washington) was able to complete the 28 miles between Seattle and Tacoma in 77 minutes.This brochure lists the Flyer's departure times from both Seattle and Tacoma, and when opened forms the shape…
ID Number:2018.3.3.28
Date:1909
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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
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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
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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
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Tilikums of Elttaes invitation, 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:2018.3.3.43
Date:1912
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Seattle Metropolitans hockey score card, December 5, 1916
In 1915, Seattle joined the professional men's ice hockey league in western Canada and the western United States with their new team, the Metropolitans. The Mets, as they were known, played their home games at the Seattle Ice Arena (site of the present-day Seattle Center), in a new, state-of-the-art facility built by the Canadian brothers Frank and Lester Patrick. The…
ID Number:2018.3.3.47
Date:1916
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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