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Frank Foyston in hockey gear standing in doorway, Seattle, circa 1920
Frank Corbett "The Flash" Foyston (1891-1966) was a Canadian-born hockey player who became a major figure in early Seattle hockey. Foyston started his career with the Toronto Blueshirts, then moved to Seattle in 1915 to join the Seattle Metropolitans, an expansion team of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). Foyston played nine seasons with the Metropolitans and led the team…
ID Number:1983.10.11224.2
Date:Circa 1920
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Portrait of aviator Herb Munter, circa 1920
The flying career of legendary pilot Herbert A. Munter (1895-1970) began early as he built his first plane from a bed sheet, wooden struts, wires from market baskets and a 40-horsepower engine. Teaching himself to fly it in 1912, he went on to barnstorming and test piloting for the Boeing Company. He opened Seattle's first passenger carrying service in 1920…
ID Number:1983.10.11249
Date:Circa 1920
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Woman paddling canoe on Green Lake, Seattle, 1923
In this image, an unidentified woman paddles a canoe on Green Lake, a freshwater lake in north central Seattle. The lake has long been a recreation area for residents of the city; an electric trolley reached the south end of the lake about 1891, and in 1903 the lake was included in the Olmsted Brothers' comprehensive parks plan. The lake…
ID Number:1983.10.11287.2
Date:1923
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University of Washington football player Hamilton Greene, Seattle, 1923
Handwritten on sleeve: Ham Green[sic], U of W football.Webster & Stevens number: 100891
ID Number:1983.10.11419
Date:1923
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The men who flew around the world, 1924
In 1924, United States army pilots became the first to fly around the world. At that time, there were no trained ground crews to make any needed repairs, so each plane also carried a mechanic. In this photo, seven of the eight pilots and mechanics of the 1924 world air race stand by one of their four planes at Sand…
ID Number:1983.10.11531.1
Date:1924
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Launching of Alician at Todd Shipyards, Seattle, 1924
Todd Shipyards (now Vigor Shipyards) was founded in 1916 as the William H. Todd Corporation through the merger of several companies, including the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company, the origins of which were established in 1882 when Robert Moran opened a marine repair shop at Yesler's Wharf. This image shows the launch of a new pleasure yacht, the Alician,…
ID Number:1983.10.11658.2
Date:1924
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Returning officer of the Round the World Flight, Seattle, 1924
In 1924, four Douglas World Cruisers, each manned by an Army Air Corps pilot and mechanic, took off from Seattle’s Sand Point Field to fly around the world. Some 175 days later, on September 29, 1924, three of the planes arrived back in Seattle. Some 40,000 excited people greeted the flyers as they landed. The crowds were expected to be…
ID Number:1983.10.11721
Date:1924
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Andy Gump visiting Seattle, June 1926
The Gumps was an extremely popular comic strip about a middle-class family created in 1917 by Sidney Smith (1877-1935), running in nation-wide newspapers until 1959. Readers anxiously followed the convoluted story lines, and by1919, this popularity prompted an interest in film adaptations. Between 1923 and 1928, Universal Pictures produced at least four dozen Gumps two-reel comedies starring Joe Murphy (1877-1961),…
ID Number:1983.10.11801.2
Date:1926
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Yacht 592M, designed by Leigh Coolidge, Seattle, circa 1925
In Washington, Prohibition lasted from 1916 until 1933. During that time, making, selling, owning, or drinking alcoholic beverages was against the law. In response to Prohibition, an illegal but valuable trade in alcohol sprang up. Smugglers used small, fast boats often called rumrunners to sneak alcoholic drinks into Washington, where they were sold in illicit taverns known as speakeasies. This…
ID Number:1983.10.11952
Date:Circa 1925
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Knights Templar parading on Second Avenue, Seattle, July 1925
The Knights Templar, a Masonic order modeled after Medieval Christian Crusaders, held their 36th triennial conclave in Seattle on July 28-30, 1925. More than 10,000 participants from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana flooded into Seattle. The city was decorated with over 150 illuminated Christian crosses, the order's symbol, including a 40-foot lighted cross placed on top of the Olympic Hotel,…
ID Number:1983.10.12017
Date:1925