1892 results for: Washington (State). Office of the Secretary of State
Program
WPA District 4 Exposition program, Seattle, May 15, 1936
The Federal government created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935, during the Great Depression, to provide jobs to unemployed men, women, and children. The country was divided into regions and districts, and in Washington State, District 4 comprised King, Jefferson, Kitsap, and Clallam counties. In 1936, some 12,337 people, about 75% of whom were men, worked in WPA projects…
ID Number:2018.3.3.127
Date:1936
Document
Care and Adjustment of Model "G" "Iron Chink," circa 1906
In 1903, Seattle inventor Edmund A. Smith (1870-1909) developed a machine that gutted and cleaned salmon for canning 55 times faster than human workers. Most Northwest cannery workers were Chinese immigrants, and Smith, with "unselfconscious racism" (in the words of historian Carlos Schwantes), called his invention the "Iron Chink." The innovation increased cannery profits, but forced thousands of people to…
ID Number:2018.3.3.128
Date:Circa 1906
Program
Program for Seattle Ad Club luncheon, February 20, 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 program for the club's monthly luncheon, held February 20, 1912 at the Rathskeller, is printed with humorous…
ID Number:2018.3.3.130
Date:1912
Ephemera
Brochure from the Spring Apartment Hotel, Seattle, circa 1925
The Spring Apartment Hotel was constructed in 1922 for William H. Hainsworth, a representative of the Spring Apartment Hotel Co. The eleven-story building was designed by John Graham Sr. and built by general contractor Hans Petersen for$500,000. There were no retail storefronts and the building was entirely devoted to residential hotel purposes and remained so for three decades.This brochure advertises…
ID Number:2018.3.3.131
Date:Circa 1925
Correspondence
Interview with Mrs. David Webster with letter to Mrs. M.J. Carkeek, Seattle, 1914
In the 1860s, Asa Mercer, Seattle resident and founder of the University of Washington, traveled to the East Coast twice to recruit women to move to Seattle. The second group of women arrived in Seattle in 1866. Anna Robinson, a member of this group, married fellow shipmate David Webster. In 1914, Mrs. Webster was interviewed, probably by a member of…
ID Number:2018.3.3.134
Date:1914
Ephemera
Pacific Coast Coal Co. advertisement blotter, circa 1930
The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co. and the Pacific Coast Railway. The Pacific Coast Coal Company oversaw several mines in King County, and by the early 1930s was the top coal producing company in Washington State. This card has a blotter on…
ID Number:2018.3.3.135
Date:Circa 1930
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Stan Sayres, Inc., matchbook, circa 1950
Seattle automobile dealer and athlete Stanley S. Sayres (1896-1956) was the owner and driver of the Seattle-designed and Seattle-built hydroplane, Slo-mo-shun IV. Mr. Sayres was piloting the boat June 26, 1950, on Lake Washington when he broke the world speed record on water, beating the previous record by nearly 20 mph.The matchbook pictured here advertises Stan Sayres, Inc., (also called…
ID Number:2018.3.3.136
Date:Circa 1950
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Fulmer's Columbia Florist flower coaster, circa 1950
This flower coaster advertises Fulmer's Columbia Florist at 5212 Rainier Avenue. The flower shop, owned by Cecil H. Fulmer (circa 1895-1968) and his wife Helen M. Fulmer (circa 1898-1984), operated at 5212 Rainier Avenue just south of Columbia City business district from the late 1940s to 1953. The couple opened the Fulmer's Agate Shop at this same address, but the…
ID Number:2018.3.3.137
Date:Circa 1950
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Alaskan Liquor Company advertisement, circa 1912
The Alaskan Cafe was opened on July 1, 1909, in the Arctic Club building at the corner of Third and Jefferson in Seattle, by owners Charles Berryman and Ludovico Dallagiovanna. The image of a dog sled found in the center of the ad shown here is from stained glass piece hung over the entrance to the barroom at the Alaskan…
ID Number:2018.3.3.139
Date:Circa 1912
Ephemera
S.C. Renner business card, circa 1917
Sydnia C. Renner (circa 1874-1924) owned S. C. Renner North West Radiator and Fender Works, repairing and manufacturing automobile parts, which operated between 1914 and 1920. Mr. Renner was president of the Mutual Businessmen's Club in 1919 and "one of the youngest successful businessmen on the [automobile] row," according to a Seattle Daily Times article in 1917, having worked on…
ID Number:2018.3.3.140
Date:Circa 1917