233 results for: Animals
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Mike Schaefer, Ric Weiland, and their dog Kofi, circa 2002
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.39
Date:Circa 2002
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Exterior of the Bon Marché livery stables, Seattle, circa 1900
The Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine. Originally located in Seattle’s Belltown district at First Avenue and Cedar Street, in 1896 it moved to a more central location downtown at Second Avenue and Pike Street. This exterior shot is of the Bon Marché Stables (later Compton Lumber Company, today Compton Building),…
ID Number:2009.20.72
Date:Circa 1900
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Driver with horse-drawn Bon Marché carriage in front of Second and Pike store, Seattle, 1908
The Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine. Originally located in Seattle’s Belltown district at First Avenue and Cedar Street, in 1896 it moved to a more central location downtown at Second Avenue and Pike Street. Pictured here is a Bon Marché carriage with driver and horses on the street in front…
ID Number:2009.20.167
Date:1908
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View south on Alki Avenue during regrade, showing rail tracks and homes, West Seattle, August 19, 1913
In the winter of 1913, the Seattle-based hydraulic contracting firm Lewis, Wiley & Morse began work on a regrade, fill and seawall project along Alki Avenue in West Seattle. The construction continued through 1913 and was completed in the spring of 1914. The project involved a hydraulic hillside regrade near the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Alki Avenue. A new…
ID Number:2010.3.32.61
Date:1913
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Man and dog at trash pile, Seattle, circa 1956
A man sorts through a trash pile while his dog lies in the foreground, looking at the phototgrapher. Both the man and the location are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder19.002
Date:Circa 1956
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Isabelle and Cheryl Smith feeding animals at the zoo, Seattle, circa 1953
Here, Isabelle (Donaldson) Smith and her daughter Cheryl, wife and daughter of the photographer, feed animals through a fence at the Woodland Park Zoo.
ID Number:2014.49.006.001.0001
Date:Circa 1953
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Dick Turpin and his wife sitting with a dog, Seattle, circa 1953
Here, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Turpin are seated on a couch with a dog at their feet. Mr. Turpin wears a Navy uniform and Mrs. Turpin wears a dark, short sleeved dress.Dick Turpin had been on the infamous battleship Maine in 1898. He was also World War I veteran, the US Navy's first Black chief petty officer, and a master…
ID Number:2014.49.006.028.0084
Date:Circa 1945
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Circus equestrienne riding a horse, Seattle, September 11, 1949
A woman from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, in a formal dress with a hat, rides a horse at what is currently the site of the Seattle Center. Circus tents and a crowd are in the background.
ID Number:2014.49.010.006.0009
Date:1949
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Circus elephants posing with female performer, Seattle, September 11, 1949
A female performer from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus poses in the center of four elephants at the current site of the Seattle Center.
ID Number:2014.49.010.007.0011
Date:1949
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Circus elephants posing with trainer, Seattle, September 11, 1949
A trainer from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus works with elephants at the current site of the Seattle Center.
ID Number:2014.49.010.007.0178
Date:1949