1513 results for: City of Seattle
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Blanche and Henry B. Owen, Seattle, 1931
Henry B. Owen is listed as General Superintendent, Frederick & Nelson in the Seattle City Directory. Here, he is shown with his wife Blanche in a photo that is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers.Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her…
ID Number:1974.5923.60
Date:1931
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Bertha Knight Landes, Seattle, circa 1925
In 1926, Bertha Knight Landes was the first woman to be elected mayor of a major American city when she became mayor of Seattle. She vowed to clean up city government, running on the platform of "municipal housekeeping." She served only one term as mayor but remained a civic leader in such organizations as the Women's University Club, the Woman's…
ID Number:1974.5923.102
Date:Circa 1925
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Charles and Rosalind Clise, Seattle, 1927
The Clise family have strong roots in Seattle with JW Clise arriving in this area in 1899, one day after the Great Seattle Fire. Clise helped rebuild the city after that devastation and Clise Properties flourished and Charles F. Clise continued that legacy. This portrait of Charles Clise with his wife Rosalind is part of a collection from McBride and…
ID Number:1974.5923.105
Date:1927
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Jack Dempsey, Seattle, circa 1923
Jack "The Manassa Mauler" Dempsey was the Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1919 to 1926. He originated from the small mining town of Manassa, Colorado. His career began unofficially as he traveled around the West by hopping freight trains and challenging the miners and lumbermen to barroom brawls using the name "Kid Blackie." Beating the giant, Jess Willard, in…
ID Number:1974.5923.131
Date:Circa 1923
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Sculptor Alonzo Victor Lewis, Seattle, circa 1923
Alonzo Victor Lewis (1886-1946) came to Seattle in 1920 after graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago. He was primarily known for his sculpture, but was also an excellent painter. He taught sculpture at the University of Washington, and was named Washington Sculptor Laureate by the State Legislature. In 1923, Lewis created a furor in the art world when his…
ID Number:1974.5923.154.4
Date:Circa 1923
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Jack Dempsey and Alonzo Victor Lewis, Seattle, circa 1923
Alonzo Victor Lewis began his career as a sculptor and painter in 1920. In 1923, Lewis created a furor in the art world when his oil painting of Jack Dempsey was hung amid landscapes at the Kansas City Art Institute. This photo shows Lewis with a sculpture of the famous boxer, who was the Heavyweight Champion of the World from…
ID Number:1974.5923.154.6
Date:Circa 1923
Music, notated
See Seattle: Official Song and Waltz of the A.Y.P. Exposition
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held on the University of Washington campus from June 1 to October 16, 1909. The fair celebrated the years of prosperity brought to the city since the first gold arrived from Alaska in 1897. “See Seattle” was promoted as "the official song and waltz of the A-Y-P Exposition," but many pieces were written to promote Seattle’s…
ID Number:1975.6130.1
Date:1909
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Rainier Restaurant and Bakery advertising card, circa 1920
Jim Boldt's Rainier Restaurant & Bakery was located at 913 Second Avenue. Jim Boldt was a caterer and restaurateur who came to Seattle from Kansas in 1909 to set up a concession stand at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Boldt fed Seattle for 51 years, either from his various restaurants, bakeries, and concession stands, or at catered events. Boldt was also president…
ID Number:1976.6296.6
Date:Circa 1920
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Sherman Printing & Binding Co. business card, circa 1936
The Sherman Printing & Binding Co. was founded in Seattle by Alonzo A. Sherman around 1911. Sherman had worked at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the late 1890s and then worked as a printer in Spokane from about 1900-1905. Returning to Seattle, he worked for the Metropolitan Press and the Seattle Daily Star before opening his own business around 1908, first…
ID Number:1976.6296.25
Date:Circa 1936
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Peterson Men's Shop advertisement, circa 1935
Joseph A. Peterson (circa 1877-1951) and George W. Blanchard (1877-1956) both worked at Edward C. Cheasty's men's clothing shop on Second and James in Seattle in the early 1900s, where they got to know dozens of customers and their clothing preferences, and provided personalized attention based on individual style. Blanchard left after 18 years to go into the neckwear business,…
ID Number:1976.6296.26
Date:Circa 1935