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Chinese dance group with decorated car on King Street, May 1921
On May 23 through 28, 1921, Seattle's Chinese residents held a week-long carnival to raise money for the Chinese Famine Fund, which was raising money for the those impacted by famine in northern China. The event was called Go-Hing and was sponsored by the China Club, Chinese consul Goon Dip, and an advisory committee of Seattle and Washington state civic…
ID Number:1983.10.2187.2
Date:1921
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Chinese arch at the Go-Hing carnival, May 1921
On May 23 through 28, 1921, Seattle's Chinese residents held a week-long carnival to raise money for the Chinese Famine Fund, which was raising money for the those impacted by famine in northern China. The event was called Go-Hing and was sponsored by the China Club, Chinese consul Goon Dip, and an advisory committee of Seattle and Washington state civic…
ID Number:1983.10.2188
Date:1921
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Smith Tower and the County-City Building, circa 1921
In about 1912, a group of citizens pushed for a new governmental "Civic Center" in the recently regraded Denny Hill area. This effort failed, however. In 1916, the new King County Courthouse and Municipal Building, also known as the County-City Building, opened on Third Avenue, convenient to the heart of the old downtown.This photo, taken around 1921, shows the County-City…
ID Number:1983.10.2234.2
Date:Circa 1921
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King County Sheriff Matt Starwich with murderer James Mahoney, Seattle, 1921
One of the state's most notorious crimes, the "Mahoney Trunk Murder" occurred in Seattle in 1921. The victim was Kate Mooers, 72, an eccentric and wealthy woman who married for the third time to James E. Mahoney, 38, a convicted robber. When Kate went missing, Mahoney claimed she had disappeared in St. Paul, Minnesota, but the Seattle police detectives decided…
ID Number:1983.10.2240
Date:1921
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Cascade School, District 90, circa 1920
Sometime in the 1920s, a photographer from the firm of Webster & Stevens took photos of a number of rural King County schools. The photographer's notes identify the school in this photo as Hobart School, but the name over the entryway reads "Cascade School, District 90." Webster & Stevens number: 86377
ID Number:1983.10.2253
Date:Circa 1920
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County-City Building, Seattle, circa 1921
In 1916, the new King County Courthouse and Municipal Building, also called the County-City Building, opened on Third Avenue in downtown Seattle. The building, designed by Seattle architect Augustus Warren Gould, was five stories tall, with a partial sixth story for the use of the city engineer.This photo, taken on a sunny afternoon in 1921, shows the new County-City building…
ID Number:1983.10.2333.2
Date:Circa 1921
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Group of Native American men at courthouse, circa 1920
Sometime between 1915 and 1923, Jerry Kanim, chief of the Snoqualmie Tribe, and a group of other men visited the King County Courthouse in Seattle. A photographer from the firm of Webster & Stevens snapped a photograph of the group but left no notes on the occasion. Kanim, chief since 1914, was active in pursuing land claims and fishing rights,…
ID Number:1983.10.2545
Date:Circa 1920
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Lodge at Lake Lucerne, circa 1928
Lake Lucerne is located in Maple Valley, Washington. In the 1920s the lake added a lodge, part of increasingly popular lake resorts in Western Washington catering to automobile tourism. Handwritten on sleeve: Lake Lucerne Views.Photographer's Reference Number: 129277Caption information source: "When Coal Was King: 1934 Log Bridge between Pipe Lake & Lake Lucerne," by Bill Kombol, Voice of the Valley,…
ID Number:1983.10.4003.5
Date:Circa 1928
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Downtown Seattle from King Street Station tower, April 7, 1930
This view of Seattle looks north from King Street Station with Smith Tower centered in the photo. Handwritten on sleeve: City view, lower business dist from Depot Tower 4/7/30.Webster & Stevens number: 134996
ID Number:1983.10.4160
Date:1930
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Steamship "Princess Kathleen" at the B.C. Steamship Company wharf, August 15, 1930
By the early 1930s, Seattle's waterfront near Lenora Street had roadways and parking areas on wooden trestles. Ships in the Canadian trade docked in this area. This 1930 photo shows the B.C. Coast Steamship Company's "Princess Kathleen" (right) at the Lenora Street Pier. The vessel carried passengers between Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle. The "Border King" (left) carried general freight between…
ID Number:1983.10.4177.1
Date:1930