162 results for: Port of Seattle
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Group of Indigenous people at Port Townsend, August 30, 1899
Port Townsend, site of a S'Klallam village prior to the arrival of settlers in the mid-1800s, became an important trading center by the end of the 19th century. Indigenous peoples from Canada and the tribes of Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula gathered along the shores of Port Townsend Bay to trade and socialize. Many also stopped here on their…
ID Number:Lib1993.1.723
Date:1899
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Group of Makah people under a fly tent at Port Townsend, August 30, 1899
The Makah people of the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula refer to themselves as Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx, which translates roughly to "the people who live by the rocks and seagulls." The early Makah were skilled mariners, using several types of canoes which they carved from western red cedar for various purposes - war, whaling, fishing, sealing, carrying cargo, and long voyages.…
ID Number:Lib1993.1.724
Date:1899
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Indigenous people on the beach at Port Townsend, September 2, 1899
Port Townsend, site of a S'Klallam village prior to the arrival of settlers in the mid-1800s, became an important trading center by the end of the 19th century. Indigenous peoples from Canada and the tribes of Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula gathered along the shores of Port Townsend Bay to trade and socialize. Many also stopped here on their…
ID Number:Lib1993.1.754
Date:1899
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Crew of first Japanese ship to dock in Seattle after World War II, 1948
In the late 1800s, Seattle began regularly shipping routes with East Asia, including China, Japan, and the Philippines. This regular trade would continue through the early 1900s, dipping in World War I, but then halting almost entirely during World War II, as the port shifted to support the U.S. war effort. According to photographer Josef Scaylea, this 1948 photo shows…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.86
Date:1948
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Ivar Haglund, Seattle, 1962
Ivar Haglund shares a tender moment with one of his long-time companions. One of Seattle's most colorful and popular characters, Ivar won his way into the hearts of local residents with his zany antics. Born to Swedish/Norwegian parents in West Seattle in 1905 he grew up playing guitar and singing, performing on radio, on stage and on the sidewalk, eventually…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.236
Date:1962
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Aerial view of Sea-Tac Airport on opening day, July 9, 1949
In 1942, construction started on a new international airport between Seattle and Tacoma. The new airport, dubbed Sea-Tac, was formally dedicated on July 9, 1949. The airport cost $11 milliion and opened free of debt. United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Pan American World Airways and Western Airlines started their regular passenger service at Sea-Tac on the day of the dedication.This July…
ID Number:PI20340
Date:1949
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George and Mary Adams standing outside their home, Port Gamble Reservation, February 1939
In February 1939, the representatives of the Port Gamble band of the Clallam (now S’Klallam) people invited a Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter and photographer to come to their village south of Hansville on the Olympic Peninsula. Chairman of the tribe’s governing committee Benny George, along with his aid Jackson and Rev. Karl Leonard of Bremerton, had been in contact with the…
ID Number:PI23825
Date:1939
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Josie Anderson digging clams, Port Gamble Reservation, February 1939
In February 1939, the representatives of the Port Gamble band of the Clallam (now S’Klallam) people invited a Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter and photographer to come to their village south of Hansville on the Olympic Peninsula. Chairman of the tribe’s governing committee Benny George, along with his aid Jackson and Rev. Karl Leonard of Bremerton, had been in contact with the…
ID Number:PI23827
Date:1939
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Skip George and Benny Anderson carrying clams at Point Julia, February 1939
In February 1939, the representatives of the Port Gamble band of the Clallam (now S’Klallam) people invited a Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter and photographer to come to their village south of Hansville on the Olympic Peninsula. Chairman of the tribe’s governing committee Benny George, along with his aid Jackson and Rev. Karl Leonard of Bremerton, had been in contact with the…
ID Number:PI23828
Date:1939
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Returning servicemen drinking milk, March 1946
When World War II ended, many soldiers and sailors returned to the United States through the Port of Seattle. Once on land, they were greeted with cartons of fresh milk. Even decades later, many veterans still remembered how good the milk tasted after several years of drinking powdered or evaporated milk at the front.In this March 1946 photo, soldiers and…
ID Number:PI28203
Date:1946