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Clock made by Joseph Mayer & Bros. for Crown Prince Hirohito, 1916
Joseph Mayer and Bros. jewelry business was founded in Seattle in 1897. The company also manufactured a number of street clocks during the first few decades of the 1900s. In 1916, Japanese residents of Washington, Montana, and Alaska commissioned a clock from Joseph Mayer & Bros. to present as a gift to Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan. The clock had…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.58
Date:1916
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Seattle Tent & Awning Co. employees, Seattle, circa 1925
Seattle Tent and Awning Company was begun by S. W. Robb (1866-1929) when he arrived in Seattle in 1896; in 1919 he sold the business to Thomas H. McGroge. The company advertised as "Manufacturers and Jobbers" of silk and canvas tents and goods for mountaineers, sportsmen, and lumber camps. During WWI the plant was the largest producer of goods in…
ID Number:1980.6877.95
Date:Circa 1925
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Group in Ballard backyard, Seattle, circa 1910
This group was photographed in the backyard of a house at 6521 32nd Avenue NW in Ballard. The people are identified as Ole Moen, Edward Nolan, Laura (no last name given), and Elmer Morris.Carl Henry Moen took the photo. Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up,…
ID Number:1980.6880.3
Date:Circa 1910
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Ed and Harold Moen at Fort Lawton, Seattle, circa 1910
The photographer, Carl Henry Moen, snapped this shot of his brothers among the ferns at Fort Lawton, which was later turned into Discovery Park.Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the…
ID Number:1980.6880.20
Date:Circa 1910
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Moen family outside their house, Seattle, circa 1910
Ole and Anna Moen, both immigrants from Norway, met in Minnesota in the 1880s. She was a waitress at a hotel and he played cornet in the hotel band. He moved to Seattle in 1889 and she followed two years later; they were married the day she arrived. Ole and Anna are shown here with their seven children - Carl…
ID Number:1980.6880.42
Date:Circa 1910
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Boys wearing hats from Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a world's fair on the grounds of the University of Washington, was a popular destination in the summer of 1909. In this photo, Ed Moen and another boy are wearing hats from the fair.Ed's brother Carl took this photo. Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times…
ID Number:1980.6880.62
Date:1909
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Family in front of their house, probably in Seattle, circa 1910
This unknown family photo was taken at an unknown location by Carl Henry Moen. Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also…
ID Number:1980.6880.63
Date:Circa 1910
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Edward Nolan on stump, Seattle, circa 1910
Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.90
Date:Circa 1910
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Ballard Beach, Seattle, circa 1910
This photo from around 1910 shows people on Ballard Beach between 64th and 65th Streets. It was taken by Carl Henry Moen, who was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce,…
ID Number:1980.6880.126
Date:Circa 1910
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Locomotive at Ballard Beach, Seattle, circa 1910
Here, workers are putting in track for the railroad at Ballard Beach. The photo was taken by Carl Henry Moen, who was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and…
ID Number:1980.6880.127
Date:Circa 1910