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Men with Rainiers pennant outside Sick's Stadium, Seattle, circa 1939
Businessman Emil Sick bought the Seattle Indians baseball team in 1937 and renamed it the Seattle Rainiers. He also started work on a new steel and concrete baseball stadium in Rainier Valley, south of downtown. Sick's Seattle Stadium opened in June 1938. Here, three men stand outside the stadium with a team banner. Handwritten on sleeve: Rainiers Pennant & Cars…
ID Number:1983.10.4854.1
Date:Circa 1939
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Sick's Seattle Stadium, circa 1938
Businessman Emil Sick bought the Seattle Indians baseball team in 1937, and renamed it the Seattle Rainiers. He also started work on a new steel and concrete baseball stadium in Rainier Valley, south of downtown. Sick's Seattle Stadium opened in June 1938. For years, fans crowded the stadium or watched from the slopes overlooking the outfield. By the 1960s, fewer…
ID Number:1983.10.4858
Date:Circa 1938
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Seattle Rainiers player Dick Gyselman at batting practice in Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 1938
Nicknamed "The Needle", Dick Gyselman played third base for the Seattle Indians and Rainiers from 1935 to 1944 and in 1947. At a ballpark ceremony in 1954, Gyselman was one of nine former Seattle players inducted as an inaugural member of the Seattle baseball "Roll of Honor." Handwritten on image: Seattle Gyselman 1938.Handwritten on sleeve: Gyselman 1938.
ID Number:1983.10.4874
Date:1938
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Pole vaulter from Lowell School, 1912
Seattle's public schools originally had no athletic programs. In 1904, a group of private citizens began sponsoring school clubs for track and other sports. By 1912, Lowell School had programs in track, football, and baseball. In this 1912 photo, a pole vaulter from Lowell School poses for the photographer. At that time, only men competed in track and field meets.…
ID Number:1983.10.6826.1
Date:1912
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Denny Field and Lewis Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, circa 1905
Handwritten on sleeve: Campus - Denny Hall from watertower gym.Webster & Stevens number: 2821
ID Number:1983.10.6985.2
Date:Circa 1905
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Seattle player batting during game in Dugdale Park, Seattle, circa 1920
D.E. Dugdale owned the Seattle Giants from 1889 to 1920 and organized the Northwest League. His baseball field, Dugdale Park, was located at Rainier and McClellan. Here, a player from either the Seattle Giants (1910-1920) or the Seattle Indians (1922-1937) team swings at a pitch in Dugdale Park. Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle BB Opening Game.Webster & Stevens number: 64933Caption information…
ID Number:1983.10.7114.1
Date:Circa 1920
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Varsity Crew, 1926
Here, the University of Washington's varsity crew team row on Lake Union, with the gas plant (now Gas Works Park) on the north shore of the lake in the distance. Webster & Stevens number: 108783
ID Number:1983.10.7158
Date:1926
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University of Washington football players, Seattle, 1927
The University of Washington Huskies played six conference games during the 1927 season, winning four games and losing two. After the final game, in Los Angeles, tackle Clarence Dirks (to the right in this photo) was elected captain for the following season. Both Dirks and fullback John Dalquest (left) won Big W letters for their playing during the 1927 season.…
ID Number:1983.10.7167
Date:1927
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Basketball players at the University of Washington, 1918
The University of Washington basketball team played a 500 season in 1918. The team won five games and lost five games. In this photo, three University of Washington basketball players shoot baskets in a gym. Webster & Stevens number: 62736
ID Number:1983.10.7214
Date:1918
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Boys playing baseball, circa 1910
Baseball was a popular sport for Seattle boys. Some played in clubs at their elementary schools, and many enjoyed pickup games at local ballfields and vacant lots.This photo shows several young boys playing baseball at Lincoln Playfield on Capitol Hill, around 1910. This playfield became Broadway Playfield in 1922, and was renamed Bobby Morris Playfield in 1980. Webster & Stevens…
ID Number:1983.10.7987
Date:Circa 1910