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Ice cream manufacturers looking at prize bull, November 19, 1918
Hollywood Farm, in Woodinville, was built by the Frederick Stimson family. They used it as a weekend retreat and summer home. Milk and cream from the farm's prize-winning Holstein dairy herd was sent to Seattle by railroad. Seattleites visited by train and bought cream, ice cream, and sausages at the farm's ice cream parlor. In this photo, taken in 1918,…
ID Number:1983.10.1344
Date:1918
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General strike participants leaving shipyards, Seattle, February 1919
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions, including members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers of…
ID Number:1983.10.1347.3
Date:1919
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Seattle General Strike deputies receiving weapons, February 6, 1919
In 1919, Seattle shipyard workers went on strike for higher wages. Other labor unions stopped work too, thus starting the nation's first general strike. Many people feared the strike would lead to violence. Seattle's mayor and chief of police deputized groups of soldiers and sailors to help keep the peace. Most of the strikers stayed home, however, and the city…
ID Number:1983.10.1348
Date:1919
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Soldier on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Seattle, circa 1918
During World War I, all branches of the military used motorcycles for carrying messages. In this photo, a soldier poses outside the Times Square Building in downtown Seattle on a brand new Harley-Davidson motorcycle. It was taken for the Hirsch Cycle Company around 1918.
ID Number:1983.10.1367
Date:Circa 1918
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South End Public Market, Seattle, circa 1919
The South End Public Market operated at Washington Street and Third Avenue South. The market's offerings included restaurants, fresh produce, fresh and cured meats, and free delivery. The horse team in the lower right are turned perpendicular to the delivery wagon they are pulling so that they don't block street traffic. Signs in image: United Shoe Repairing. M.J.B. Coffee -…
ID Number:1983.10.1376
Date:Circa 1919
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Customers shopping inside Co-operative Grocery Store No. 1, Seattle, circa 1918
The Co-operative Grocery was part of the South End Public Market operating at Washington Street and Third Avenue South. The union-run market's offerings included restaurants, fresh produce, fresh and cured meats, and free delivery. This photo shows men and women shopping at the grocery, with a cart full of Crescent Baking Powder in the middle, a sign explaining that "This…
ID Number:1983.10.1377
Date:Circa 1918
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University Bridge under construction, circa 1919
The University Bridge over the Lake Washington Ship Canal opened to traffic in 1919. It was the first bridge in Seattle, perhaps in the country, to use open mesh steel decking. This lighter construction material allowed the bridge to be wider and carry more traffic. This bridge has also been known as the Eastlake Avenue Bridge and the Tenth Avenue…
ID Number:1983.10.1378
Date:Circa 1919
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View of Latona Bridge and Lake Union, Seattle, circa 1915
Seattle's first substantial bridge to cross Lake Union was the Latona Bridge, a pile-driven, fixed-span bridge linking the Eastlake neighborhood to the University District at Portage Bay. Constructed in 1891 for Seattle pioneer and investor David T. Denny (1832-1903) as an extension of his Rainier Power & Railway Co., the bridge was rebuilt in 1902 to allow pedestrian and vehicular…
ID Number:1983.10.1383.2
Date:Circa 1915
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Women in working in kitchen at Frederick & Nelson, Seattle, circa 1920
The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century. It…
ID Number:1983.10.1407.5
Date:Circa 1920
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View of Yesler Way from Railroad Ave., Seattle, circa 1915
This image of Yesler Way was taken facing east, looking towards the Smith Tower at Second Avenue and Yesler Way. The tracks in the foreground are part of what was Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way), which ran along Seattle's waterfront. The brick building in the center of the frame holds several businesses, the Bedford Hotel, listed at 73 1/2 Yesler…
ID Number:1983.10.1413.2
Date:Circa 1915