331 results for: World War II, 1941-1945 (WWII)
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Women demonstrating welding suit at Associated Shipyards, Seattle, 1943
During World War II, many women worked in Seattle's shipyards while the men fought overseas. Here, at Associated Shipbuilders, a part of the Seattle-based Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company on Harbor Island, two well-dressed women show off their fashions. The woman on the left is wearing a new style of protective welding gear. She has tipped her mask up…
ID Number:1986.5.11800.1
Date:1943
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Eleanor Roosevelt awarding medal to soldier Sam Morris, Seattle, April 3, 1943
The First Lady pins a medal on the jacket of Sam Morris, one of four African American enlisted men honored at a special ceremony in front of Seattle's County-City Building on April 3, 1943. Several months earlier, these soldiers rescued many people after a bomber on a test run crashed into the Frye Packing Plant.Honored soldiers are, left to right:…
ID Number:1986.5.40746.1
Date:1943
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Japanese American boy standing near a soldier with a rifle, possibly in Seattle, 1942
On February 19, 1942, shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and United States entry into WWII, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, calling for the exclusion of all civilians of Japanese descent from "designated military areas." More than 9,000 Japanese and Japanese American people living in the Pacific Northwest were forced into incarceration camps in Idaho and California…
ID Number:1986.5.41879.1
Date:1942
Ephemera
Seattle Bombers football program, September 8, 1944
The Seattle Bombers were a professional men's football team that competed from 1942-1944 as part of two different but closely related professional football leagues, the Northwest War Industries League and the American Football League. The program pictured here is from the 1944 season and features biographies of team owner Al Davies and the coaching staff: Earl "Dutch" Clark, James Mandas,…
ID Number:1990.35.1
Date:1944
Poster
Civilian Exclusion Order No. 80 poster, King County, March 1942
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the incarceration of all people of Japanese descent, including American citizens, from "designated military areas." Just a few weeks later, the U. S. Army began posting notices detailing the Civilian Exclusion Orders issued in cities along the West Coast. As instructed on these signs, incarcerees could take with…
ID Number:1991.72.12
Date:1942
Poster
Civilian Exclusion Order No. 80 poster, King County, March 1942
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the incarceration of all people of Japanese descent, including American citizens, from "designated military areas." Just a few weeks later, the U. S. Army began posting notices detailing the Civilian Exclusion Orders issued in cities along the West Coast. As instructed on these signs, incarcerees could take with…
ID Number:1991.72.13
Date:1942
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War bonds sign and flag at Frederick & Nelson, Seattle, circa 1943
Businesses all over the country sold war bonds to help pay for World War II. This photo, taken outside Seattle's Frederick & Nelson department store, shows a large bond ad and an American flag displayed on the building. Frederick & Nelson won awards for selling large numbers of bonds. Stamped on verso: Webster & Stevens, Commercial Photographers, 412 Virginia Street,…
ID Number:1993.43.10
Date:Circa 1943
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Japanese lantern ceremony at Green Lake, Seattle, August 7, 1991
In this image, a volunteer from Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility helps launch Japanese lanterns to commemorate the U. S. dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. The event, held near the Bathhouse Theatre on Green Lake and called "From Hiroshima to Hope," attracted more than 1,000 people. It was patterned after…
ID Number:2000.107.048.01.03
Date:1991
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Portrait of Gordon K. Hirabayashi, Seattle, July 1, 1944
Gordon Hirabayashi (1918-2012) was a sociologist and religious pacifist best known for his principled resistance to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the Supreme Court case that resulted from his conviction for defying curfew, Hirabayashi v. United States.Gordon Hirabayashi was born in Seattle, attended high school in Auburn, and then the University of Washington. In 1942,…
ID Number:2000.107.089.13.01
Date:1944
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Kihara family at home after repatriation from Hiroshima, June 1947
In 1932, Tsueko Kihara and her five children left their home in Seattle for an extended visit to Japan. Her husband, Ichimatsu Kihara, remained in Seattle working as a fish wholesaler. When Japan invaded China in 1937, the Kiharas were unable to leave the country and were stuck in Japan during the entire Pacific War. On August 6th, 1945, the…
ID Number:2000.107.098.17.01
Date:1947