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Women working on machines, Seattle, 1945
Women were employed in many jobs for wartime manufacturing throughout the Puget Sound area. These women are working with drill presses and a floor-mounted drill in the making of small machinery parts, possibly for airplane manufacture. Many small shops such as this became sub-contractors for Boeing during the World War II years. Webster & Stevens number: 45-94
ID Number:1983.10.15254.1
Date:1945
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War bond sign at Home of the Green Apple Pie, Seattle, 1945
Signs in image: August 24, 1937 - We Baked Our 1,000,000th Pie - We're On Our Way to Our Second Million. Buy War Bonds to Build Boeing Bombers - Seattle's Own Flying Fortress. Stacked These Pies Would Be 15 Times Higher Than Mt. Rainier Which is 14,409 ft. Tall. 1,436,409 Pies Would Make a Tower 475 Times as High as…
ID Number:1983.10.15338.2
Date:1945
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Women working in Northern Pacific office, Seattle, 1945
Northern Pacific Railroad's traffic department had its offices on the second floor of the Smith Tower. These women appear to be taking reservations by phone from that office. Trains were heavily used during the war years for moving military personnel as well as ordinary citizens. Handwritten on sleeve: Strang & Prosser.Webster & Stevens number: 45-337
ID Number:1983.10.15348.1
Date:1945
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War bond display, Seattle, 1945
Sign in image: Buy Bonds Now to Buy These Later - There's Still a Job to Do! War Loan 7. Photographs along bottom of image show war scenes. Handwritten on sleeve: 7th war bond.Photographer's Reference Number: 45-847
ID Number:1983.10.15532.11
Date:1945
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Ferry Kalakala, Seattle, 1946
The ferry "Kalakala" began service in 1935. Its streamlined design made it internationally famous and popular with visitors and residents alike. The ferry made six daily runs between Seattle and Bremerton, and made summer evening excursions around Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the ferry vibrated badly; it was difficult to handle and expensive to repair. Service ended in 1967, and the ferry…
ID Number:1983.10.16251.2
Date:1946
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Yellow cabs drivers posing in Volunteer Park, Seattle, 1947
This image shows 31 Yellow Cab Company drivers standing with their taxi cabs in Seattle's Volunteer Park, in front the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) building (now the Asian Art Museum). In a 1947 Seattle Times advertisement, Yellow Cabs described the "man at the wheel" as "apt to be a family man...the sort of person you'd like for a neighbor. He's…
ID Number:1983.10.16437.1
Date:1947
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Exterior of Venetian Theater, Seattle, 1946
Seattle's Venetian Theater opened in 1926 at 1427 E. Pine Street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood during a boom of theaters built to accommodate motion pictures. One of Seattle’s largest and most impressive neighborhood movie houses at the time, the Venetian was a second-run movie theater, playing movies that had already proved popular at the city’s larger downtown theaters. The…
ID Number:1983.10.16609.1
Date:1946
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Art Barduhn and Stan Boreson performing in KING television studio, Seattle, 1950
Webster & Stevens number: 50-027
ID Number:1983.10.17019
Date:1950
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North face of US Naval Reserve Armory, Lake Union, August 22, 1942
Built on the former site of a Duwamish village, the Naval Reserve Armory was announced in 1937 but trouble with funding delayed completion of the project for several years. The Armory was designed by B. Marcus Priteca, a well-known theater architect, and William R. Grant. The Works Progress Administration, one of the New Deal agencies, constructed the building. Groundbreaking occurred…
ID Number:1983.10.17273.1
Date:1942
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Northeastern corner of US Naval Reserve Armory, Lake Union, August 22, 1942
Built on the former site of a Duwamish village, the Naval Reserve Armory was announced in 1937 but trouble with funding delayed completion of the project for several years. The Armory was designed by well-known theater architect B. Marcus Priteca and William R. Grant. The Works Progress Administration, one of the New Deal agencies, constructed the building. Groundbreaking occurred in…
ID Number:1983.10.17273.2
Date:1942