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Image of Main Street School, Bellevue, Washington, circa 1920
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Main Street School, Bellevue, Washington, circa 1920

Bellevue School, also called the Main Street School, opened in 1892. By 1912, the size of the schoolhouse doubled to accommodate the growing population. Although teachers taught some high school classes in Bellevue beginning in 1910, many of the city's early high school students had to travel to Seattle to complete their education.This photo, taken around 1920, shows the later…
ID Number:1983.10.1911.6
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Ice hockey team from the University of Washington, circa 1921
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Ice hockey team from the University of Washington, circa 1921

The University of Washington added ice hockey to its roster of men's "minor sports" in 1921. Although the hockey program received no money that year, the team played two games against the University of British Columbia. A local hockey professional coached the team and practices were held downtown in the Seattle Arena. In this photo, probably taken in 1921, members…
ID Number:1983.10.2048.1
Date:Circa 1921
Image of University of Washington crew team in shells, Seattle, 1921
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University of Washington crew team in shells, Seattle, 1921

Rowing was added to the University of Washington's sports curriculum in 1904. By the 1920s, the team had become a serious challenge to the eastern universities which had dominated the sport for decades. Handwritten on sleeve: U of W Cre in Shells 1921Webster & Stevens number: 84918
ID Number:1983.10.2072.1
Date:1921
Image of Four members of the Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Seattle, April 21, 1920
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Four members of the Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Seattle, April 21, 1920

On November 27, 1911, the "Native Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Prior to 1870" was organized in Seattle by sixty white, non-Indigenous, women from all over the Pacific Northwest to honor their settler heritage. The organization still exists as of 2018, now called Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, and promotes historic preservation and education.In this image four women…
ID Number:1983.10.2102.1
Date:1920
Image of Roald Amundsen with Chukchi girls on waterfront, Seattle, 1921
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Roald Amundsen with Chukchi girls on waterfront, Seattle, 1921

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was the first to reach the South Pole, but the Arctic was his first love. He designed his own ship, named it for Queen Maud of Norway, and christened it with a block of ice. The well-equipped expedition set off from Norway in June 1918 to explore the area near the North Pole. The ship spent…
ID Number:1983.10.2160
Date:1921
Image of Booth Building, Seattle, circa 1918
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Booth Building, Seattle, circa 1918

The Booth Building stood on the southeast corner of Pine and Broadway Streets. It was built by Drs. William G. and John R. Booth around 1907. At the time this photo was taken, it housed the Cornish School of Music as well as an auto supply business. The Cornish School of Music was founded in 1914 by Nellie Cornish, who…
ID Number:1983.10.2175.1
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Chinese group, University of Washington, May 1921
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Chinese group, University of Washington, May 1921

On May 23 through 28, 1921, Seattle's Chinese residents held a week-long carnival to raise money for the Chinese Famine Fund, which was raising money for the those impacted by famine in northern China. The event was called Go-Hing and was sponsored by the China Club, Chinese consul Goon Dip, and an advisory committee of Seattle and Washington state civic…
ID Number:1983.10.2190
Date:1921
Image of Patterson Creek School, Fall City, circa 1920
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Patterson Creek School, Fall City, circa 1920

Fall City's first school building opened in the 1870s between Renton and Goldendale. Another early school opened not far from Fall City at Patterson Creek, at the southwest corner of the intersection of Redmond-Fall City Road and 308th Avenue SE. The Patterson Creek School was used from about 1885 until school district consolidation brought those students to a new large…
ID Number:1983.10.2252
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Cascade School, District 90, circa 1920
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Cascade School, District 90, circa 1920

Sometime in the 1920s, a photographer from the firm of Webster & Stevens took photos of a number of rural King County schools. The photographer's notes identify the school in this photo as Hobart School, but the name over the entryway reads "Cascade School, District 90." Webster & Stevens number: 86377
ID Number:1983.10.2253
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Fall City High School, circa 1920
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Fall City High School, circa 1920

In 1908, James Stephen, Seattle school architect, was joined in business by his son, Frederick Bennett Stephen. The firm of Stephen & Stephen designed public school buildings from Vancouver and Port Townsend in western Washington to Wenatchee and Ellensburg in the central part of the state.This photo, probably taken in the 1920s, shows Stephen & Stephen's Fall City High School,…
ID Number:1983.10.2254
Date:Circa 1920
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