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Canadian military band in front of the Vancouver Daily World headquarters at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds were located on the campus of the University of Washington. Several of the buildings and the landscaping survive, continuing to shape the layout of the campus. This photo shows Canadian military bugle and drum band posing in front…
ID Number:1990.73.122
Date:1909
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
Photograph
P.F.C. Donald P. Myers, U. S. Army, posing at Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, California, 1918
This portrait of Private First Class Donald P. Myers (1898-1991) was taken at Camp Fremont in Palo Alto, California, in the spring of 1918. This image is one of several photographs pasted to an album page, featuring photographs of Myers and others from Base Hospital No. 50 in California and France. Don Myers was born in Seattle and was a…
ID Number:1992.68.2.1
Date:1918
Photograph
Interior of tent decorated for Christmas at U. S. Army Base Hospital No. 50, Mesves sur Loire, France, December 1918
This image of the interior of a tent decorated for Christmas at U. S. Army Base Hospital No. 50 was probably taken in Mesves sur Loire, France, in December 1918. This image is one of several photographs pasted to an album page, featuring photographs of Private First Class Donald P. Myers (1898-1991) and others in California and France. Don Myers…
ID Number:1992.68.2.2
Date:1918
Photograph
Personnel at U. S. Army Base Hospital No. 50, Mesves sur Loire, France, 1918
This image of U. S. Army Base Hospital No. 50 personnel posing was probably taken at in Mesves sur Loire, France, in 1918. The man at the far right is likely Don Myers. This image is one of several photographs pasted to an album page, featuring photographs of Private First Class Donald P. Myers (1898-1991) and others in California and…
ID Number:1992.68.2.3
Date:1918
Photograph
Personnel in mess hall line at U. S. Army Base Hospital No. 50, Mesves sur Loire, France, 1918
This image of personnel lined up to enter the mess hall was taken at U. S. Army Base Hospital No. 50 in Mesves sur Loire, France, probably in 1918. This image is one of several photographs pasted to an album page, featuring photographs of Private First Class Donald P. Myers (1898-1991) and others in California and France. Don Myers was…
ID Number:1992.68.2.4
Date:1918
Music, notated
I Am Proud to be the Mother of a Soldier Boy
The music and lyrics for "I Am Proud to be the Mother of a Soldier Boy" were written by R. N. Moffat. It was arranged by Dudley Huntington McCosh and published by R. N. Moffat in Seattle. The piece was performed at least once locally, at Fort Lawton by the Fourteenth Infantry Band. Caption information source: The Seattle Sunday Times,…
ID Number:1998.54.10
Date:1917
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Grave of Lewis Albanese visited by his mother and sister on Memorial Day, May 30, 1968
This image of Rosita Albanese, 16, and Mrs. Giannina Albanese was taken as they arrange flowers on the grave of local hero PFC Lewis Albanese (1946-1966). Born in Itlay, Lewis grew up in Seattle and graduated from Franklin High School. He worked for Boeing before joining the Army in October 1965, and was sent to Vietnam in August 1966 as…
ID Number:2000.107.005.29.01
Date:1968
Photograph
Members of American Legion in Goof parade, Seattle, September 9, 1949
In this image the Yakima Yearlings, a drum and bugle corp from the American Legion's Logan Wheeler Post #36 of Yakima, Washington, march in a parade on opening day of the American Legion state convention. This "Goof" parade was staged by the Voyageurs of La Societie des Forty Hommes et Eight Chevaux ("40 & 8") along Third Avenue in downtown…
ID Number:2000.107.007.01.01
Date:1949