272 results for: Lake Union
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Aerial view of South Lake Union neighborhood looking northeast, 1953
The shores of Lake Union were inhabited by the Duwamish people since time immemorial. They called the lake “meman hartshu” meaning “little lake” and had several settlements surrounding it. Seattle’s Cascade or South Lake Union (SLU) neighborhood began growing quickly in the 1880s, as the city expanded north from downtown. Industrial activity on the lake increased in the early 1900s…
ID Number:2000.107.188.36.01
Date:1953
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Carroll's Fine Jewelry street clock on Fourth Avenue, Seattle, January 4, 1974
This street clock was commissioned by Thomas J. Carroll, the founder of Carroll's Fine Jewelry, established in 1895 in Seattle. The clock was made by Seattle clockmakers Joseph Mayer and Sons and stood for decades at the jewelry store’s entrance at Fourth Avenue and Pike Street. Carroll's Fine Jewelry closed in 2008, and that same year the clock was donated…
ID Number:2000.107.189.13.01
Date:1974
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Carroll's Fine Jewelry street clock on Fourth Avenue, Seattle, January 4, 1974
This street clock was commissioned by Thomas J. Carroll, the founder of Carroll's Fine Jewelry, established in 1895 in Seattle. The clock was made by Seattle clockmakers Joseph Mayer and Sons and stood for decades at the jewelry store’s entrance at Fourth Avenue and Pike Street. Carroll's Fine Jewelry closed in 2008, and that same year the clock was donated…
ID Number:2000.107.189.13.02
Date:1974
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Ayame Tsutakawa at UW luncheon, Seattle, May 12, 1968
Artist George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was born in Seattle and met his wife, Ayame Iwasa Tsutakawa (1924-2017) during World War II, when he was on furlough from serving in the U.S. Army and visiting his sister at the Tule Lake concentration camp in California. Tule Lake was one of ten large camps operated by the War Relocation Authority in which Japanese…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.02
Date:1968
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Dick Wagner at the Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, June 2, 1988
The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) is a museum dedicated to preserving and documenting the maritime history of the Pacific Northwest. CWB was founded by Dick Wagner in Seattle in the 1970s and has grown to include three sites; the South Lake Union campus in Lake Union Park, the Northlake Workshop & Warehouse at the North end of Lake Union,…
ID Number:2000.107.221.07.01
Date:1988
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Dedication ceremony at Naval Reserve Armory on Lake Union, Seattle, July 4, 1942
In 1942 the Works Progress Administration built the Naval Reserve Armory on Lake Union as an Advanced Naval Training School during World War II. Designed by Seattle architects William R. Grant and B. Marcus Priteca, the building was decommissioned after the war, and disestablished in 1994. The building was renovated in 2012 to become the new home for the Museum…
ID Number:2000.107.270.09.01
Date:1942
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Mud and scrap at the future Gas Works Park site, Seattle, August 25, 1972
The Seattle Gas Light Company opened a coal and oil gasification plant at the north end of Lake Union in 1906. It supplied gas to homes and industries in and near Seattle, until natural gas became more available in the mid-1950s. Over the years, the gas works and a nearby tar plant badly polluted the soil, air, and water in…
ID Number:2000.107.19720825.2.20
Date:1972
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Man on tug Gail S tossing rope to man on the Wawona, June 23, 1993
The three-masted schooner Wawona sailed from 1897 to 1947 as a lumber carrier and fishing vessel based in Puget Sound. In 1964, sixteen years after the vessel's retirement, a group of Seattle citizens formed the nonprofit organization Northwest Seaport and purchased the Wawona as a museum ship. The schooner was made available for public visits during its ongoing restoration. However,…
ID Number:2000.107.19930623.5.23
Date:1993
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Wawona and tug Gail S on Lake Union, June 23, 1993
The three-masted schooner Wawona sailed from 1897 to 1947 as a lumber carrier and fishing vessel based in Puget Sound. In 1964, sixteen years after the vessel's retirement, a group of Seattle citizens formed the nonprofit organization Northwest Seaport and purchased the Wawona as a museum ship. The schooner was made available for public visits during its ongoing restoration. However,…
ID Number:2000.107.19930623.6.14
Date:1993
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Wawona and tug Gail S on Lake Union, June 23, 1993
The three-masted schooner Wawona sailed from 1897 to 1947 as a lumber carrier and fishing vessel based in Puget Sound. In 1964, sixteen years after the vessel's retirement, a group of Seattle citizens formed the nonprofit organization Northwest Seaport and purchased the Wawona as a museum ship. The schooner was made available for public visits during its ongoing restoration. However,…
ID Number:2000.107.19930623.7.08
Date:1993