257 results for: Washington Territory
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Seattle Weekly Times, August 15, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:2019.3.74
Date:1889
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Poll tax receipt, King County, 1890
The poll tax, an annual levy on voting, was a major source of revenue for states and municipalities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The tax was a flat fee on voter registration, regardless of income. In practice, poll taxes suppressed the vote of low-income people who could not afford the fee.In 1854, Washington Territory levied its first…
ID Number:2019.3.81
Date:1890
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Hannah E. Marley poll tax receipt, King County, 1922
The poll tax, an annual levy on voting, was a major source of revenue for states and municipalities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The tax was a flat fee on voter registration, regardless of income. In practice, poll taxes suppressed the vote of low-income people who could not afford the fee.In 1854, Washington Territory levied its first…
ID Number:2019.3.82
Date:1922
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"Chinese Crisis," Seattle Daily Call, February 8, 1886
Seattle's earliest Chinese residents are believed to have arrived in the early 1860s, and while welcomed at first for the role they played in the region's development, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and were subjected to numerous laws that restricted their rights. In the mid-1870s and early 1880s the national economy took a downturn, increasingly leading white workers…
ID Number:2022.3.3.2.1
Date:1886
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"More Quiet," Seattle Daily Call, February 9, 1886
Seattle's earliest Chinese residents are believed to have arrived in the early 1860s, and while welcomed at first for the role they played in the region's development, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and were subjected to numerous laws that restricted their rights. In the mid-1870s and early 1880s the national economy took a downturn, increasingly leading white workers…
ID Number:2022.3.3.2b.1
Date:1886
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"Martial Law,"Seattle Daily Call, February 10, 1886
Seattle's earliest Chinese residents are believed to have arrived in the early 1860s, and while welcomed at first for the role they played in the region's development, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and were subjected to numerous laws that restricted their rights. In the mid-1870s and early 1880s the national economy took a downturn, increasingly leading white workers…
ID Number:2022.3.3.3.1
Date:1886
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"The Situation," Seattle Daily Call, February 11, 1886
Seattle's earliest Chinese residents are believed to have arrived in the early 1860s, and while welcomed at first for the role they played in the region's development, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and were subjected to numerous laws that restricted their rights. In the mid-1870s and early 1880s the national economy took a downturn, increasingly leading white workers…
ID Number:2022.3.3.3b.1
Date:1886
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"The Trial of Perry Bayne," Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer, October 28, 1885
Seattle's earliest Chinese residents are believed to have arrived in the early 1860s, and while welcomed at first for the role they played in the region's development, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and were subjected to numerous laws that restricted their rights. In the mid-1870s and early 1880s the national economy took a downturn, increasingly leading white workers…
ID Number:2022.3.3.4.1
Date:1885
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"Chinese Homes Burned," Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer, November 6, 1885
Seattle's earliest Chinese residents are believed to have arrived in the early 1860s, and while welcomed at first for the role they played in the region's development, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and were subjected to numerous laws that restricted their rights. In the mid-1870s and early 1880s the national economy took a downturn, increasingly leading white workers…
ID Number:2022.3.3.9.1
Date:1885
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"Mass Meeting," Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer, November 6, 1885
Seattle's earliest Chinese residents are believed to have arrived in the early 1860s, and while welcomed at first for the role they played in the region's development, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and were subjected to numerous laws that restricted their rights. In the mid-1870s and early 1880s the national economy took a downturn, increasingly leading white workers…
ID Number:2022.3.3.9.3
Date:1885