331 results for: World War II, 1941-1945 (WWII)
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Floyd Schmoe with photo of Hiroshima, November 20, 1983
Founder of Seattle's Peace Park, Floyd Wilfred Schmoe (1895-2001), was a peace activist, author, teacher, and the first park naturalist at Mount Rainier National Park. For Schmoe, a commitment to nonviolence was deeply linked to his love of nature. A Quaker, Schmoe served as a stretcher bearer in World War I, and during World War II, he gave up a…
ID Number:2000.107.161.29.01
Date:1983
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Wallingford Commercial Club members with tobacco donation, November 29, 1944
The Wallingford Commercial Club was founded in 1910 to promote the neighborhood's accomplishments and lobby for commercial expansion. In this image officers and members of the Wallingford Commercial Club pose with their Christmas gift of tobacco for U. S. military personnel serving in the Aleutian Islands. The individuals are identified, from left, as Clarence McReynolds, vice president, Alvin Comer, J.…
ID Number:2000.107.171.09.08
Date:1944
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Louise Wejak dancing at a War Bond rally, Seattle, July 6, 1944
In this photo, nine-year-old Louise Wejak, a fourth-grader at University Heights Grade School, dances on drums at a July 1944 War Bond rally in Wallingford. The event was staged by the Wallingford Commercial Club. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.171.09.09
Date:1944
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Employees watching awards ceremony at Fisher Flouring Mills, Seattle, September 8, 1944
The Fisher Flouring Mills was one of the first industrial businesses to open on Harbor Island, located in Seattle's Elliott Bay at the mouth of the Duwamish waterway, after construction of the artificial island was completed in 1909. In 1926, founding brothers Orin Wallace Fisher (1891–1979) and Oliver David Fisher (1875-1967) began a radio station (now KOMO and part of…
ID Number:2000.107.172.34.05
Date:1944
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Civilian workers moving into Denny Regrade Transient Camp, Seattle, April 13, 1943
In the spring of 1943, new barracks were built in the Denny Regrade area to house civilian men awaiting transport to Alaska to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sometimes called the Denny Regrade Transient Camp, the fifteen barracks had a total capacity of 600, and were built because of the difficulty of finding hotel accommodations for non-military…
ID Number:2000.107.176.17.02
Date:1943
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Civilian workers lying in beds at Denny Regrade Transient Camp, Seattle, April 13, 1943
In the spring of 1943, new barracks were built in the Denny Regrade area to house civilian men awaiting transport to Alaska to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sometimes called the Denny Regrade Transient Camp, the fifteen barracks had a total capacity of 600, and were built because of the difficulty of finding hotel accommodations for non-military…
ID Number:2000.107.176.17.03
Date:1943
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Japanese American servicemen playing chess at Fort Lawton, Seattle, July 22, 1945
In spite of having their loyalties questioned after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and with more than 110,000 people of Japanese descent incarcerated in camps in the western U.S, Japanese Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in disproportionate numbers. Most served in the segregated 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated unit in U.S. military history for its…
ID Number:2000.107.217.01.01
Date:1945
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German war brides holding U.S. citizenship papers, Seattle, June 18, 1951
The years after World War II saw an increase in immigration outside of national quotas, primarily for the spouses and children of members of the U. S. Armed Forces, brought about by legislation like the War Brides Act of 1945. This photo shows seven of nine German war brides naturalized in Seattle on June 18, 1951. They are identified from…
ID Number:2000.107.217.22.01
Date:1951
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Children placing wreaths on Memorial Day, Seattle, May 30, 1945
In this image, children place wreaths at the foot of a pylon carrying the names of more than 1,000 King County residents killed in World War II. The ceremony took place during Memorial Day exercises held in Seattle's Victory Square, on University Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. The children are identified from left as: Gay Attebery, Barbee Scott, Ruth…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.02
Date:1945
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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