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Photograph
Seattle City Treasurer's office employees, June 1908
This portrait of the employees of the office of the City Treasurer includes the following identifications:First [front] row, left to right: J. F. Haney, Asst. Treas.; W. H. Sanders; Margaret Epler; Maude Judd; George F. Russell, City Treasurer (1906-1908); A. N. Graves; C. L. Blewett.Second row, left to right: Thomas Scott; Charles A. Duke; Amos Brown; Col. H. W. Beecher;…
ID Number:1969.4653.12
Date:1908
Photograph
Augustine & Kyer store interior, 1919
Augustine & Kyer was an upscale grocery business with deep roots in Seattle. In 1907, Augustine & Kyer became the very modern “Pure Food Purveyors.” H. A. Kyer became president with J. W. Augustine as vice-president. They remodeled and expanded their Colman Building location at 815 First Avenue into what they described as the largest grocery on the Pacific Coast…
ID Number:1969.4656.47
Date:1919
Photograph
Volunteer firemen Victor Denny and Luther Youngs, Seattle, circa 1885
In the mid-1880s, Victor Denny (left) and Luther Youngs (right) were members of Seattle’s all-volunteer fire department. Denny was born in Seattle to one of the city's founding fathers, David Denny, was a student at the time of this photograph. Youngs, a carpenter, had moved to Seattle in 1883 from Kentucky. In June 1889, in spite of the best efforts…
ID Number:1969.4689.1
Date:Circa 1885
Manuscript
Sprinkling Privileges in Seattle, June 1901
"Sprinkling Privileges in Seattle: A few sketches from life made during a casual ride in the residence district, on two successive evenings, in June 1901" is a manuscript containing six hand-colored pen and ink drawings of individuals watering their lawns and gardens. The sketches and accompanying captions poke fun at resident's frivolous use of the city's water supply, and may…
ID Number:1969.4689.3
Date:1901
Record
Roll and minutes of the Republican Club, Seattle, 1896
Around 1896, Republicans living in Washington state started forming Republican Clubs. The Republicans of the Second Ward (roughly where the southern Central Area and northern Mount Baker neighborhoods are today) formed a club in January 1896, with 154 individuals signing the roster shown here. This ledger includes a preamble on the first page: "For the purposes of furthering the interests…
ID Number:1969.4740.4
Date:1896
Correspondence
Letter on birch bark, August 29, 1898
The letter pictured here was written on birch bark by Joe Masters, a prospector, to his wife while traveling up the Koyukuk River in Alaska. Gold deposits were discovered on the middle fork of the river, sparking a gold rush similar to the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon Territory of Canada 500 miles to the east. In 1898 about…
ID Number:1969.4798.8
Date:1898
Ephemera
Invitation to USS Nebraska launching on October 7, 1904
In 1904, the Moran Brothers shipyard in Seattle launched the battleship USS Nebraska (BB-14). This vessel was the first steel ship to be built on Puget Sound and the first naval battleship to be built in the Pacific Northwest. At the launching, bands played, people cheered, dignitaries made speeches, and Mary Nain Mickey, the daughter of the Governor of Nebraska,…
ID Number:1969.5072.100
Date:1904
Ephemera
Invitation to USS Nebraska keel laying ceremony on July 4, 1902
In 1901, the Moran Brothers shipyard of Seattle won the bid to build one of three battleships for the U. S. Navy, the USS Nebraska (BB-14). The shipyard underwent major renovations to accommodate the construction of such a large vessel, including the building of a 600 foot long ship shed. The ship's keel laying ceremony was held on Independence Day…
ID Number:1969.5072.101
Date:1902
Ephemera
Invitation to USS Rowan launching on April 8, 1898
In 1898, the Moran Bros. Company shipyard in Seattle launched the USS Rowan (also TB-8), a Navy torpedo boat which was the first war vessel built in the State of Washington. An estimated 10,000 people came to watch the ceremony on Elliott Bay during which the boat was christened by Adria Maude (Semple) Moale Langdon (1872-1947) the wife of Navy…
ID Number:1969.5072.102
Date:1898
Ephemera
Youngs Bros. business card, circa 1890
Luther Burns Youngs (1858-1923) came from Kentucky to Seattle in 1883. A carpenter by trade, he started a construction business that became quickly profitable in Seattle's booming population. According to Seattle city directories, there were 3,553 residents in 1880 and 43,835 residents in 1890. Already serving as a member of the Board of Public Works, Mr. Youngs was appointed superintendent…
ID Number:1969.5072.103
Date:Circa 1890