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Stacks of lumber drying at the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company's mill in Ballard, circa 1919
The Seattle Cedar Mill, located just west of the Ballard Bridge, was the largest in Ballard. At the mill, logs were cut into lumber which was then dried for at least nine months before being sold. The stacks of drying lumber were over 50 feet high. In 1958, these stacks caught fire and burned. Ballard residents remembered the huge blaze…
ID Number:1983.10.1692.2
Date:Circa 1919
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Observatory and telescope at the University of Washington, October 19, 1919
Beginning in 1895, students and faculty at the University of Washington could study the stars in the school's new observatory. It was the third building completed on the present campus, and was built from stone left over from Denny Hall. The telescope had been moved from the university's downtown location.In this photo, a student looks through the telescope in the…
ID Number:1983.10.1698.1
Date:1919
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Serving food to striking workers, February 1919
During the 1919 Seattle General Strike, various individuals and groups supported the strikers' cause by setting up soup kitchens to feed workers and their families. In this photo, a woman serves a plate of food to a striking worker. Webster & Stevens number: 67482
ID Number:1983.10.1735
Date:1919
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Football team at the University of Washington, circa 1919
The University of Washington's football program was suspended during World War I because so many male students were serving in the military. After the men returned, the University continued to build its championship teams. This photo, taken about 1919, shows an early post-war football team posed in formation in the university's early stadium, University Field. The men have removed their…
ID Number:1983.10.1758.2
Date:Circa 1919
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Ole Hanson posing in suit and fur stole, Seattle, circa 1919
Ole Hanson (1874-1940) was a man who packed multiple lives into one. He's best known in Washington for his role, as Seattle's mayor, in ending the city's General Strike of 1919, but he's also well known for founding the city of San Clemente, California, six years later. Though opportunistic and erratic, Hanson was a shrewd politician and realtor who left…
ID Number:1983.10.1760.2
Date:Circa 1919
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Exterior of East Kong Yick Building, Seattle, circa 1920
Starting in 1907, Asian immigrants began moving their businesses into the area around Seattle's King Street. Ethnic enclaves helped reinforce cultural and kinship ties, and provided a sense of security from an often hostile white majority. The Chinese didn't have much choice; restrictive covenants by real estate agents and homeowners prevented Chinese and other Asians from living elsewhere. The neighborhood…
ID Number:1983.10.1774.1
Date:Circa 1920
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Chinese section of downtown Seattle, circa 1920
Starting in 1907, Chinese and Japanese businesses began moving to the area around King Street. By the 1920s, most of Seattle's Chinese residents lived and worked there. The population was largely male, because very restrictive laws kept most Chinese wives from immigrating to the United States to join their husbands. Many of the men lived in rooms in the Hotel…
ID Number:1983.10.1774.2
Date:Circa 1920
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Japanese clothing store and other Jackson Street businesses , circa 1919
Many Asian immigrants to Seattle settled in what is now the Chinatown International District. Some of the Japanese and Chinese immigrants ran clothing stores, barbershops, and other small business, such as those seen in this photo, taken about 1919. Signs include: Busch Hotel, Chop Suey Noodles, YamatoyaWebster & Stevens number: 82298
ID Number:1983.10.1775
Date:Circa 1919
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Washington Children's Home residents with dolls, Seattle, circa 1921
The Washington Children's Home was located at 6516 32nd Avenue NE in the Ravenna neighborhood. Handwritten on sleeve: Washington Childrens Home Ext & Int.Photographer's Reference Number: 82370
ID Number:1983.10.1780.2
Date:Circa 1921
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Men working at Manning's coffee roasting plant, Seattle, circa 1920
Manning's Coffee Cafes were very popular with Seattle residents. The company had its own bakery and coffee roasting plant. Handwritten on sleeve: Manning Coffee House Ints.Webster & Stevens number: 81817
ID Number:1983.10.1784.4
Date:Circa 1920