333 results for: World War II, 1941-1945 (WWII)
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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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Urbano Quijance speaking about Filipino soldiers in WWII, January 17, 1985
Filipino soldiers began serving with the U.S. Army Forces of the Far East in 1941 when President Franklin Roosevelt offered full veterans’ benefits to Filipinos who enlisted. The Philippines at that time was a U.S. commonwealth, and Filipinos were U.S. nationals. 260,000 Filipinos fought alongside American forces during the war and more than 57,000 Filipino troops died. But once the…
ID Number:2000.107.19850117.1.28A
Date:1985
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Bronka Serebrin at boutique closing party, Seattle, January 29, 1997
Bronislawa "Bronka" Kohn Serebrin (1925-2008) was a fashion expert, the longtime owner of a clothing boutique, and a survivor of the Holocaust. Born in Lodz, Poland, Serebrin survived six years in various camps before being liberated from Mauthausen in May 1945 at age 18. Serebrin moved to the US after World War II and became involved in fashion retailing. In…
ID Number:2000.107.19970129.7.08
Date:1997
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Signal Corps instructor teaching Civil Air Patrol members, Seattle, July 1944
The Seattle Field Artillery Armory was designed in 1939 by architect and engineer Arrigo M. Young (1884-1954) to house the 146th Field Artillery and its half-ton tanks. During World War II, the armory was remodeled to provide 500 beds for servicemen visiting Seattle. In addition, the Women's Ambulance Corps and civilian medical units trained there during the war, and the…
ID Number:2003.57.2
Date:1944
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Transportation Corps WACs fixing an Army Jeep, Seattle, July 1944
In 1942, the U.S. Department of War recognized the need for a single manager of Army transportation and created a new branch, the Transportation Corps. The Transportation Corps’ primary function is movement control, and during WWII, the Transportation Corps moved over 30 million Soldiers in the United States and 7 million overseas, along with 126 million tons of cargo.In this…
ID Number:2003.57.6
Date:1944
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Soldiers waving from gangplank at Port of Embarkation, Seattle, circa 1944
In 1942, the Seattle Port of Embarkation began operations at Pier A (later Pier 36) in Smith Cove, at the northern end of Elliott Bay. Over the next 14 years, the Port of Embarkation will become one of the United States Army's busiest terminals for moving troops and supplies overseas during both World War II and the Korean War. This…
ID Number:2003.57.26
Date:Circa 1944
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Employees in street at Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, East Marginal Way, Seattle, circa 1943
Known today as PSF Industries, Inc., and PSF Mechanical, Inc., Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works Company was founded in 1900 by Edward Hite, Robert S. Raven, and Joseph W. Callahan and incorporated in 1902 as Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (PSSMW) by Raven, Hite, and David Bowen. PSSMW began as a sheet metal and roofing company, but over the…
ID Number:2004.27.1.37
Date:Circa 1943
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Employees working at Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Airport Way and Hardy Street, Seattle, circa 1943
Known today as PSF Industries, Inc., and PSF Mechanical, Inc., Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works Company was founded in 1900 by Edward Hite, Robert S. Raven, and Joseph W. Callahan and incorporated in 1902 as Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (PSSMW) by Raven, Hite, and David Bowen. PSSMW began as a sheet metal and roofing company, but over the…
ID Number:2004.27.1.47
Date:Circa 1943
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Women working at Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Airport Way and Hardy Street, Seattle, circa 1943
Known today as PSF Industries, Inc., and PSF Mechanical, Inc., Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works Company was founded in 1900 by Edward Hite, Robert S. Raven, and Joseph W. Callahan and incorporated in 1902 as Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (PSSMW) by Raven, Hite, and David Bowen. PSSMW began as a sheet metal and roofing company, but over the…
ID Number:2004.27.1.51
Date:Circa 1943
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Portrait of musician Art Barduhn in Coast Guard uniform holding mallets, circa 1943
Arthur S. Barduhn (b. 1922) began studying piano at age 4 and formed his first band at age 15, while attending Lincoln High School in Seattle. Barduhn attended the University of Washington School of Music intermittently beginning in 1941, studying composition and conducting. He joined the Coast Guard in 1942, serving at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu as a Seaman 1st…
ID Number:2008.4.6
Date:Circa 1943