557 results for: Alaska
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Oral history interview with Palmer G. Lewis, September 4, 1985
Palmer G. Lewis (1904-1994) founded one of the nation's major independent building-material distributorships, the Palmer G. Lewis Co., of Auburn. Mr. Lewis started his business in 1940 in Seattle, travelling to Alaska to sell building products for supply companies to the growing population there. Total sales grew from $40,000 that first year into the millions. The company eventually became a…
ID Number:1985.135.15
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Horace W. McCurdy, January 18, 1985
Horace Winslow (“H.W.”) McCurdy (1899-1989) was a maritime construction executive, civic leader, and avid supporter of maritime research in the Pacific Northwest. A Washington native, McCurdy was born and raised in Port Townsend, and attended University of Washington in Seattle and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After graduating in 1922, he got a job at the Puget Sound Bridge…
ID Number:1985.135.17
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with David E. "Ned" Skinner, August 12, 1985
David E. "Ned" Skinner II (1920-1988) was a shipping heir and philanthropist in Seattle. He was the grandson of David E. Skinner (1867-1933) of the Skinner & Eddy shipyard, the Pacific Steamship Co., and the Port Blakely Mill. Skinner was born in Seattle, attended the Lakeside School, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1942. During World War, Skinner served in…
ID Number:1985.135.25
Date:1985
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Swanson and Fahlin SF-2 aircraft known as the “SE-AS-KA,” 1936
Backed by a civic group called the Seattle Washingtonians, pilot Russell Owen attempted to fly his SF-2 “everyman” aircraft, equipped with a Plymouth automobile engine, non-stop from Anchorage to Seattle in the summer of 1936. The stunt was in an effort to draw attention to the fact that Alaska had no air mail service. Fog forced Owen to return to…
ID Number:1986.5.275.1
Date:1936
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Barracks at Puyallup Assembly Center, Puyallup, 1942
In the spring of 1942, persons of Japanese descent living on the West Coast were forcibly removed by the US Army into temporary "assembly centers" while permanent incarceration camps were built. The Puyallup Assembly Center, euphemistically named “Camp Harmony," was hastily constructed at the Washington State fairgrounds, and temporarily housed over 7,000 residents of Seattle, Tacoma, and Alaska.This photo shows…
ID Number:1986.5.6680.1
Date:1942
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Incarcerees moving into barracks at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Puyallup, March 1942
In the spring of 1942, persons of Japanese descent living on the West Coast were forcibly removed by the US Army into "assembly centers" while permanent incarceration camps were built. The Puyallup Assembly Center, euphemistically named "Camp Harmony," was hastily constructed at the Washington State fairgrounds in Puyallup and temporarily housed over 7,000 residents of Seattle, Tacoma and Alaska. Here,…
ID Number:1986.5.6680.2
Date:1942
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Cars packed with belongings during forced removal of Japanese Americans, Bainbridge Island, March 1942
In the spring of 1942, persons of Japanese descent living on the West Coast were forcibly removed by the US Army to assembly centers while permanent incarceration camps were built. The Puyallup Assembly Center, euphemistically named "Camp Harmony," was hastily constructed at the Washington State fairgrounds in Puyallup and temporarily housed over 7,000 residents of Seattle, Tacoma and Alaska. Buses…
ID Number:1986.5.6680.3
Date:1942
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Japanese American incarcerees washing dishes at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Puyallup, 1942
In the spring of 1942, persons of Japanese descent living on the West Coast were forcibly removed by the US Army into "assembly centers" while permanent incarceration camps were built. The Puyallup Assembly Center, hastily constructed at the Washington State fairgrounds in Puyallup, temporarily housed over 7,000 residents of Seattle, Tacoma and Alaska. It was euphemistically named "Camp Harmony." This…
ID Number:1986.5.6680.4
Date:1942
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Teenaged incarcerees with printing machine at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Puyallup, 1942
In the spring of 1942, persons of Japanese descent living on the West Coast were forcibly removed by the US Army into temporary "assembly centers" while permanent incarceration camps were built. The Puyallup Assembly Center, euphemistically named “Camp Harmony," was hastily constructed at the Washington State fairgrounds, and temporarily housed over 7,000 residents of Seattle, Tacoma, and Alaska. In this…
ID Number:1986.5.6680.5
Date:1942
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Mess hall at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Puyallup, 1942
In the spring of 1942, persons of Japanese descent living on the West Coast were forcibly removed by the US Army into "assembly centers" while permanent incarceration camps were built. The Puyallup Assembly Center, hastily constructed at the Washington State fairgrounds in Puyallup, temporarily housed over 7,000 residents of Seattle, Tacoma and Alaska. It was euphemistically named "Camp Harmony."This photo…
ID Number:1986.5.6680.6
Date:1942