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Military veterans learning automobile mechanics, January 1920
After the veterans of World War I returned home in 1918, many had trouble finding work. The Knights of Columbus, a Roman Catholic benefit organization, sponsored a free evening school to help them learn job skills. In this photo, World War I veterans are learning auto mechanics. At least one member of the group is an African-American. Webster & Stevens…
ID Number:1983.10.1791.8
Date:1920
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Rev. Mark Matthews posing on sidewalk, Seattle, circa 1910
The Reverend Mark A. Matthews (1867-1940), a southern-born fundamentalist supporter of the Social Gospel movement, came to Seattle in 1902 and became the pastor of Seattle's First Presbyterian Church. Outspoken and active in public debate, he was a staunch proponent of 'Social Christianity,' which combined progressive public social reform with Christian values. While referred to as a 'showman' by some,…
ID Number:1983.10.1852.1
Date:Circa 1910
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Putting out the fire at the Hotel Lincoln, April 7, 1920
The Seattle Fire Department battled a large blaze at the Hotel Lincoln on April 7, 1920. The fire broke out in the middle of the night in the hotel's basement laundry room. By the time it was discovered, it had had burned upwards inside the walls. Many guests were trapped upstairs and had to be rescued by ladder or rope.…
ID Number:1983.10.1870.2
Date:1920
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Fire Lincoln Hotel, Seattle, April 7, 1920
The Seattle Fire Department battled a large blaze at the Hotel Lincoln on April 7, 1920. The fire broke out in the middle of the night in the hotel's basement laundry room. By the time it was discovered, it had had burned upwards inside the walls. Many guests were trapped upstairs and had to be rescued by ladder or rope.…
ID Number:1983.10.1870.8
Date:1920
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Organ at Coliseum Theatre, Seattle, circa 1920
By 1915, Seattle's downtown commercial core was booming. In March 1915, local lumber baron and businessman C. D. Stimson leased lots on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Pike Street to the newly-formed Coliseum Company to build a theater designed specifically for movies, then called photoplays. The Coliseum Photo Playhouse was designed by noted theater architect B. Marcus Priteca,…
ID Number:1983.10.1883
Date:Circa 1920
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Pig 'n Whistle, Seattle, circa 1920
In 1919, California candy-maker the Pig'N Whistle opened a location in Seattle in the Rialto Building. This photo is from around the time of the store's opening. Handwritten on sleeve: Pig'n Whistle SignWebster & Stevens number: 82929
ID Number:1983.10.1900
Date:Circa 1920
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Lake Burien School, circa 1920
Lake Burien School was organized in 1911, and its first classes were held in a tent. The school moved into a permanent building in 1917, after brief stays in a real estate office and other temporary sites. This photo, taken around 1920, shows the Lake Burien School, south of Seattle. Webster & Stevens number: 83026
ID Number:1983.10.1911.2
Date:Circa 1920
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Duwamish School, circa 1920
After the old one-room Duwamish School closed in 1900, elementary school students had to walk three miles to Foster for school each day. Delia Merkle and several neighbors led a successful petition drive to form a school district and open a new elementary school in Duwamish. The new wood-frame Duwamish School building, for grades 1 through 8, opened in 1911…
ID Number:1983.10.1911.3
Date:Circa 1920
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Oak Lake School, circa 1920
The one-room Oak Lake School opened in 1886 near what is now Washelli Cemetery, north of Seattle. For many years Oak Lake was the only school in the northern part of King County. After several moves and additions, the school opened its first permanent building in 1914 at 10040 Aurora Avenue North.This photo shows Oak Lake School's brick building on…
ID Number:1983.10.1911.4
Date:Circa 1920
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Main Street School, Bellevue, Washington, circa 1920
Bellevue School, also called the Main Street School, opened in 1892. By 1912, the size of the schoolhouse doubled to accommodate the growing population. Although teachers taught some high school classes in Bellevue beginning in 1910, many of the city's early high school students had to travel to Seattle to complete their education.This photo, taken around 1920, shows the later…
ID Number:1983.10.1911.6
Date:Circa 1920