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Exterior of Horluck Brewing Co., Seattle, 1939
Nebraska-born George Fausbol Horluck (1901-1975) came to Seattle with his parents and siblings before 1910. Beginning with the purchase of a number of ice cream parlors, Horluck Creameries, Inc., soon gained enough profit that George and his father, Hans Jorgen Horluck (1863-1933), formed their Horluck Investment Company with a starting capital of $99,000. Seeing a new opportunity with the end…
ID Number:2000.107.175.05.01
Date:1939
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Visitors touring the kitchen of the old Ballard hospital, Seattle, April 20, 1952
In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:2000.107.175.05.02
Date:1952
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Employees in costume raising money for new Ballard Hospital, Seattle, May 7, 1952
In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:2000.107.175.05.03
Date:1952
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center under construction, Seattle, August 15, 1991
Seattle's world-renowned research facility, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, was named for baseball great and hometown hero Frederick Charles "Hutch" Hutchinson (1919-1964). Begun as the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation in 1956 by Dr. William B. "Bill" Hutchinson (1909–1997), Hutch's brother, the Foundation was dedicated to the study of heart surgery, cancer, and diseases of the endocrine system. The center…
ID Number:2000.107.175.09.01
Date:1991
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Marjorie Lothrop reading on houseboat docked on Lake Union, Seattle, July 16, 1952
The unique floating homes of Seattle got their start almost simultaneously with the development of the city itself. Seattle's first industries were logging and fishing, both seasonal enterprises, and it became common for loggers and sailors to build themselves floating shacks from scrap boards during their off seasons. As the trend spread, houseboats were built as permanent homes for families…
ID Number:2000.107.176.17.01
Date:1952
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Civilian workers moving into Denny Regrade Transient Camp, Seattle, April 13, 1943
In the spring of 1943, new barracks were built in the Denny Regrade area to house civilian men awaiting transport to Alaska to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sometimes called the Denny Regrade Transient Camp, the fifteen barracks had a total capacity of 600, and were built because of the difficulty of finding hotel accommodations for non-military…
ID Number:2000.107.176.17.02
Date:1943
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Civilian workers lying in beds at Denny Regrade Transient Camp, Seattle, April 13, 1943
In the spring of 1943, new barracks were built in the Denny Regrade area to house civilian men awaiting transport to Alaska to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sometimes called the Denny Regrade Transient Camp, the fifteen barracks had a total capacity of 600, and were built because of the difficulty of finding hotel accommodations for non-military…
ID Number:2000.107.176.17.03
Date:1943
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Train yard between Magnolia and Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, December 13, 1982
This image of the Interbay Railroad Yard was taken facing west towards Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.01
Date:1982
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Man walking past Tsutakawa sculpture in Chinatown - International District, Seattle June 29, 1988
In this image, an elderly Filipino resident of Seattle's Chinatown - International District neighborhood walks down Maynard Avenue, passing George Tsutakawa's 1979 sculpture, "Heaven, Man and Earth," on South Jackson Street. Mr. Tsutakawa's work demonstrated a “style that blends modernism with philosophical and formal elements of traditional Asian art, a combination that became emblematic of the Northwest school.” Caption information…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.02
Date:1988
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Chinese girls drill team honoring war casualties at memorial ceremony, Seattle, May 30, 1961
In this image, members of the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team perform the "gin-lai,” the traditional three bows of respect, as a wreath is placed at the base of a memorial bearing the names of Chinese war dead. The whole Chinese community joined in the Memorial Day ceremony at Chong Wa Playfield at Eighth Avenue South and South Weller…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.03
Date:1961