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Four men playing mahjong, Seattle, April 1947
This photo shows Henry K.K. Ching, the "unofficial mahjong champion of Seattle," according to the Post-Intelligencer caption, playing a game with three other men. Chinn is at the lower right and his opponents are, left to right, Moses Kay, David Chinn, and Harry Tang. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ…
ID Number:1986.5.5375.1
Date:1947
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Employees at Cedargreen plant, Seattle, August 11, 1952
On August 12, 1952 twenty-three employees of the Cedargreen Frozen Pack Corporation were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in a food packing room at the plant on 6000 Airport Way. The employees were taken to Harborview County Hospital for emergency care.In this image three employees stand beside a machine at the plant where their co-workers had been exposed to carbon…
ID Number:1986.5.7734.1
Date:1952
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Faulty compressor at Cedargreen plant, Seattle, August 11, 1952
On August 12, 1952 twenty-three employees of the Cedargreen Frozen Pack Corporation were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in a food packing room at the plant on 6000 Airport Way. The employees were taken to Harborview County Hospital for emergency care.In this image, Police Patrolman Cliff Holmes inspects the air compressor engine in the food packing room, from which the…
ID Number:1986.5.7734.2
Date:1952
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Inmates at work at McNeil Island Penitentiary, July 1947
McNeil Island is a 6.6 square mile island located in south Puget Sound, lying 2.8 miles across the water from the nearest town. The site was utilized for 142 continuous years as an island-based penal institution, beginning in 1869 with a jail built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1909 the facility became a federal prison, the McNeil…
ID Number:2000.107.123.17.02
Date:1947
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Employee at the Federal Reserve Bank, Seattle, 1951
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco opened a branch in Seattle in 1917. After some years in leased space, the Seattle Branch moved into its own, purpose-built building on Second Avenue and Madison Street in 1951. Among the branch's many responsibilities were the handling and distribution of coins and currency.Here, coin sorter Robert Popilek works at his machine at…
ID Number:2000.107.165.11.03
Date:1951
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Two young children playing at B. F. Day school, Seattle, November 17, 1950
In this image, Peter Gray and Judith Frankle, students in the Toddler's Class (now part of the Seattle Preschool Program), play with pails and brushes at B. F. Day Elementary School in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, the oldest continually operating school in the city. Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the…
ID Number:2000.107.185.35.02
Date:1950
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George Moyer studying new transit fare boxes, Seattle, April 28, 1949
In this image George E. Moyer, superintendent of transportation for the Seattle Transit System (later Metro Transit), examines one of the new fare boxes to be installed in the company's buses, "scientifically" designed to improve efficiency in loading passengers. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.190.08.03
Date:1949
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Two soldiers at Fort Lawton before transfer to Korea, November 29, 1950
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:2000.107.216.24.01
Date:1950
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Servicemen at Fort Lawton preparing to leave for Korea, November 29, 1950
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:2000.107.216.24.04
Date:1950