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Oral history interview with Al Rochester, September 24, 1985

Alfred Ruffner “Al” Rochester (1895-1989) was a lifelong Seattle resident. Rochester graduated from Broadway High School, served in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War I, and as state director of the Office of War Information during World War II. Rochester served on the Seattle City Council from 1944-1956, and at one time was chairman of the Parks and…
ID Number:1985.135.23
Date:1985
Image of Studio portrait of Florence Denny Heliker, Seattle, August 1898
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Studio portrait of Florence Denny Heliker, Seattle, August 1898

Florence Denny Heliker (1878-1962) was born to Seattle pioneer Rolland Herschel Denny (1851-1939) and Alice Martha Kellogg (1857-1940, daughter of Whidbey Island pioneer Dr. John Coe Kellogg). After attending Seattle High School, Florence and Dr. Mabel Seagrave were the first Seattle women to attend Wellesley College, graduating in 1904. Florence married skating rink proprietor Winthrop G Heliker (b.1878) in 1904,…
ID Number:1990.45.88
Date:1898
Image of Moran-Lakeside School mailer, Seattle, 1921
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Moran-Lakeside School mailer, Seattle, 1921

In 1919, Frank G. Moran, founder of the Moran School for Boys on Bainbridge Island, opened an additional boys’ school on Lake Washington in Seattle’s Denny-Blaine district. Named Moran-Lakeside School, it lasted for four years before a series of changes in ownership, name, and location. Today, as Lakeside School, it serves both boys and girls at its campus in North…
ID Number:1996.55.4
Date:1921
Image of Children crossing 32nd Ave. N. near Harrison School, Seattle, April 26, 1951
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Children crossing 32nd Ave. N. near Harrison School, Seattle, April 26, 1951

The intersection shown here is located at 32nd Avenue North and East Republican Street, in the Harrison/Denny-Blaine neighborhood of Seattle's Central District. The intersection was described by residents at the time as a bad place for children to cross because there were no traffic lights. The cars in the picture are traveling north on 32nd Ave. as the children at…
ID Number:2000.107.190.06.02
Date:1951
Image of Student WTO protest, Seattle, November 30, 1999
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Student WTO protest, Seattle, November 30, 1999

The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991130.16.08
Date:1999
Image of Student WTO protest, Seattle, November 30, 1999
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Student WTO protest, Seattle, November 30, 1999

The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991130.16.34
Date:1999
Image of View from First Hill toward Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1885
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View from First Hill toward Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1885

This view from First Hill looking west and north toward Elliott Bay was taken before the Great Seattle Fire in 1889. The large white building in the center of the frame is the Central School, built in 1883 at Sixth Avenue and Madison Street, and destroyed in an 1888 fire; just behind and to the right of Central School is…
ID Number:2008.54.16
Date:Circa 1885
Image of Aerial view of I-5 and 520 construction, Seattle, August 1, 1963
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Aerial view of I-5 and 520 construction, Seattle, August 1, 1963

Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, and Seattle's largest and widest freeway. The section of I-5 connecting Kent to Seattle to Everett was built between 1960-1966, including the section shown in this aerial photograph taken on August 1, 1963. The direction of the photograph is looking south, and at the…
ID Number:2009.23.114
Date:1963
Image of D.T. Denny & Sons receipt, 1890
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D.T. Denny & Sons receipt, 1890

Seattle pioneer David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) came to the area in 1851 and with his wife, Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916), staked a claim to the future site of Seattle Center. Mr. Denny pursued a diverse career as a farmer, capitalist, streetcar operator, and developer. He was also a well-regarded civic leader, serving as probate judge, King County Commissioner, Seattle City…
ID Number:2018.3.3.79
Date:1890
Image of My First Trip to Seattle, by Nora Leonard Vandeventer, circa 1938
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My First Trip to Seattle, by Nora Leonard Vandeventer, circa 1938

In her story "My First Trip to Seattle," Nora Leonard Vandeventer (1863-1944) recounts the trip she made with her family, as a child of around 10, when they moved from Tumwater to Seattle. She recounts the perilous January trip on the Zephyr, a sternwheel steamer of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. Nora traveled with her parents Amy and Thomas Austin…
ID Number:MS.COLL.1523
Date:Circa 1938
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