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Serial
Votes for Women, Vol. 1, No. 3, February 1910
Missouri T.B. Hanna (1857-1926) was the first woman publisher in Washington State, and was heralded as “the mother of journalism” in Washington.Hanna, who also went by “Mrs. M.T.B. Hanna,” moved to Spokane Falls in Washington Territory in 1882, and then to the waterfront mill town of Edmonds in 1904. In 1905 Hanna purchased the weekly "Edmonds Review" and published it…
ID Number:1970.4814.7
Date:1910
Document
Report card for Nathalia Jensen, 1914
Rasmus Peter Jensen immigrated to Seattle in 1889 and homesteaded in the West of Woodland Park district (now the West Woodland neighborhood). He was a carpenter by trade and operated both a construction business and a general store out of his home. Mr. Jensen married Marie E. D. Hansen in 1892 and they had two children, Anna C. Jensen (1894-1912)…
ID Number:1971.5068.37
Date:1914
Music, notated
Poor Unappreciated Dad
The nation’s first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington, on June 19, 1910. Its founder hoped to start a national celebration for fathers similar to Mother’s Day. In 1913, Seattle businessman Herbert A. Schoenfeld formed a Dad’s Day Association, with a similar purpose. The city’s Dad’s Day took place on July 19, 1913. Its official song and two-step, “Poor…
ID Number:1971.5283.1
Date:1913
Book
"The Bride's Cookbook, A Gift from the Merchants of Seattle," circa 1921
An index card slipped into this volume indicates that The Brides' Cookbook was given to prospective brides by the merchants of Seattle when applying for a marriage license. This slim cookbook in particular was gifted to Ms. Fanny Berglund and Mr. Hilding E. Forsman, who were married at her Queen Anne home November 19, 1921. Included in this cookbook are…
ID Number:1972.5499.12
Date:Circa 1921
Book
Cupid's Book of Good Counsel-Seattle, Seatte, Washington, circa 1918
Book of advertisements given for free to newlyweds. Catering mainly to the bride, it also contains recipes and tips for cooking and housekeeping, and the ads are city specific.
ID Number:1972.5567.116.14.1
Date:Circa 1918
Book
Seattle Home Builder and Home Keeper, 1915
This book was written by W.W. (Willard W.) DeLong, a Seattle architect famous for Craftsman style bungalows, and his wife, Isabelle D. DeLong. Hardbound in a dark green cover, this volume has a depiction of a classic Seattle bungalow on the front and in gold lettering, the proverb "Be it Ever So Humble, There's No Place Like Home."Section I of…
ID Number:1972.5567.144
Date:1915
Photograph
Arthur and Constance Houlahan with children, Seattle, 1931
In 1931, Arthur C. Houlahan is listed as Vice President and Treasurer of Builders Brick Co., the family business. The family lived at 2147 Shelby Street, and several other Houlahans, including the artist Kathleen, lived on the same block. This photo of the family is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began…
ID Number:1974.5923.55
Date:1931
Photograph
Blanche and Henry B. Owen, Seattle, 1931
Henry B. Owen is listed as General Superintendent, Frederick & Nelson in the Seattle City Directory. Here, he is shown with his wife Blanche in a photo that is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers.Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her…
ID Number:1974.5923.60
Date:1931
Photograph
Moritz Thomsen III, Seattle, circa 1920
Moritz Thomsen III was the grandson of Seattle businessman Moritz Thomsen, and the son of Charles Moritz Thomsen and Elvera Anderson Thomsen.This portrait of young Moritz is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own…
ID Number:1974.5923.96
Date:Circa 1920
Photograph
Charles and Rosalind Clise, Seattle, 1927
The Clise family have strong roots in Seattle with JW Clise arriving in this area in 1899, one day after the Great Seattle Fire. Clise helped rebuild the city after that devastation and Clise Properties flourished and Charles F. Clise continued that legacy. This portrait of Charles Clise with his wife Rosalind is part of a collection from McBride and…
ID Number:1974.5923.105
Date:1927