59 results for: James, E.E.
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Original building of First Baptist Church, Seattle, circa 1895
Seattle First Baptist Church was organized in 1869 by 11 men and women on a lot donated by Elizabeth (Jones) Holgate (1796-1880), a widow who had lived in Seattle since at least 1856. The wooden church was built on the east side of Fourth Avenue, between Cherry Street and James Street. The building was abandoned after 1908 when regrading of…
ID Number:1980.6882.2
Date:Circa 1895
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View of 3rd Ave. and Pine St., Seattle, 1908
This image of the intersection of Third Avenue and Pine Street was taken facing southeast. Visible in the distance are the two towers of St. James Cathedral (completed in 1907) at 804 Ninth Avenue in the First Hill neighborhood. A transitional period in transportation is illustrated here, with a streetcar, several automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles in evidence. Signs in image:…
ID Number:1980.6923.48
Date:1908
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Southwest view of Seattle after fire, July 1889
The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the City, destroying 100 acres of Seattle's business district and waterfront. The city didn't take much time to mourn; most businesses decided to rebuild where they had been, and rebuilding began almost immediately, creating a building…
ID Number:1980.6923.118
Date:1889
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Rehearsal of "The Wayfarer" at Husky Stadium, Seattle, July 1921
In 1921, the Seattle Times organized the "Midsummer Fete," a week-long festival in July that included fireworks displays, dances, a parade of 7,000 members of Elks Lodges, and races between sailors of the U. S. Pacific Fleet, who were anchored in Elliott Bay for the event. In addition, a massive staging was presented of "The Wayfarer," a religious work combining…
ID Number:1980.7005.5
Date:1923
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Campbell and Corliss families near tents at Chautauqua, 1890
Members and friends of the Campbell and Corliss families spent part of the summer of 1890 at Chautauqua (now Ellisport) on Vashon Island. They may have been members of the Puget Sound Chautauqua Assembly which met on the island at that time. Inspired by the year-around educational activities of the Chautauqua Assembly in New York State, a local group started…
ID Number:1980.7025.16
Date:1890
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Rev. Robert E. Dunlap's letter from Mayor J.T. Ronald, October 3, 1893
Judge J. T. Ronald served the Seattle community for well over sixty years. He and his wife, Rhoda, moved to Seattle in 1882 with Ronald beginning his long law career the next year when appointed King County Deputy District Attorney. Ronald served as U.S. District Attorney of King, Kitsap, and Snohomish counties, was Seattle mayor in 1892, and had a…
ID Number:1980.7046.1
Date:1893
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Exterior of Chicago Boot & Shoe Store before Great Seattle Fire, circa 1889
This image was taken before the fire destroyed the Chicago Boot and Shoe Store, located on the northeast corner of Front Street (now First Avenue) and James Street in Pioneer Square. By the next year, proprietor John Henry Rengstorff (1860-1917) had reopened his shoe store at 707 Second Avenue, near Cherry Street. The individuals in the image are unidentified except…
ID Number:1980.7092.2
Date:Circa 1889
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New homes on Capitol Hill, Seattle, circa 1915
Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood is part of a long ridge that overlooks downtown, and was logged off beginning in the 1880s. The neighborhood's chief developer, James Moore (1861-1929), gave the hill its name in 1901.This view of newly constructed craftsman-style houses was taken at what appears to be 18th Avenue NE and E Galer Street. The residences may have been…
ID Number:1983.10.1538.10
Date:Circa 1915
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King County Sheriff Matt Starwich with murderer James Mahoney, Seattle, 1921
One of the state's most notorious crimes, the "Mahoney Trunk Murder" occurred in Seattle in 1921. The victim was Kate Mooers, 72, an eccentric and wealthy woman who married for the third time to James E. Mahoney, 38, a convicted robber. When Kate went missing, Mahoney claimed she had disappeared in St. Paul, Minnesota, but the Seattle police detectives decided…
ID Number:1983.10.2240
Date:1921
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Quinault canoe and sightseers, Moclips, Washington, 1914
The Quinault are a Coast Salish people whose historic territory was the southwestern Olympic Peninsula. The current Quinault Indian Nation (QIN) has a reservation covering part of their historic lands. In addition to Quinault people, the QIN includes people from several neighboring tribes: Queets, Quileutes, Hohs, Chehalis, Chinook, and Cowlitz. Fishing, especially for salmon, is an important part of Quinault…
ID Number:1983.10.8687
Date:1914