86 results for: McBride
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Dancer Gloria Grafton, Seattle, circa 1930
Gloria Grafton, who is described here as a dancer, also became known as a singer and movie actress. Her singing credits include "Two Cigarettes in the Dark" (1934), and her screen appearances include "Oh, What a Business!"(1934) and "Lost Angel" (1943). This photo of Grafton is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers.Born in 1863, Ella McBride began…
ID Number:1974.5923.25.2
Date:Circa 1930
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Cast of the Junior League children's play "The Golden Ball," Seattle, May 1934
For more than a century, Junior League members have confronted society’s most pressing issues and tackled its toughest problems, leaving an unrivaled legacy of reform. Since its inception in 1923, members of the Junior League of Seattle (JLS) have worked to improve our community through mission-driven projects and hands-on work with many Community Partners.Some JLS projects included entertainment for children.…
ID Number:1974.5923.26.1
Date:1934
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Glenn Hughes, Seattle, circa 1930
Glenn Hughes (1894-1964) arrived at the University of Washington as a teaching fellow in September 1919, later to became director of the University of Washington's drama program in 1930. He continued in that position until 1961. His innovative curriculum coupled with the University's state of the art facilities made the drama program one of most famous and profitable in the…
ID Number:1974.5923.27
Date:Circa 1930
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Rev. Herbert H. Gowen, Seattle, 1932
An Episcopal minister, Dr. Herbert H. Gowen served in the department of Oriental Studies at the University of Washington (UW) teaching from 1909 until 1944. A voracious reader who was reputed to have read a book a day, he taught the history and literature of China, Japan, India, and the Near East along with the Sanskrit, Arabic, and Hebrew languages…
ID Number:1974.5923.42.1
Date:1932
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Harry Whitney Treat, Seattle, circa 1920
Businessman Harry Whitney Treat arrived in Seattle from New York around 1904. He bought hundreds of acres of land north of Ballard where he developed the Loyal Heights area and Golden Gardens Park. The Treats owned a mansion on Queen Anne Hill, a large country estate in Loyal Heights, and were active in Seattle society. Treat was an avid horseman…
ID Number:1974.5923.45
Date:Circa 1920
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Priscilla Grace Treat, Seattle, ca. 1920
The Treat family owned a mansion on Queen Anne Hill, a large country estate in Loyal Heights, and were active in Seattle society. This portrait is of Priscilla Treat holding a dog. Priscilla was the older sister of Loyal Treat, for whom Loyal Heights was named.This portrait is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863,…
ID Number:1974.5923.46
Date:Circa 1920
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Loyal Graef Treat, Seattle, circa 1920
Seattle businessman Harry Whitney Treat named two new developments Loyal Heights and Loyal Beach (later known as Golden Gardens), as well as his trolley line the Loyal Heights Railway, after his youngest daughter Loyal Graef Treat. This portrait of Loyal is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography…
ID Number:1974.5923.47
Date:Circa 1920
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A. Scott Bullitt, Seattle, circa 1925
A. Scott Bullitt was a member of a prominent Kentucky family, a Princeton graduate and a lawyer who transplanted to Seattle. In 1918 he married Dorothy Stimson, a young woman from a wealthy Seattle family. He was passionate about politics and, unlike his in-laws the Stimsons, he was a Democrat. He organized the Democratic party in Washington state and ran…
ID Number:1974.5923.48
Date:Circa 1925
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Artist Kathleen Eva Houlahan, Seattle, circa 1930
Kathleen Eva Houlahan came to Seattle in 1902 at the age of eighteen and graduated from the University of Washington in 1906. She pursued painting at the Art Students' League In New York City, returning to Seattle in 1923 after completing studies at the Sorbonne in Paris. Houlahan worked in oils and painted rugged outdoor scenes as well as portraits,…
ID Number:1974.5923.51
Date:Circa 1930
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Wedding of Elaine B. and Joshua Green, Jr., Seattle, 1931
Joshua Green Jr. (1908-1985) was the son of prominent settlers Joshua and Laura Green, and in 1949 became president of Peoples Bank and Trust Company. This portrait, part of a collection of photographs from McBride and Anderson photographers, documents Green's marriage to Elaine Turner in 1931.Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she…
ID Number:1974.5923.54
Date:1931