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Cartographic material
Anderson's New Map of the County of King, State of Washington, 1894
Seattle entrepreneur and amateur photographer O.P. (Oliver Phelps) Anderson (1859-1941) was the son of Alexander Jay Anderson (1832-1903), president of the Washington Territorial University (now University of Washington) from 1877-1882. O.P. trained as a draughtsman and by 1890 had started a civil engineering and map publishing business, O. P. Anderson & Company (later O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print…
ID Number:1952.986.57.4
Date:1894
Photograph
Naval Training Station construction on University of Washington campus, Seattle, October 1, 1918
This image of the construction of the temporary Naval Training Station was taken on October 1, 1918. The training camp was active from August 1, 1917 to 1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students and graduates from University of Washington, Washington State College, and Oregon colleges, were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. The two buildings…
ID Number:1955.970.500.8.1
Date:1918
Photograph
Naval Training Station buildings under construction on University of Washington campus, Seattle, October 8, 1918
This image of the construction of the temporary Naval Training Station on the University of Washington campus was taken on October 8, 1918. The two buildings in the background were built for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909; the Washington State Building is on the right edge of the frame, with the Forestry Building is directly behind.The training camp was built…
ID Number:1955.970.500.8.2
Date:1918
Photograph
Naval Training Station barracks on University of Washington campus, Seattle, October 1, 1918
This image of the construction of the temporary Naval Training Station on University of Washington campus, showing finished barracks, was taken on October 1, 1918. The training camp was active from August 1, 1917 to 1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students and graduates from University of Washington, Washington State College, and Oregon colleges, were trained for both…
ID Number:1955.970.500.8.3
Date:1918
Poster
Seattle Girls War Relief Bazaar sign, 1917
After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, base hospitals were mobilized at universities and civilian hospitals across the country. In October 1917, the American Red Cross authorized the University of Washington to organize an army hospital, with the provision that the local Seattle Chapter raise $50,000 to equip the unit. The War Relief Bazaar was the…
ID Number:1956.1124.11
Date:1917
Poster
Seattle Girls War Relief Bazaar poster by Anita Miller, 1917
After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, base hospitals were mobilized at universities and civilian hospitals across the country. In October 1917, the American Red Cross authorized the University of Washington to organize an army hospital, with the provision that the local Seattle Chapter raise $50,000 to equip the unit. The War Relief Bazaar was the…
ID Number:1956.1124.12
Date:1917
Photograph
Wee Coyle greeting General Leonard Wood on Wenatchee, Seattle, April 9, 1921
Legendary local athlete William Jennings "Wee" Coyle (1888-1977) was raised in Seattle and attended Seattle High School (later Broadway High School) and the University of Washington. Wee served in both WWI and WWII, and was the first commander of the American Legion Post No. 1. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Washington state under Louis F. Hart, serving from 1921…
ID Number:1962.2560.16
Date:1921
Photograph
U.S. Naval Training Station view, circa 1918
In 1917, a committee from the University of Washington offered campus facilities to the United States Navy, which decided to build a temporary Naval Training Station on campus grounds along Portage Bay on Lake Union (near the area now occupied by the UW Health Sciences Center). The station was established on August 1, 1917, and before the camp closed in…
ID Number:1963.3000.1
Date:Circa 1918
Ephemera
Invitation to USS Nebraska launching on October 7, 1904
In 1904, the Moran Brothers shipyard in Seattle launched the battleship USS Nebraska (BB-14). This vessel was the first steel ship to be built on Puget Sound and the first naval battleship to be built in the Pacific Northwest. At the launching, bands played, people cheered, dignitaries made speeches, and Mary Nain Mickey, the daughter of the Governor of Nebraska,…
ID Number:1969.5072.100
Date:1904
Ephemera
Invitation to USS Nebraska keel laying ceremony on July 4, 1902
In 1901, the Moran Brothers shipyard of Seattle won the bid to build one of three battleships for the U. S. Navy, the USS Nebraska (BB-14). The shipyard underwent major renovations to accommodate the construction of such a large vessel, including the building of a 600 foot long ship shed. The ship's keel laying ceremony was held on Independence Day…
ID Number:1969.5072.101
Date:1902