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Poster
Cole Brothers Circus and War Bonds poster, August 1943
William Washington Cole (1847-1915) began "W. W. Cole's Colossal Circus" in 1871 in Quincy, Illinois. In 1904 Cole sold his circus to Canadian showman Martin Downs and his son, James, the name became "Cole Bros. Circus." After the Depression almost shut it down, in 1934 two veteran circus managers -- Jesse Adkins (1886–1940) and Zack Terrell (1879–1954) -- teamed up…
ID Number:1975.6159.3.12
Date:1943
Ephemera
Café Olympus New Year's booklet, 1912
The Olympus Café opened about 1898 at 112 1st Avenue South, "Situated right in the business district of Seattle ... Just South of the Totem Pole." This small booklet, printed with New Year's greetings, includes promotional text and a photo of the cafe's "Venetian Room."On each left-hand page is the emblem of the Golden Potlatch "Bug," which advertised the summer…
ID Number:1976.6296.7
Date:1912
Album
Sarah Price's hair book, March 1853
The keepsake book pictured here was made in March 1853 by Sarah (Ousley or Owsley) Price (1815-1886) prior to her move from Iowa to Oregon. Sarah was born in Indiana, moved to Iowa with her husband and children, and then together left from there for Oregon. The book contains names and hair clippings, some in ornate braids, collected by Sarah…
ID Number:1976.6375.8
Date:1853
Serial
Transit News, May, 1959
The Seattle Transit System was created in 1940 to run the all-bus transit system for the City of Seattle. This department became part of Metro Transit in 1973, serving all of King County. This edition of the newsletter "Transit News" (Volume 2, number 9) covers funding and planning for the monorail, an appearance of bus operator James Wesselius on local…
ID Number:1980.6969.2.1
Date:1959
Photograph
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Seattle, circa 1907
Ohio-born curio collector Joseph Edward "Daddy" Standley (1854-1940) came to Seattle in 1899 and opened Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on Second Avenue and Pike Street. He moved the shop to the Colman Dock on the waterfront in 1904, and since 1988 the shop has been located at Pier 54. Still a family-run business after five generations, the store attracts about…
ID Number:1983.10.7367
Date:Circa 1907
Photograph
Ezra Meeker and his oxcart, 1912
In 1852, Ezra Meeker and his family came west by wagon over the Oregon Trail, eventually settling in the Puyallup Valley. As the years passed and cross-country travel became easier, Meeker worried that people wouldn't understand the hardships of the early settlers. Beginning at the age of 75, he made several trips across the Oregon Trail and urged its preservation.…
ID Number:1983.10.9471.1
Date:1912
Photograph
Amundsen and the crew of the "Norge," June 27, 1926
In June 1926, sixteen men crossed the North Pole from Norway to Alaska in the airship "Norge." The group was headed by polar explorers Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth, and the dirigible was designed and piloted by Umberto Nobile. On their way back to Europe, the men stopped in Seattle, where they were greeted by over 5,000 cheering people.In this…
ID Number:1983.10.10847
Date:1926
Photograph
Andy Gump visiting Seattle, June 1926
The Gumps was an extremely popular comic strip about a middle-class family created in 1917 by Sidney Smith (1877-1935), running in nation-wide newspapers until 1959. Readers anxiously followed the convoluted story lines, and by1919, this popularity prompted an interest in film adaptations. Between 1923 and 1928, Universal Pictures produced at least four dozen Gumps two-reel comedies starring Joe Murphy (1877-1961),…
ID Number:1983.10.11801.2
Date:1926
Photograph
Teenagers dancing at All-City Teeny-Boppers Dance, Seattle, 1966
Handwritten on sleeve: TEENAGERS, Seattle, Wash., All-City teeny boppers dance.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): November 23, 1966.
ID Number:1986.5.14926.1
Date:1966
Photograph
George Burns and Carol Channing during the World's Fair in Seattle, June 1, 1962
George Burns arrived in Seattle to start rehearsals with his partner Carol Channing in preparation for their variety show at the Orpheum Theatre. Miss Channing lights his cigar with a Space Needle lighter. The celebrities looked forward to visiting the Science Pavilion and getting a larger view of the Worlds Fair from the top of the Space Needle. Handwritten on…
ID Number:1986.5.20502.1
Date:1962