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Postcard
King Street Station, Seattle, circa 1911
Seattle's King Street Station was built between 1904 and 1906 for the Great Northern Railroad. The St. Paul, Minnesota, architectural firm of Reed & Stem designed the station, patterning its tall clock tower after a famous bell tower in Venice, Italy. This mimicry of European architecture added a touch of tradition and heritage to Seattle's growing downtown area. Caption on…
ID Number:1969.4756.14
Date:Circa 1911
Postcard
Men with giant apples, 1907
This color postcard shows two men pulling two oversized apples on a cart up to a Great Northern Railway railcar. Caption on image: Expressing Washington Apples.Copyright 1907
ID Number:1969.4769.1
Date:1907
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Helene Madison and Ray Daughters at train, circa 1929
Helene Madison began swimming in early childhood, first at Green Lake, one block from her home in Seattle, and later in Seattle Parks Department swim programs. Catching the eye of local coach Ray Daughters in 1928, Madison began swimming competitively on his team at the Crystal Pool, and later at Washington Athletic Club. Between 1930 and 1932, Madison broke all…
ID Number:1970.5051.110.1
Date:Circa 1929
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Helene Madison waving from train steps, circa 1929
Helene Madison began swimming in early childhood, first at Green Lake, one block from her home in Seattle, and later in Seattle Parks Department swim programs. Catching the eye of local coach Ray Daughters in 1928, Madison began swimming competitively on his team at the Crystal Pool, and later at Washington Athletic Club. Between 1930 and 1932, Madison broke all…
ID Number:1970.5051.110.2
Date:Circa 1929
Photograph
Portrait of Squire Park residents, Seattle, 1918
Pictured here are five Seattlites who lived and/or worked on E. Jefferson Street in Seattle's Squire Park neighborhood. The individuals are identified on the verso of the photograph left to right as: Robert Ross "Bob" Hedges, born in Oklahoma in 1881, was a car operator at Puget Sound Traction Light & Power (PSTL&P); Vincent Amato, born in Italy in 1876,…
ID Number:1972.5373.20
Date:1918
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Mayor Bertha Landes and Captain Roald Amundsen at train station, Seattle, June 28, 1926
Bertha Ethel Knight Landes (1868-1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle from 1926 to 1928. Landes vowed to clean up city government, running for mayor on the platform of "municipal housekeeping." She served only one term as mayor but remained a civic leader in such organizations as the Women's University Club,…
ID Number:1974.5855.17
Date:1926
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Mallet articulated Compound Locomotive on display, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The fair included steamship and railroad displays, like the locomotive shown in this photograph. Embossed on mount: Harwood
ID Number:1974.5868.149
Date:1909
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Major John C. Gotwals, Seattle, March 30, 1926
In 1912, President William H. Taft created the Alaska Railway Commission to study the feasibility of rail transport in the northern territory. Two years later Congress authorized construction of the Alaska Railroad. Major John C. Gotwals, an Army Corps engineer, was a member of the Alaska Engineering Commission that oversaw completion of the 470-mile segment between Fairbanks and Seward. The…
ID Number:1974.5923.143
Date:1926
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Traveler's aid desk at Oregon-Washington Station, Seattle, circa 1925
The Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company was formed from several smaller companies in 1896. The Union Pacific Railroad bought a majority stake in the company in 1898 and built its Beaux-Arts style main depot, the Oregon-Washington Station, in Seattle in 1910 and 1911. The station's name was later changed to Union Station. Passenger rail service continued at the station until…
ID Number:1974.5923.343
Date:Circa 1925
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Roy Chapman Andrews and Wilhelmina Christmas Andrews, Seattle, June 1936
Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960) was a naturalist who led expeditions through the Gobi Desert and Mongolia, and later became director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is shown here with this second wife Wilhelmia Christmas Andrews in 1936.This photo is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the…
ID Number:1974.5923.374
Date:1936