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Photograph
Briscoe School students, Kent, circa 1925
The Briscoe School for Boys in Kent, Washington, operated from 1909 to 1970 as a Catholic orphanage and boarding school for boys around the Puget Sound region. This photo of boys playing is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward…
ID Number:1974.5923.267
Date:Circa 1925
Music, notated
On Our Way to Paradise
Mount Rainier National Park, in Washington state, opened in 1899. It was the nation's fifth national park and the first to allow cars. The road to the Paradise section of the park was built in 1910. This 1915 sheet music, published five years later, shows several cars passing through the park entrance on their moonlit way up Mount Rainier to…
ID Number:1976.6292.1
Date:1915
Document
William L. Neuman, Jr. patent for scooter, April 21, 1931
William L. Neuman, Jr. (circa 1890-1973) was a mechanic and later foreman at Western Blower Company at 1800 Airport Way in Seattle. In 1931 he patented a toy scooter powered by pumping the handle and kicking to create a more simplified and practical toy for children. This document is the patent issued by the U. S. Patent Office granting William…
ID Number:1977.6433.2a
Date:1931
Ephemera
Admiral Line Ma-Chiong score card, circa 1925
The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line) was a steamship company based in Seattle which operated five ocean liners sailing from Seattle to Japan and China. Pictured here is a stationery card provided to passengers aboard the S. S. President McKinley, which was built in 1921 and in 1922 became part of the Admiral Line…
ID Number:1978.6667.1
Date:Circa 1925
Photograph
Winona Bailey at Dodwell-Rixon Pass, Olympic Mountains, 1927
Helen Winona Bailey (1873-1938) was born in Maine to Charles Harris Bailey (1849-1920) and Mary H. (Wilder) Bailey (1849-1897). The family moved to Colorado about 1890, then to Seattle around 1905. She was a Latin teacher in the Everett High School from about 1906-1912, and later head of the Language Department at Queen Anne High School. Winona was an avid…
ID Number:1978.6688.2.5
Date:1927
Postcard
Swimmers at Luna Park Beach, Seattle, 1911
West Seattle's Luna Park was named for Luna, the Roman goddess of the moon, and billed as Seattle's Coney Island. The amusement park was a popular place for Seattleites to swim, dance, and have fun. They could ride on a giant water slide, a rollercoaster, or a carousel, or have a drink at what was advertised as "the longest bar…
ID Number:1978.6689.12
Date:1911
Postcard
Renton Sportsmen's Association fir log, Renton, circa 1910
This photograph was taken at the Renton Sportsmen's Association property in the eastern Renton Highlands. The club apparently made use of the log as a clubhouse.The Renton Sportsmen's Association may have evolved into the Renton Fish and Game Club of the 1930s. Sign in image: Renton Sportsmens Assn.Caption on image: Douglas fir log, 616 years old, 7 ft. 6" diameter,…
ID Number:1980.6357.6.3
Date:Circa 1910
Photograph
Ballard Beach, Seattle, circa 1910
This photo from around 1910 shows people on Ballard Beach between 64th and 65th Streets. It was taken by Carl Henry Moen, who was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce,…
ID Number:1980.6880.126
Date:Circa 1910
Photograph
Golden Gardens beach, Seattle, circa 1910
During hot weather, Seattle residents went to nearby swimming beaches. They could travel north by automobile or streetcar to Golden Gardens, on Shilshole Bay. The city purchased the popular beach in 1923, and the park opened several years later. This photo was taken by Carl Henry Moen, who was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family…
ID Number:1980.6880.235
Date:Circa 1910
Photograph
Glen Bigelow and Ed Moen on camping trip, circa 1910
Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.237
Date:Circa 1910