14 results for: Seattle Commercial Club
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Women's Commercial Club of Seattle in automobiles at Volunteer Park, Seattle, circa 1914
The Women's Commercial Club of Seattle, founded in 1910, was an organization of over 100 Seattle women in business and professions. Professions included architect, dentist, surgeon, editor, printers, florist, and proprietor of a livery barn. Club activities appear to have included both social functions and business-related meetings. The club disappears from the Seattle City directory after 1915. Caption on image:…
ID Number:2007.30.21
Date:Circa 1914
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Exterior of KIRO Radio Station at Federal Old Line Insurance Building, Seattle, circa 1957
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University. As of 2025, the KIRO station studios are located in the Belltown neighborhood, with a transmitting tower…
ID Number:2014.67.14
Date:Circa 1957
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Luncheon program for Crown Prince Olav's visit, 1939
From May 23-28, 1939, Norway's Crown Prince Olav (1903-1991) and his wife, Princess Martha (1901-1954), visited Washington State during a West Coast tour on the eve of World War II. Among other activities, they spent a day skiing at Paradise on Mount Rainier and attended the dedication of the Stanwood monument honoring the first Norwegian settler on Puget Sound, Zakarias…
ID Number:2018.3.3.97
Date:1939
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Event program for Crown Prince Olav's visit, 1939
From May 23-28, 1939, Norway's Crown Prince Olav (1903-1991) and his wife, Princess Martha (1901-1954), visited Washington State during a West Coast tour on the eve of World War II. Among other activities, they spent a day skiing at Paradise on Mount Rainier and attended the dedication of the Stanwood monument honoring the first Norwegian settler on Puget Sound, Zakarias…
ID Number:2018.3.3.98
Date:1939