80 results for: Seattle General Hospital
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Seattle General Hospital nurses on roof, circa 1915
Seattle General Hospital was located at 909 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle from 1900-1971, later merging with two other local hospitals to become the Swedish Medical Center. Considered one of the best teaching hospitals in the region, 598 student nurses were trained at the hospital's School for Nurses between 1897-1938. In this image four nurses or nursing students pose on…
ID Number:1998.41.12.1
Date:Circa 1915
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Morrie and Jane Alhadeff, Seattle, June 26, 1985
Morris Jerome "Morrie" Alhadeff (1914-1994), a Seattle native, spent 41 years working for the Washington Jockey Club, which operated the Longacres racetrack in Renton, ending his career as General Manager and Chairman of the Board. Strong supporters of civil rights, Alhadeff and his wife Joan Gottstein Alhadeff (1920-1996), daughter of Longacres founder Joseph Gottstein, were great patrons of Northwest art…
ID Number:2000.107.006.04.02
Date:1985
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Visitors touring the kitchen of the old Ballard hospital, Seattle, April 20, 1952
In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:2000.107.175.05.02
Date:1952
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Employees in costume raising money for new Ballard Hospital, Seattle, May 7, 1952
In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:2000.107.175.05.03
Date:1952
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Honor Guard Girls at work, Seattle, May 31, 1918
During World War I, groups of young women and girls joined the National Honor Guard. The group was founded by Theodora Booth, daughter of the founders of Volunteers of America, and granddaughter of the founder of the Salvation Army. Membership was open to women ages 14 to 30. The group's purpose was to promote patriotism and participate in war relief…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.06
Date:1918
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.1
Date:Circa 1920
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Houses constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.2
Date:Circa 1920
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Houses constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.3
Date:Circa 1920
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.4
Date:Circa 1920
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.5
Date:Circa 1920