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Image of Cora Dollart's Award of Merit from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 1909
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Cora Dollart's Award of Merit from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 1909

Cora received this Award of Merit for valuable services at a model school exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Cora's parents were Russian immigrants of German heritage who settled in Roslyn, Washington before moving to Seattle, where Cora and her brother Henry attended public schools. Handwritten on the back by Cora Dollart "Model bookkeeping class conducted by Mrs. Miller,…
ID Number:1972.5567.116.13.1
Date:1909
Image of Lillie Pauline White teaching certificate, King County, August 29, 1896
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Lillie Pauline White teaching certificate, King County, August 29, 1896

Lillie Pauline White (1858-1944) was a teacher in Washington until 1922, when she retired after 34 years of service. She taught at Denny School, the South School, Rainier School, and Jefferson School, among others. Ms. White was well-regarded and remembered in the Seattle community even after her retirement. In 1935 she was nominated by former pupils as Seattle's "Grand Old…
ID Number:1976.6362.230
Date:1896
Image of Minor School and students, Seattle, June 21, 1898
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Minor School and students, Seattle, June 21, 1898

Construction began on T.T. Minor School in 1889, the year Washington became a state. The Seattle school was named for Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889), physician, former mayor, and head of the school board. The original eight room school building opened in 1890 with more than 200 students. Starting in 1921, the city's program for deaf students was housed at T.…
ID Number:1978.6598.7
Date:1898
Image of Sixth grade class at Minor School, Seattle, June 21, 1898
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Sixth grade class at Minor School, Seattle, June 21, 1898

Construction began on T.T. Minor School in 1889, the year Washington became a state. The Seattle school was named for Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889), physician, former mayor, and head of the school board. The original eight room school building opened in 1890 with more than 200 students. Starting in 1921, the city's program for deaf students was housed at T.…
ID Number:1978.6598.9
Date:1898
Image of Seattle High School and students, 1903
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Seattle High School and students, 1903

When Broadway High School (originally Seattle High School) was built in 1902, Seattle some residents complained that it was too large and a waste of public money. By 1904 the school had 1,700 students, and the building was already crowded. The school closed in June 1946 and re-opened in September 1946 as Edison Technical College. Today the building's auditorium is…
ID Number:1978.6598.11
Date:1903
Image of Seattle High School Mandolin Club, 1903
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Seattle High School Mandolin Club, 1903

When Broadway High School (originally Seattle High School) was built in 1902, Seattle some residents complained that it was too large and a waste of public money. By 1904 the school had 1,700 students, and the building was already crowded. The school closed in June 1946 and re-opened in September 1946 as Edison Technical College. Today the building's auditorium is…
ID Number:1978.6598.12
Date:1903
Image of Seattle High School Glee Club, 1903
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Seattle High School Glee Club, 1903

When Broadway High School (originally Seattle High School) was built in 1902, Seattle some residents complained that it was too large and a waste of public money. By 1904 the school had 1,700 students, and the building was already crowded. The school closed in June 1946 and re-opened in September 1946 as Edison Technical College. Today the building's auditorium is…
ID Number:1978.6598.13
Date:1903
Image of Assembly room in Franklin High School, Seattle, circa 1912
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Assembly room in Franklin High School, Seattle, circa 1912

The Franklin School opened in 1906 as a grade 1-8 school, which also accommodated overflow 9th and 10th graders from Seattle High School. The school operated as Franklin High School from 1909 through 1912 until the construction of a new Neoclassical style building in the Mount Baker neighborhood, which continues to operate as Franklin High School today.Jos. Mayer and Bros.…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.106
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Downtown Seattle from Seventh Avenue and Alder Street, 1914
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Downtown Seattle from Seventh Avenue and Alder Street, 1914

In 1914 Seattle's population had reached an estimated 304,126. According to the 1914 Polk Seattle City Directory, Seattle boasted the "largest clay products plant on the Pacific Coast; largest shoe factory on Pacific Coast; largest jewelry manufacturing concern on Pacific Coast; largest condensed milk concern in the West; largest dry docks on Pacific Coast; largest fisheries and lumbering interests in…
ID Number:1980.6923.9
Date:1914
Image of Program for LMC members' meeting, March 20, 1891
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Program for LMC members' meeting, March 20, 1891

The Ladies Musical Club (LMC) of Seattle was organized officially on March 2, 1891, during the heyday of the national women's club movement from the 1890s through the 1920s. The LMC was designed for the purpose of "developing the musical talent of its members, and stimulating musical interest in Seattle." In addition to providing funds to the Seattle Symphony, the…
ID Number:1981.7337.288.1
Date:1891
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