1512 results for: City of Seattle
Music, notated
Golden Potlatch Carnival March and Two Step
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:1980.7097A.1
Date:1912
Music, notated
Come Thru: Official Song of the Seattle Girls' War Relief Bazaar
When the United States joined World War I in 1917, the University of Washington was selected as the location for a military hospital, named Base Hospital 50. The city was responsible for building and outfitting the hospital, a cost estimated at $50,000. The Seattle Girls’ War Work Association organized a huge, six-day bazaar to raise the funds. Over 12,500 volunteers…
ID Number:1980.7097A.4
Date:1917
Music, notated
The City of Progress
The lyrics for "The City of Progress," a march dedicated to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, were written by Alvin L. Snow, and the music was composed by prominent local musician and educator Adolph Edgren. The song was written for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world's fair held in 1909 on the campus of Seattle's University of Washington to promote…
ID Number:1980.7097A.23
Date:1909
Music, notated
Meet Me Next Sunday at Woodland
The music and lyrics for "Meet me next Sunday at Woodland" were written by Agnes Farrand (Terry) Perry (1873-1937). The song was published by the Empire Music Publishing Company of Seattle. The title refers to Woodland Park , a 90.9-acre public park in Seattle's Phinney Ridge and Green Lake neighborhoods that originated as the estate of Guy C. Phinney, lumber…
ID Number:1980.7097A.26
Date:1911
Music, notated
The Potlatch Tickle
The music for "The Potlatch Tickle (A Seattle Rag)" was composed by Donald A. Robertson, arranged by Carl A. Weber, and published by the Empire Music Publishing Company of Seattle. A native of Germany, Carl Alfred Weber (1863-1929) came to Seattle about 1910 and opened a music studio where he taught and arranged music. Donald Alexander Robertson (1888-1934) was a…
ID Number:1980.7097A.28
Date:1911
Photograph
Abraham Schwabacher and granddaughter Babette Eckstein, circa 1908
Abraham Schwabacher (1838-1909) was one of three brothers that were important in the economic development of the Washington Territory and later Washington State. The Schwabacher brothers owned several businesses bearing their family name, first in San Francisco, then in Walla Walla, Washington, and later in Seattle. Abraham married Sarah (Lehrberger) Schwabacher (1847-1942), and their daughter, Mina Alice Schwabacher (1878-1942), married…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.12a
Date:Circa 1908
Ephemera
The Guide, December 29, 1934
Begun in December 1922, The Guide (or the Official Weekly Guide to Seattle & Seattle Amusement Guide) was a weekly publication for visitors to Seattle and offered for free through authorized dealers or at a subscription of $3 per year. Joseph Dana Roberts (1907-1952) is listed as the editor and publisher, with Tom Renton as the staff artist, operating out…
ID Number:1980.7166.4.1
Date:1934
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Sarah Schwabacher birthday dinner menu, March 24, 1927
Sarah (Lehrberger) Schwabacher (1847-1942) was married to Abraham Schwabacher (1838-1909), one of three brothers that were important in the economic development of the Washington Territory and later Washington State. The Schwabacher brothers owned several businesses bearing their family name, first in San Francisco, then in Walla Walla, Washington, and later in Seattle. Sarah and Abraham Schwabacher's daughter Mina Alice Schwabacher…
ID Number:1980.7166.4.2
Date:1927
Postcard
Crowds watching fire at Grand Trunk Pacific pier, Seattle, July 30, 1914
The image seen here was taken as crowds watch a fire that engulfed the Grand Trunk Pacific dock, located on the Seattle waterfront at the foot of Marion Street. The structure, at the time the largest wooden pier on the West Coast, was only four years old and had been built atop 5,000 creosote-soaked piles. Firefighters from nearby Engine House…
ID Number:1980.7171.1
Date:1914
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City of Seattle local improvement tax receipt, 1903
This January 8, 1903, receipt from the City of Seattle's Treasury Department was issued to a Jennie Kinney for a payment of $6.43. The fee was for the Local Improvement Tax, used to create roads, pavement, and sidewalks in Seattle. This payment was for Lot Six, Block Three, and the Street was Broadway and DeForest for the Nagles Addition. It…
ID Number:1981.7191.6.6
Date:1903