218 results for: Religion and Spirituality
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Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church and parishioners, Seattle, circa 1922
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church formed in 1919 in the Ballard neighborhood, at 1706 NW 65th Street. Immigrants from Finland, like other Scandinavians, found that churches and other organizations strengthened their community. In 1954, the Finnish Lutheran Church moved to a newly constructed building in Crown Hill. The building in this photo is currently a private residence. While the old…
ID Number:2016.59.8
Date:Circa 1922
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Swedish Tabernacle, Seattle, circa 1925
Located at the corner of Bellevue Avenue and Pike Street, construction on the Swedish Tabernacle Church was completed in 1906 under the guidance of the architect, John A. Creutzer. Swedish immigrants formed a large number of religious and secular organizations that bound them together as a community. This photo is part of an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work…
ID Number:2016.59.27
Date:Circa 1925
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Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church, Seattle, circa 1920
Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church began in 1908 as an outreach mission of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in downtown Seattle to the Swedish immigrants that settled in the Green Lake area at the turn of the 20th century. The congregation was served by several intern pastors before calling their first full time pastor, Otto Karlstrom, in 1911. Services were held in Swedish…
ID Number:2016.59.30
Date:Circa 1920
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St. Joseph's Church, Seattle, circa 1930
This image is of St. Joseph's Church which was constructed with Superior Portland Cement. The 10 story building was originally designed in the early Gothic style but the challenge of building during the Great Depression necessitated a change from granite and marble to a newly rediscovered technology, reinforced concrete, bringing the original estimate from $1,000,000 down to $450,000. Reinforced concrete…
ID Number:2016.92.235
Date:Circa 1930
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Rev. Samuel McKinney, Coretta Scott King, and Louise McKinney, Seattle, November 1961
Rev. Samuel B. McKinney, pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, invited his friend and former classmate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to speak in Seattle in 1961. Dr. King arrived in Seattle on November 8, spoke at UW's Meany Hall and the Temple de Hirsch on November 9, and Garfield High School and the Eagles Auditorium on November 10. Afterward,…
ID Number:2018.10.7
Date:1961
Ephemera
Rev. William Henry Kanouse business card, circa 1933
This business card for William Henry Kanouse (1877-1951) advertises him as "an ordained medium and spirit photographer." Spirit photography, popular in the late nineteenth century, purported to record ghosts and other spirits through photography. The card also advertises "trumpet meetings" held Sunday and Thursday at 8 p.m., and the availability of appointments from 1-5pm. An address of 301 21st Ave…
ID Number:2018.34.1
Date:Circa 1933
Photograph
Fremont Baptist Church, Seattle, circa 1915
The Fremont Baptist Church was established in 1892 when a small group of local Baptists and the Rev. E.G. Wheeler began to meet in the chapel car "Evangel," provided by the American Baptist Publication Society and parked between the Fremont Fire Station and the small railroad depot at the corner of Fremont Avenue and Ewing Street (now N. 34th Street).…
ID Number:2018.48.12
Date:Circa 1915
Audio recording
Oral history interview with William Danz, March 22, 2005
Interview with William Danz about his life in Seattle, conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on March 22, 2005. Topics discussed include his family background, his childhood, his education at Garfield High School and the University of Washington and the family business, Sterling Realty Organization (SRO), and the theaters they owned. Copyright agreement: Yes;…
ID Number:2019.35.1.16
Date:2005
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Bibiana Castillano, September 16, 1987
Bibiana Castillano (1904-1995), one of the first generation of women to come to the Pacific Northwest from the Philippines. In this interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Winter Holidays Oral History Project on September 16, 1987, she discusses her Christmases in the Philippines and in Seattle after she immigrated in 1928.
ID Number:2019.35.2.2
Date:1987
Audio recording
Oral history interview with John Kusakabe, September 2, 1987
This interview with John I. Kusakabe (1922-200) was conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Winter Holidays Oral History Project on September 2, 1987. Kusakabe discusses his family's immigration to Denver, Colorado from Japan, moving to Seattle in 1927, and celebrations of Buddhist traditions in the Seattle area.
ID Number:2019.35.2.5
Date:1987