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Rainier Beach trolley on 4th Avenue in deep snow, Seattle, February 2, 1916
The Big Snow of 1916 came after an exceptionally cold January during which about 2 feet of snow had already accumulated. In early February a storm hit which added an additional 21.5 inches of snow in one 24-hour period. The new and heavy snow added ice, trapping trolleys and cars, freezing railroads, halting classroom education and businesses, and collapsing roofs…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.71.2
Date:1916
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Entrance to Igorrote Village, Pay Streak at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. One of the most popular attractions at the AYPE was the "Igorrote Village," a simulated village of the Igorot (previously spelled Igorrote), a diverse group of Indigenous Peoples living in…
ID Number:1980.7177.5.37
Date:1909
Program
Program for "The Birth of a Nation " at Clemmer Theatre, 1915
James Q. Clemmer opened the 1,200 seat Clemmer Theater at 1414 Third Avenue on April 12, 1912, one of the first theaters in the country made primarily to show motion pictures. Clemmer had established his first movie house - the Dream Theater that included a pipe organ - in an unused storefront in Pioneer Square in 1908. Clemmer went on…
ID Number:1981.7191.5
Date:1915
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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
Program
8th Annual Emmy Awards Banquet program, Seattle, May 16, 1970
The Seattle Chapter, now the Northwest Chapter, of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was founded in 1960, recognizing excellence in television broadcasting with an annual regional Emmy award ceremony. This program for the Emmy awards on May 16, 1970 at the Eames Theatre, the Seattle Science Center, lists awards winners for program achievements and individual achievements, along…
ID Number:1981.7191.11
Date:1970
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Old Seattle lyrics, circa 1940
Carlton Fitchett (1886-1946) was a reporter and columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1917 to 1946 and known for writing rhymes. He was friends with Ivar Haglund, owner of Ivar's restaurant chain and noted local showman, and would write songs about the region for Haglund to sing.This card, with the lyrics for "Old Seattle," includes notes to sing to the…
ID Number:1981.7200.23
Date:Circa 1940
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Club room at Washington Chauffeurs Club, Seattle, circa 1909
The Washington Chauffeurs Club was founded in 1909 as an outgrowth of the Auto Mechanics Association, to create a higher standard of skill and proficiency in the driving profession, to educate and otherwise assist members, and to assist families of deceased members. Shortly after its incorporation, the club moved into the Odd Fellows Temple at 917 East Pine Street. Its…
ID Number:1981.7211.2a
Date:Circa 1909
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Billiard room at Washington Chauffeurs Club, circa 1909
The Washington Chauffeurs Club was founded in 1909 as an outgrowth of the Auto Mechanics Association, to create a higher standard of skill and proficiency in the driving profession, to educate and otherwise assist members, and to assist families of deceased members. Shortly after its incorporation, the club moved into the Odd Fellows Temple at 917 East Pine Street. Its…
ID Number:1981.7211.2b
Date:Circa 1909
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Knight Templars castle at City Hall Park, Seattle, July 1925
The Knight Templars, a Masonic order modeled after Medieval Christian Crusaders, held their 36th triennial conclave in Seattle on July 28-30, 1925. More than 10,000 participants from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana flooded into Seattle. The city was decorated with over 150 illuminated Christian crosses, the order's symbol, including a 40-foot lighted cross placed on top of the Olympic Hotel,…
ID Number:1981.7254.6
Date:1925
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Hotel Kalmar guest register, Seattle, 1903-1914
August Niklasson Brand (1862-1950) and Anna Amelia (Erlandson) Brand (1869-1952), were Swedish immigrants who married in 1893 in Seattle. In 1903, August and Anna bought the Western Hotel (aka, The Michigan), which was built around 1880 and located at the corner of Sixth Avenue and James Street. They renamed it the Hotel Kalmar, after Anna's home town in Sweden, and…
ID Number:1981.7328.176
Date:1903-1914