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UW Naval Training Station boxing team, Seattle, July 20, 1918
With the United States engaged in World War I in 1917 and 1918, training in boxing was seen as important both to prepare troops for combat and to boost morale and provide entertainment at stateside military camps and stations. The Army made boxing a regular training exercise while the Navy emphasized boxing as entertainment. In this image members of the…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.08
Date:1918
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Servicemen posing at naval training station, West Seattle, circa 1919
In 1918, the U. S. government chartered the steamships Chippewa and Iroquois for service in World War I as school ships to be based at the Seattle Yacht Club buildings in West Seattle. The yacht club had recently been purchased by the U. S. government for $3,000. William Jacob Grambs (1862-1943), previously an engineer at the Puget Sound Traction, Light…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.09
Date:Circa 1919
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Men registering as "Alien Enemies" at police station, Seattle, February 1918
Following the United States' entry into World War I, non-naturalized citizens, or "enemy aliens" by definition, were required to register with U. S. authorities in the interest of national security. This included all non-citizen males over the age of 14 and their wives, even those women born in the United States but married to non-citizens. The registration focused primarily on…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.10
Date:1918
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Bonds banners across Second Ave., Seattle, October 1, 1918
During World War I, the United States began selling war bonds called Liberty bonds or Liberty loans to support the allied cause. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the U. S. and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time. The Act of Congress which authorized the Liberty Bonds is…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.11
Date:1918
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New servicemen honored in Seattle, October 27, 1917
On Saturday, October 27, 1917, Seattle honored the first contingent of African Americans from Washington State to be accepted into the U. S. Army. A luncheon for 1,000 people was held at the Y.M.C.A., followed by a parade through downtown Seattle. It is estimated that between 370,000 and 400,000 African Americans served during World War I, in combat units and…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.12
Date:1917
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Marine Jazz Band, Seattle, 1919
In this image members of the Marine Jazz Band pose together in uniform and holding their instruments. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.13
Date:1919
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Cooking demonstration at war kitchen, Seattle, July 1918
In this image, demonstrations and advice are given to housewives and cooks on preparing food with the limited wartime rations. The "War Kitchen," as it was referred to, was located at the Central Building in downtown Seattle and supervised by Dorothy Shank, home economics instructor at the University of Washington, Mildred Thronburg, demonstrator, and Mrs. F. G. Stoner, special investigator.…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.14
Date:1918
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Dick Yoshimura at Mutual Fish Company, Seattle, March 6, 1984
Dick Yoshimura (1914-2012) founded the Mutual Fish Company and is credited with the region’s first live seafood tanks and other innovations. Born in Japan, Yoshimura came to Seattle in 1929 and developed a reputation for working hard for fish companies along the Alaskan Way waterfront. He was imprisoned for three years at a Japanese incarceration camp during World War II,…
ID Number:2000.107.234.22.01
Date:1984
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Crowd at victory parade for NBA Champions the Seattle SuperSonics, June 4, 1979
This photograph of the victory parade for the Seattle SuperSonics, taken by staff photographer Bob Miller, appeared on the front page of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on June 5, 1979.The parade on June 4, 1979, was given in honor of the Sonics victory over the Washington Bullets on June 1, 1979 in game 5 of the NBA Championship. An estimated 300,000…
ID Number:2000.107.240.01.01
Date:1979
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Roberta Byrd Barr with Face to Face panel, February 2, 1966
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then as librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.243.01.01
Date:1966