218 results for: Eating and Drinking
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Dairy farmer Rob Pickering drinking milk, Issaquah, 1958
Photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the Pacific Northwest. He donated a collection of his photographs and photography equipment to MOHAI in 1993.This image of dairy farmer Rob Pickering drinking milk was taken in Isaaquah in 1958. Handwritten…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.88
Date:1958
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Cadets peeling potatoes at the Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918
During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. This image show Naval Training Station cadets seated…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.1.22
Date:Circa 1918
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Meal preparation at the Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918
During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. This image of U. S. Navy personnel at…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.1.23
Date:Circa 1918
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Banquet program for King Harald V's visit, 1995
Norway's King Harald V (b. 1937) and Queen Sonja (b. 1937) came to Seattle in 1995 for a four-day visit that included events around Puget Sound. Harald had visited Seattle twice previously as crown prince, first in January 1964 for an official visit, then in briefly in October 1967 after an official visit to Canada. The Pacific Northwest is home…
ID Number:Lib1996.8.17
Date:1995
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Sign outside Millionair Club offering free Sunday supper, Seattle, circa 1925
In 1921, Seattle businessman Martin G. Johanson founded The Millionair Club to help the city's unemployed help themselves. Johanson managed the organization which provided nourishing meals and acted as a clearinghouse for temporary jobs. He gave the organization its name because he said that helping others made him feel like a millionaire. He dropped the "e" in the organization's name…
ID Number:PI22381
Date:Circa 1925
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Woman serving soup to WPA strikers, Seattle, 1937
In 1936, the federal Works Progress Administration hired some 9,000 unemployed King County residents on 271 different projects ranging from improving roads and parks to serving school lunches. Congress reduced funding for the WPA in 1937, causing nationwide layoffs. In Seattle, some workers stormed the WPA offices to protest the layoffs. Others staged sitdown strikes or picketed on downtown sidewalks.…
ID Number:PI22389
Date:1937
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Students in the lunchroom at Fauntleroy Grade School, Seattle, March 7, 1946
In this image students crowd the lunchroom set up in a portable at Fauntleroy Grade School in the West Seattle neighborhood. At the time, school authorities were seeking voter approval for a $10 million bond issue for the purposes of acquiring and improving school sites. Caption information source: The Seattle Sunday Times, March 10, 1946, page 10
ID Number:PI25488
Date:1946
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Sailor kissing girl during blackout, Seattle, 1941
In December 1941 an unidentified but creative photographer was assigned to cover what might happen in Seattle if wartime authorities declared a blackout. With all the lights turned off, a kiss stolen over coffee in a downtown cafe was oneof the results. Written on negative: Seattle blackoutHandwritten on sleeve: World War II - Seattle - blackoutDate photograph was filed at…
ID Number:PI28004
Date:1941
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Returning servicemen drinking milk, March 1946
When World War II ended, many soldiers and sailors returned to the United States through the Port of Seattle. Once on land, they were greeted with cartons of fresh milk. Even decades later, many veterans still remembered how good the milk tasted after several years of drinking powdered or evaporated milk at the front.In this March 1946 photo, soldiers and…
ID Number:PI28203
Date:1946
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Woman feeding cake to serviceman, Seattle, December 1941
During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. A number of recreation and temporary stay facilities provided entertainment and services for military personnel visiting the city, such as the large USO facility in the remodeled Rialto Building, opened in 1943. In this image, Sergeant Charles Damm is fed a slice of cake…
ID Number:PI28207
Date:1941