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Image of Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co., circa 1917
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Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co., circa 1917

Lumber was one of the Puget Sound's main exports in the 1890s. In 1899, 200,000 board feet of milled lumber left Seattle every day by rail or ship for the eastern United States and various Pacific ports. Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company began operations in 1917. The company, starting with some houses and a mill store, built a small community atop…
ID Number:1966.3827.2
Date:Circa 1917
Image of Seattle waterfront from Elliott Bay, 1917
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Seattle waterfront from Elliott Bay, 1917

The panoramic image shown here was taken from Elliott Bay, facing east towards the Seattle waterfront. Magnolia and Queen Anne Hill are visible at the left edge of the frame, and Capitol Hill and First Hill can be seen behind the Pioneer Square area near the right edge of the frame. Handwritten on image: The Seattle Waterfront, Pierson & Co.…
ID Number:1966.3862.1
Date:1917
Image of Frank Lawson and George W. Carmack, circa 1920
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Frank Lawson and George W. Carmack, circa 1920

This double portrait depicts Yukon Order of Pioneers Seattle Lodge No. 2 members Frank Lawson and George W. Carmack wearing YOOP sashes, with the YOOP banner depicted in the center.George W. Carmack was a gold miner in the Yukon Territory. Carmack, his brother-in-law Kèsh (of the Tagish People, also known as Skookum Jim or James Mason ), and Kèsh nephew…
ID Number:1966.3948.2
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Yukon Order of Pioneers Seattle No. 2 members, circa 1920
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Yukon Order of Pioneers Seattle No. 2 members, circa 1920

This photo depicts members of the Seattle No. 2 Lodge of the Yukon Order of Pioneers wearing the YOOP sash, with the lodge banner in the center. Seated to the left of the banner is George W. Carmack, and to the right, George T. Snow.The Yukon Order of Pioneers (YOOP) fraternal organization was formed on December 1, 1894 at Forty…
ID Number:1966.3948.4
Date:Circa 1920
Image of George Butler and George T. Snow, circa 1920
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George Butler and George T. Snow, circa 1920

This double portrait depicts Yukon Order of Pioneers (YOOP) Seattle Lodge No. 2 members George Butler and George T. Snow wearing YOOP sashes, with the YOOP banner depicted in the center.The Yukon Order of Pioneers (YOOP) fraternal organization was formed on December 1, 1894 at Forty Mile, Yukon Territory, Canada. With the motto "Do unto others as you would be…
ID Number:1966.3948.38
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Portrait of Ringwald Blix, circa 1925
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Portrait of Ringwald Blix, circa 1925

In this photograph, Blix is wearing a badge of the Alaska-Yukon Pioneers, Cabin No. 1, Seattle, Wash. Around 1896, Ringwald Blix built the highly regarded Blix Roadhouse in Copper Center, Alaska. Blix also served as U.S. commissioner and postmaster in Copper Center before leaving Alaska for Seattle in 1918.The Alaska-Yukon Pioneers fraternal organization was probably formed in Seattle when the…
ID Number:1966.3948.92
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Committee presenting a key to the city to sled dog Balto at Pier 2, Seattle, March 22, 1925
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Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Committee presenting a key to the city to sled dog Balto at Pier 2, Seattle, March 22, 1925

Balto was the lead sled dog on Gunnar Kaasen's 1925 Serum Run team, delivering diphtheria antitoxin serum to doctors at Nome, Alaska on the last leg of the relay. Balto and Kaasen arrived in Seattle on the Alaska Steamship Company's steamship Alameda, and they were honored at a ceremony on Pier 2 in Seattle by a committee representing the Alaska-Yukon…
ID Number:1966.3948.100
Date:1925
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Charles "Slim" Williams, John Logan, and dog "Blizzard," December 9, 1939

This photo depicts Slim Williams (left) and John Logan with their dog "Blizzard" after their arrival in Seattle by motorcycle in December 1939. Clyde C. "Slim" Williams was a promoter of the Alaska Highway in the 1930s. Williams first rode the proposed route in 1933, by dogsled and in a Model T pulled by sled dogs, from Copper Center, Alaska…
ID Number:1966.3948.128
Date:1939
Image of Home of Milnor and Milnora Roberts, Seattle, 1909
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Home of Milnor and Milnora Roberts, Seattle, 1909

In 1904, the Roberts family built a comfortable home on the northwest corner of the intersection of NE 45th Street and 15th Avenue NE, near the University of Washington campus. Milnor Roberts was the Dean of the UW College of Mines, and contributed to the founding of the University Book Store. His sister Milnora was active in Seattle women’s clubs,…
ID Number:1966.3954.1
Date:1909
Image of Two men with train backdrop at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
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Two men with train backdrop at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909

This souvenir postcard from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition shows two men posing within a train backdrop. Such souvenirs photographs, depicting subjects against various backgrounds, were popular among fairgoers at the AYPE. Text on sign on train: Exposition Special A.Y.P Through Train Spokane to SeattleText on sign on train: North Coast Limited
ID Number:1966.4058.6
Date:1909
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