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Employees loading bags of bulgur at Fisher Flouring Mills, Seattle, July 24, 1961
In different administrative and organizational forms, the Food for Peace program of the United States has provided food assistance around the world since President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act, or Public Law (P.L.) 480, in 1954. Initially a means to donate surplus U.S. commodities, the U.S. government now purchases food from American farmers through…
ID Number:2000.107.172.34.06
Date:1961
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Goodwill Auxiliary members working at bazaar, Seattle, November 23, 1967
Seattle Goodwill was founded in 1923 by a group of local businessmen, and provides employment training and basic education to individuals experiencing significant barriers to economic opportunity. Today a significant portion of its operating funds are derived from its nine thrift stores in the area.In this image Goodwill Women's Auxiliary members dress in old-fashioned clothing and set up a "country…
ID Number:2000.107.173.09.02
Date:1967
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Jurors in coroner's inquest convening at speakeasy, Seattle, August 8, 1941
A deadly gun battle during an robbery attempt in Seattle left three men dead and seven more wounded on August 3, 1941, at a basement speakeasy at 410B Second Avenue. A coroner's jury was convened a few days later for the inquest into the killings. At the time, Seattleites had widely differing views over the city government's role in the…
ID Number:2000.107.174.16.02
Date:1941
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Malmo Seed and Nursery Company, Seattle, circa 1931
Norwegian immigrant Charles Malmo (1862-1938) established the Malmo Seed and Nursery Company in Seattle in 1893. Malmo propagated nursery stock of ornamental shrubs, which previously had to be imported from Japan, Holland, and England. In the 1920s, Malmo sold seeds and nursery stock from a store at 6th Avenue and Stewart Street at Westlake, and at his Georgetown rhododendron fields…
ID Number:2000.107.176.33.01
Date:Circa 1931
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Malmo Seed and Nursery Company, Seattle, circa 1931
Norwegian immigrant Charles Malmo (1862-1938) established the Malmo Seed and Nursery Company in Seattle in 1893. Malmo propagated nursery stock of ornamental shrubs, which previously had to be imported from Japan, Holland, and England. In the 1920s, Malmo sold seeds and nursery stock from a store at 6th Avenue and Stewart Street at Westlake, and at his Georgetown rhododendron fields…
ID Number:2000.107.176.33.02
Date:Circa 1931
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New trucks parked at the Metropolitan Laundry Company, Seattle, January 8, 1938
In 1938, the Metropolitan Laundry Company took delivery of ten new International D-2 panel trucks, shown here in front of the laundry. The company was located at 244 Pontius Avenue N., in Seattle's Cascade neighborhood. Numerous ads in The Seattle Times urged housewives to save time by sending their family clothing out to be washed or dry cleaned by Metropolitan.As…
ID Number:2000.107.177.01.02
Date:1938
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Women in husband-calling contest at Rainier District Pow Wow, Seattle, August 7, 1949
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:2000.107.185.01.02
Date:1949
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New traffic signal operating at 85th and Greenwood, Seattle, August 28, 1952
In this image a new type of traffic signal is tested by Seattle traffic engineering division at North 85th Street and Greenwood Avenue. In addition to the usual red, amber and green signals was added a glass column of green panels (indicated by added lettering). When the green signal was lit, the column at right also lit up green and…
ID Number:2000.107.190.06.06
Date:1952
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Bus driver D. L. Franklin with new 10 cent fare box, Seattle, June 22, 1947
In this image D. L. Franklin, bus driver for Seattle Transit System (later Metro Transit), sits beside his fare box, plainly marked to indicate the new flat rate of 10 cents a ride. The increase from 8 1/3 cents went into effect June 22, 1947. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of…
ID Number:2000.107.190.08.05
Date:1947
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Mark Tobey and Olaf Anderson painting a panel for the Mardi Gras ball, February 1928
Painter Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.The theme of Seattle's Fine Arts Society 1928 Mardi Gras Ball was the Year 2000 A.D. -- a mechanical age where angles would…
ID Number:2000.107.212.23.02
Date:1928