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Image of Bacon & Matheson Forge Company, Catalog No. 21, 1921
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Bacon & Matheson Forge Company, Catalog No. 21, 1921

Bacon & Matheson of Seattle made heavy-duty iron and steel hardware and equipment for the mining, logging, construction, trucking, maritime and shipping industries. The firm's 1921 catalog includes images of their plant at West Lander Street, Seattle, images of small and large products, and equipment in action.
ID Number:2018.3.3.108
Date:1921
Image of Business District of Seattle, circa 1940
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Business District of Seattle, circa 1940

In 1903 Carl Albert Kroll (1882-1982) immigrated from Germany to the U. S., finding work as a drafting technician at the Moran Brothers shipbuilding company. By 1910, Kroll was the manager at O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Company. The following year he acquired both the Anderson Map Company and the Washington Map and Blueprint Company to form the…
ID Number:2019.3.13
Date:Circa 1940
Image of Seattle Sewerage Skeleton Map, July 1891
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Seattle Sewerage Skeleton Map, July 1891

This 1891 map shows the proposed design for the Seattle Sewer System by Benezette Williams, a nationally renowned civil engineer who was called in by the City of Seattle to design its first municipal water system. After the Great Seattle fire in June of 1889, Seattle was forced to rethink and rebuild its water supply and fire prevention systems. Mayor…
ID Number:2019.3.27
Date:1891
Image of Precision Engineering, Inc. brochure, Seattle, circa 1978
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Precision Engineering, Inc. brochure, Seattle, circa 1978

Precision Engineering began as a crankshaft repair shop in 1948. In 1968, the company moved to 1231 Director Street near the border of Seattle and Tukwila, joining other industrial operations near the Duwamish River. By 1978, the firm had plants in Seattle and Portland that specialized in the manufacturing and repair of hydraulic equipment, particularly for the lumber and construction…
ID Number:2021.86.5
Date:Circa 1978
Image of Birdseye View of Lake Forest Park and Seattle, 1910
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Birdseye View of Lake Forest Park and Seattle, 1910

The land that is now Lake Forest Park was originally occupied by a winter village of the Snohomish tribe, which increasing white settlement displaced in the late 19th century. In 1909, property developer (and future Seattle mayor) Ole Hanson formed the North Seattle Improvement Company and began buying land at the north end of Lake Washington in order to build…
ID Number:2023.3.4
Date:1910
Image of Main Shop Building, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, circa 1920
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Main Shop Building, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, circa 1920

The Seattle Division of Todd Shipyard Corporation originated in 1916, when the William H. Todd Corporation purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (formerly Moran Brothers Shipyard). Originally located on the Seattle waterfront, the shipyard built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I. Todd moved the operation to a new plant on Harbor Island in…
ID Number:2023.36.1
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Caulkers' Oakum Loft, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, circa 1920
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Caulkers' Oakum Loft, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, circa 1920

The Seattle Division of Todd Shipyard Corporation originated in 1916, when the William H. Todd Corporation purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (formerly Moran Brothers Shipyard). Originally located on the Seattle waterfront, the shipyard built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I. Todd moved the operation to a new plant on Harbor Island in…
ID Number:2023.36.2
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Lumber Shed, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, circa 1920
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Lumber Shed, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, circa 1920

The Seattle Division of Todd Shipyard Corporation originated in 1916, when the William H. Todd Corporation purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (formerly Moran Brothers Shipyard). Originally located on the Seattle waterfront, the shipyard built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I. Todd moved the operation to a new plant on Harbor Island in…
ID Number:2023.36.3
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Paint Shop, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, circa 1920
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Paint Shop, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, circa 1920

The Seattle Division of Todd Shipyard Corporation originated in 1916, when the William H. Todd Corporation purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (formerly Moran Brothers Shipyard). Originally located on the Seattle waterfront, the shipyard built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I. Todd moved the operation to a new plant on Harbor Island in…
ID Number:2023.36.4
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Hospital, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, circa 1920
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Hospital, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, circa 1920

The Seattle Division of Todd Shipyard Corporation originated in 1916, when the William H. Todd Corporation purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (formerly Moran Brothers Shipyard). Originally located on the Seattle waterfront, the shipyard built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I. Todd moved the operation to a new plant on Harbor Island in…
ID Number:2023.36.5
Date:Circa 1920
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