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Lincoln High School graduating class, Seattle, 1919
In the fall of 1907, Lincoln High School opened in the Wallingford neighborhood, at Interlake Avenue North and North 43rd Street. It had thirty classrooms, a study hall, and a gymnasium. There were so many students in the area that the school was already too small when it opened. After several additions and 74 years of service, Lincoln High School…
ID Number:1967.4162.1
Date:1919
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Julean Arnold and China Club of Seattle aboard S.S. President Grant, Seattle, April 7, 1923
Julean Herbert Arnold was a U. S. Commercial Attache in China and Japan from 1914-1940, and a founder of the China Club in Seattle. Established in 1916, the China Club of Seattle still operates today and is committed to promoting closer trade and cultural relations with China. In 1923, Mr. Arnold spent four months touring the United States, including Seattle,…
ID Number:1967.4171.1
Date:1923
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Horace C. Henry home, Seattle, circa 1920
One of Seattle's early residents, Horace Chapin Henry (1844-1928) was a businessperson who made a fortune with building contractor Henry Balch when they formed Henry and Balch, a construction company that won many contracts for railroads and roads throughout the United States. Work brought Henry to Seattle in late 1891, and he began to make investments in local businesses, later…
ID Number:1967.4235.6
Date:Circa 1920
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Horace and Susan Henry home, Seattle, circa 1900
One of Seattle's early residents, Horace Chapin Henry (1844-1928) was a businessperson who made a fortune with building contractor Henry Balch when they formed Henry and Balch, a construction company that won many contracts for railroads and roads throughout the United States. Work brought Henry to Seattle in late 1891, and he began to make investments in local businesses, later…
ID Number:1967.4235.14a
Date:Circa 1900
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Portrait of Victor W. S. Denny, Seattle, circa 1890
Victor Winfield Scott Denny, Sr. (1869-1921), was born in Seattle to pioneers David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa Boren (1827-1916). Following in his family's footsteps, he worked to develop the local timber and mining industries. Victor married Lillie Jane Frankland (1867–1931) and had three children: Victor W. S. Denny, Jr., Elizabeth Crocker (Denny) Harris, and Madge Decatur (Denny) Mathieu.In this…
ID Number:1968.4387.2
Date:Circa 1890
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WWI aviators Lieutenant Stuart Torney and friend, circa 1921
U. S. Army Air Corps pilot Stuart Wellington Torney (1899-1923) was born in Chicago and raised in Seattle. After graduating high school in Medford, Oregon, he enlisted in the United States Air Service. He married Edna Hutton (1902-1977) in 1920 and their daughter, Jacqueline Stuart Torney (1922-2001), was born in Illinois. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant in 1921, Torney participated in…
ID Number:1968.4514.2
Date:Circa 1921
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Three men near concrete mixer and concrete transport car, circa 1925
This photograph documents a City of Seattle Engineering Department project involving construction of a truck sewer and subsewers as part of improvements along Oregon Street. Three men pose near a concrete transport car on rails which will bring wet concrete from the mixer to various points along the sewer tunnel under construction. Numbered on mount: 2A
ID Number:1968.4524.1
Date:Circa 1925
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Men in concrete transport car on tracks over sewer construction, circa 1925
This photograph documents a City of Seattle Engineering Department project involving construction of a truck sewer and subsewers as part of improvements along Oregon Street. The transport car was used to carry loads of wet concrete from the mixer to various points along the sewer tunnel under construction. Numbered on mount: 4A
ID Number:1968.4524.3
Date:Circa 1925
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Workers and car loaded with concrete in tunnel, circa 1929
This photograph documents the construction of a sewer tunnel along West Hanford Street in Seattle. The men depicted probably worked for George Nelson and Co., the contractor hired for the Local Improvement District No. 4751 project, which specified the improvement of West Hanford Street and other streets through construction of a trunk sewer. Caption on photo: Concrete in tunnel.Writing on…
ID Number:1968.4524.29
Date:Circa 1929
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Reinforced steel cable pipe frame in trench, circa 1929
This photograph documents the construction of a sewer tunnel along West Hanford Street in Seattle. George Nelson and Co. contractors were hired to work on the Local Improvement District No. 4751 project, which specified the improvement of West Hanford Street and other streets through construction of a trunk sewer. Caption on photo: 150 inch concrete pipe. Looking west from 6th…
ID Number:1968.4524.38
Date:Circa 1929