1892 results for: Washington (State). Office of the Secretary of State
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Downtown Seattle, looking north on 2nd Ave. from James St., 1907
This view of downtown Seattle shows the bustling Second Avenue at its James Street crossroad. The police officer in the center of the street has his hands full directing the many different kids of traffic seen here: pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, horse-drawn delivery wagons, and even early automobiles.The five story building in the foreground at the left side of the image…
ID Number:1971.5202.36
Date:1907
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Indigenous boat races on Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1912
This image of Elliott Bay faces east with spectators lining the docks and streets of downtown Seattle visible in the background. Two Indigenous wooden dugout canoes with 11 men each are racing south along the shoreline in front of Belltown. The event likely took place during one of the Golden Potlatch celebrations staged in the summers of 1911, 1912, and…
ID Number:1971.5202.73
Date:Circa 1912
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Mary Ann Wells, Seattle, circa 1950
Mary Ann Wells King (1894-1971) was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and moved to Seattle in 1915. Wells was a charter member of the Soroptimist Club. Wells founded the ballet department at the Cornish School and directed the dance department for seven years. She later formed her own studio, the Mary Ann Wells School of the Dance at 804 1/2 Pine…
ID Number:1971.5234.5a
Date:Circa 1950
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Mary Ann Wells School of the Dance festival program, Seattle, June 4, 1927
Mary Ann Wells founded the dance department at Seattle's Cornish School of the Arts (now Cornish College of the Arts) and taught there for seven years. Sometime around 1920, she started her own dance school, which operated until 1958. Robert Joffrey and many other prominent dancers graduated from the Mary Ann Wells School of the Dance.The School's Eleventh Annual Dance…
ID Number:1971.5234.17
Date:1927
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Brochure for The Cornish School, Mary Anne Wells, Head of Dance, 1921
Mary Ann (Wells) King (1894-1971) was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and moved to Seattle in 1915. Ms. Wells was a charter member of the Soroptimist Club and in 1916 founded the ballet department at the Cornish School (now Cornish College of the Arts). From 1923 until her retirement in 1958 Ms. Wells ran her own studio, the Mary Ann Wells…
ID Number:1971.5234.20
Date:1921
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Announcement for The Mary Ann Wells School of Dance, September 3, 1923
Mary Ann (Wells) King (1894-1971) was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and moved to Seattle in 1915. Ms. Wells was a charter member of the Soroptimist Club and in 1916 founded the ballet department at the Cornish School (now Cornish College of the Arts). From 1923 until her retirement in 1958 Ms. Wells ran her own studio, the Mary Ann Wells…
ID Number:1971.5234.21
Date:1923
Music, notated
Poor Unappreciated Dad
The nation’s first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington, on June 19, 1910. Its founder hoped to start a national celebration for fathers similar to Mother’s Day. In 1913, Seattle businessman Herbert A. Schoenfeld formed a Dad’s Day Association, with a similar purpose. The city’s Dad’s Day took place on July 19, 1913. Its official song and two-step, “Poor…
ID Number:1971.5283.1
Date:1913
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U.S. Post office employees in front of Columbia Station, Seattle, August 8, 1935
The first United States Post Office in Seattle--and the first in King County--opened in 1853 in pioneer Arthur Armstrong Denny's (1822-1899) log cabin home on Front Street (now First Avenue) and Marion Street, with Denny named the first postmaster. Previously, all mail for Seattle and Alki was delivered once a week by canoe from Olympia. The Seattle Post Office lacked…
ID Number:1972.5319.39
Date:1935
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U.S. Post office employees in front of Interbay Station, Seattle, August 9, 1935
The first United States Post Office in Seattle--and the first in King County--opened in 1853 in pioneer Arthur Armstrong Denny's (1822-1899) log cabin home on Front Street (now First Avenue) and Marion Street, with Denny named the first postmaster. Previously, all mail for Seattle and Alki was delivered once a week by canoe from Olympia. The Seattle Post Office lacked…
ID Number:1972.5319.40
Date:1935
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U.S. Post office employees in front of West Seattle Station, August 10, 1935
The first United States Post Office in Seattle--and the first in King County--opened in 1853 in pioneer Arthur Armstrong Denny's (1822-1899) log cabin home on Front Street (now First Avenue) and Marion Street, with Denny named the first postmaster. Previously, all mail for Seattle and Alki was delivered once a week by canoe from Olympia. The Seattle Post Office lacked…
ID Number:1972.5319.41
Date:1935