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Signal Corps instructor teaching Civil Air Patrol members, Seattle, July 1944
The Seattle Field Artillery Armory was designed in 1939 by architect and engineer Arrigo M. Young (1884-1954) to house the 146th Field Artillery and its half-ton tanks. During World War II, the armory was remodeled to provide 500 beds for servicemen visiting Seattle. In addition, the Women's Ambulance Corps and civilian medical units trained there during the war, and the…
ID Number:2003.57.2
Date:1944
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Transportation Corps WACs fixing an Army Jeep, Seattle, July 1944
In 1942, the U.S. Department of War recognized the need for a single manager of Army transportation and created a new branch, the Transportation Corps. The Transportation Corps’ primary function is movement control, and during WWII, the Transportation Corps moved over 30 million Soldiers in the United States and 7 million overseas, along with 126 million tons of cargo.In this…
ID Number:2003.57.6
Date:1944
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Soldiers waving from gangplank at Port of Embarkation, Seattle, circa 1944
In 1942, the Seattle Port of Embarkation began operations at Pier A (later Pier 36) in Smith Cove, at the northern end of Elliott Bay. Over the next 14 years, the Port of Embarkation will become one of the United States Army's busiest terminals for moving troops and supplies overseas during both World War II and the Korean War. This…
ID Number:2003.57.26
Date:Circa 1944
Ephemera
Solstice '82 benefit event poster, Seattle, June 19, 1982
The poster pictured here advertises an solstice celebration organized by Lambda Productions to benefit three LGBTQ groups-- the Dorian Group, Families and Friends of Gays and Lesbians, Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities-- and the sexual assualt resource Seattle Rape Relief. The party was hosted by Leonard Matlovich (1943-1988), the first gay service member to intentionally out himself to the…
ID Number:2006.42.35
Date:1982
Poster
"Fight or Buy Bonds" poster, 1917
This poster was created by artist Howard Chandler Christy in 1917. It encourages Americans to either enlist in the military or buy war bonds to support the US effort in World War I. The poster features an illustration of female personification of the United States holding a flag above her head while a column of soldiers marches past behind her.…
ID Number:2007.3.107
Date:1917
Correspondence
Letter from the Red Cross to Silas Archibald, Washington DC, October 14, 1918
Both Norman ("Jim") Archibald and his older sister Hazel served in France during World War I. Norman was a lieutenant with the 95th Aero Squadron, U. S. Army, in September 1918 when his SPAD biplane fighter aircraft was shot down behind enemy lines and he was taken prisoner by the Germans. A month later, Hazel, a talented pianist and songwriter,…
ID Number:2009.3.4.1.1
Date:1918
Correspondence
Letter from Jim Archibald to Joseph Waterhouse, October 10, 1918
During World War I, Seattleite Norman S. "Jim" Archibald served as a lieutenant with the 95th Aero Squadron, U. S. Army. On September 8, 1918, his SPAD biplane fighter aircraft was shot down behind enemy lines and he was imprisoned in Villingen (Baden), Germany. On October 10, 1918, Jim wrote a letter to his friend Joseph Waterhouse in London describing…
ID Number:2009.3.4.14.1
Date:1918
Correspondence
Letter to Hazel Archibald from Phelps Newberry, December 7, 1918
Both Norman Archibald and his older sister Hazel served in France during World War I. Norman was a lieutenant with the 95th Aero Squadron, U. S. Army, in September 1918 when his SPAD biplane fighter aircraft was shot down behind enemy lines and he was taken prisoner by the Germans. A month later, Hazel, a talented pianist and songwriter, joined…
ID Number:2009.3.4.14.2
Date:1918
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Norman Archibald standing next to his SPAD plane, France, 1918
Hazel Marjorie (Archibald) Draper (1891-1973) and Norman Silas "Jim" Archibald (1894-1975) were born in Seattle to real estate developer Silas W. Archibald (1864-aft 1952) and Elizabeth Jane (Langille) Archibald (1866-), who had emigrated from Nova Scotia, Canada, after their 1889 marriage. Both Hazel and Norman served in France during World War I; Norman was a lieutenant with the 95th Aero…
ID Number:2009.3.4.18.2
Date:1918
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Aerial view of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, March 7, 1959
On March 7, 1942, three months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the Port of Seattle undertook development of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at the urging of the federal government. A new airport was desperately needed to help relieve pressure on Seattle’s Boeing Field and Tacoma’s McChord Field, which were commandeered for warplane production and military use in World War II. Sea-Tac’s…
ID Number:2009.23.21
Date:1959