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Mother and child looking at Hammering Man in front of SAM, September 13, 1992
Hammering Man is a series of monumental kinetic sculptures designed by Jonathan Borofsky which have been installed in various cities around the world. Seattle's Hammering Man is a 48-foot-tall metal sculpture created for the entrance to the new Seattle Art Museum (SAM) at University Street and 1st Avenue. The piece features a motorized left arm which hammers four times a…
ID Number:2000.107.164.37.02
Date:1992
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Bank customer in car using "snorkel" depository, Seattle, March 30, 1956
As the oldest customer of the Seattle office of the Bank of California, Judge Kenneth Mackintosh made the first deposit in the bank's new "snorkel" sidewalk installation. The "snorkel" curb teller was designed for customers to pull up to the window in their car. A teller was stationed at an underground office, able to see the customer (and vice versa)…
ID Number:2000.107.165.11.01
Date:1956
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Magnolia State Bank, Seattle, August 7, 1953
The Magnolia State Bank, organized, staffed, and wholly owned and directed by residents of Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood, opened for business at 2231 32nd Avenue West on December 15, 1948. Some time in the late 1950s, the bank became the Magnolia branch of Peoples National Bank of Washington.This photograph of Magnolia State Bank was taken the day after a lone thief…
ID Number:2000.107.165.12.02
Date:1953
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Peoples Bank and Trust Company building, Seattle, March 24, 1934
This image shows the opening of the new building of the Peoples Bank and Trust Company, which took over the building from the defunct Puget Sound Savings and Loan Association. Built in the early 1920s at 300 Pike Street in downtown Seattle, the building was later demolished and the site has been occupied since 1985 by the Century Square Office…
ID Number:2000.107.165.15.01
Date:1934
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Prudential Mutual Savings Bank after robbery, Seattle, November 24, 1954
In this image taken outside of the Prudential Mutual Savings Bank at Third Avenue and Spring Street in downtown Seattle, spectators gather after a robber escaped from the bank with $2,500. Signs in image: Fern Hotel; Texan Hotel; Tavern; Toy's Cafe, Good Food; Ewing and Clark Real Estate ServiceCaption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, November 24, 1954, page 2
ID Number:2000.107.165.15.02
Date:1954
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SeaFirst motor branch, Seattle, August 29, 1953
In 1953, Seattle First National Bank opened their first Motor Branch, a facility providing drive-in access as well as two walk-up teller windows. The branch, seen here, was built in downtown Seattle at Third Avenue and Columbia Street. Signs in image: Dexter Horton Building, Seattle-First National Bank Main Office; Hoge Building, The Canadian Bank of CommerceCaption information source: The Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.165.17.02
Date:1953
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Parishioners performing memorial at Seattle Buddhist Church, September 15, 1963
The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietnamese government and a campaign of civil resistance, led mainly by Buddhist monks. The crisis ended with a coup in November 1963 by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and…
ID Number:2000.107.168.36.01
Date:1963
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Do Good Club members discussing event, Seattle, February 11, 1948
The Do Good Club, a club begun by five 11- and 12-year-old girls in Seattle's North Park neighborhood (roughly the area surrounding present-day North Seattle Community College), sponsored events to raise money for local organizations.In this image 12 of the 13 members of the club plan a sale of home-made Valentine's Day candy to benefit the Washington Heart Association. Members…
ID Number:2000.107.170.25.01
Date:1948
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Do Good Club members receiving tickets, Seattle, March 18, 1948
The Do Good Club, a club begun by five 11- and 12-year-old girls in Seattle's North Park neighborhood (roughly the area surrounding present-day North Seattle Community College), sponsored events to raise money for local organizations.In this image Do Good Club parent supervisor Mrs. Anthony C. Tarr hands out tickets to the club members. The club members were to sell tickets…
ID Number:2000.107.170.25.02
Date:1948
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Do Good Club members with donated items, Seattle, November 29, 1948
The Do Good Club, a club begun by five 11- and 12-year-old girls in Seattle's North Park neighborhood (roughly the area surrounding present-day North Seattle Community College), sponsored events to raise money for local organizations.In this image members of the Do Good Club pose with some of the donations they've collected for their bazaar to raise money for wood-wind instruments…
ID Number:2000.107.170.25.03
Date:1948