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Seattle waterfront at Columbia and Madison, circa 1885
This view of the Seattle waterfront shows two sailboats docked at Bud Long's Boathouse, located just north of Washington Street, and a center for recreational boating activity in the 1880s. Frye's Opera House dominates the view of downtown beyond, which also includes the First Presbyterian Church, Territorial University, and the Central School at the far right of the frame. Businesses…
ID Number:2008.54.31
Date:Circa 1885
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Holy Names Academy at 7th Avenue and Jackson Street, Seattle, circa 1885
In 1860, the Sisters of Holy Names opened their Seattle school for girls in a rental home. Four years later, they moved the school to the new Holy Names Academy building near downtown Seattle, on the ridge that once connected First and Beacon Hills. A few days after the 1908 commencement exercises that building, shown in this image, was demolished…
ID Number:2008.54.34
Date:Circa 1885
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Waseda University baseball game, Dugdale Park, Seattle, July 1911
In 1911, Waseda University, one of the oldest universities in Japan, sent its baseball team to tour the United States and play against American teams at the invitation of the University of Chicago. The Waseda team landed at San Francisco on April 13 and played forty games across the US, traveling as far as New York. They arrived in Seattle…
ID Number:2008.56.1
Date:1911
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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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Five men near a crevasse during search and rescue operation, Mount Rainier National Park, July 1929
Often referred to as "the Greathouse accident," the most highly publicized tragedy in Mount Rainier climbing history occurred on July 2, 1929 when six climbers slid into a deep crevasse on upper Ingraham Glacier. Apprentice guide and Lincoln High School football coach, Forrest Greathouse, and climber Edwin A. Wetzel were killed and the other four climbers badly injured. The search…
ID Number:2009.16.53
Date:1929
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Santa Claus and "sleigh" in front of the Bon Marché building on Second Avenue and Pike Street, Seattle, circa 1915
The Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine. Originally located in Seattle’s Belltown district at First Avenue and Cedar Street, in 1896 it moved to a more central location downtown at Second Avenue and Pike Street. This photo shows Santa Claus standing atop a wagon in front of the Bon Marché building.…
ID Number:2009.20.68
Date:Circa 1915
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Exterior of the Bon Marché livery stables, Seattle, circa 1900
The Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine. Originally located in Seattle’s Belltown district at First Avenue and Cedar Street, in 1896 it moved to a more central location downtown at Second Avenue and Pike Street. This exterior shot is of the Bon Marché Stables (later Compton Lumber Company, today Compton Building),…
ID Number:2009.20.72
Date:Circa 1900
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Aerial photograph of Bon Marché with Christmas star and downtown extending east and north, Seattle, circa 1965
The Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine. Originally located in Seattle’s Belltown district at First Avenue and Cedar Street, in 1896 it moved to a more central location downtown at Second Avenue and Pike Street. The holiday star hangs annually on the corner of the Bon Marché building at Fourth Avenue…
ID Number:2009.20.74
Date:Circa 1965
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Lunchtime modeling at the Bon Marché Northgate Mall store, Seattle, circa 1951
The Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine. Originally located in Seattle’s Belltown district at First Avenue and Cedar Street, in 1896 it moved to a more central location downtown at Second Avenue and Pike Street.In 1949, the Bon Marché provided the anchor store for one of the world's first modern shopping…
ID Number:2009.20.113.1
Date:Circa 1951
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Capehart TV display at the Bon Marché Northgate Store, Seattle, circa 1951
The Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine. Originally located in Seattle’s Belltown district at First Avenue and Cedar Street, in 1896 it moved to a more central location downtown at Second Avenue and Pike Street.In 1949, the Bon Marché provided the anchor store for one of the world's first modern shopping…
ID Number:2009.20.115.1
Date:Circa 1951