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Image of Beatrice Renfro with Beatrice and Alfred, Jr. at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910
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Beatrice Renfro with Beatrice and Alfred, Jr. at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910

Beaux Arts Village, a lakeside community near Bellevue, Washington, was originally established in 1908 by several Seattle members of the Society of Beaux Arts, including artist, editorial cartoonist, photographer, and architect Alfred Renfro (1877-1964). The isolated artists colony, created for members to live and work in a natural setting, included ten acres for community outdoor recreation, art studios, and craft…
ID Number:2013.39.19.13
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Beatrice Renfro with her children at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910
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Beatrice Renfro with her children at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910

Beaux Arts Village, a lakeside community near Bellevue, Washington, was originally established in 1908 by several Seattle members of the Society of Beaux Arts, including artist, editorial cartoonist, photographer, and architect Alfred Renfro (1877-1964). The isolated artists colony, created for members to live and work in a natural setting, included ten acres for community outdoor recreation, art studios, and craft…
ID Number:2013.39.20.8
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Alfred Renfro with his children at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910
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Alfred Renfro with his children at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910

Beaux Arts Village, a lakeside community near Bellevue, Washington, was originally established in 1908 by several Seattle members of the Society of Beaux Arts, including artist, editorial cartoonist, photographer, and architect Alfred Renfro. The isolated artists colony, created for members to live and work in a natural setting, included ten acres for community outdoor recreation, art studios, and craft workshops.…
ID Number:2013.39.20.10
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Alfred Renfro, Jr. playing in garden at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910
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Alfred Renfro, Jr. playing in garden at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910

Beaux Arts Village, a lakeside community near Bellevue, Washington, was originally established in 1908 by several Seattle members of the Society of Beaux Arts, including artist, editorial cartoonist, photographer, and architect Alfred Renfro (1877-1964). The isolated artists colony, created for members o live and work in a natural setting, included ten acres for community outdoor recreation, art studios, and craft…
ID Number:2013.39.20.16
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Sportsmen's Show group at Montlake Bridge dedication, Seattle, June 1925
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Sportsmen's Show group at Montlake Bridge dedication, Seattle, June 1925

Seattle’s Montlake Bridge was dedicated on June 27, 1925. Seizing the opportunity to appeal to the gathered crowds, a group of fishing enthusiasts posed on the new bridge to publicize the upcoming Sportsmen’s Show. The third annual show, to be held at Green Lake, featured exhibits and entertainment centering around outdoor activities. Using a giant creel, oversized rods and nets,…
ID Number:2013.58.8
Date:1925
Image of Rebecca Gaines posing for graduation portrait, Seattle, June 7, 1888
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Rebecca Gaines posing for graduation portrait, Seattle, June 7, 1888

Rebecca Gaines (1869-1953) was born in California to Irish-immigrant parents. Shortly after 1880 the family moved from Nevada to Seattle, and in June 1888 Rebecca graduated from the Territorial University (now University of Washington). The family then moved to Alameda, California before 1900. There, Rebecca married marine engineer Frank Vivian James (1867-1921) in 1891 and together they had three children.…
ID Number:2013.95.5
Date:1888
Image of Frank James sitting on ship deck, circa 1895
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Frank James sitting on ship deck, circa 1895

Frank Vivian James (1867-1921), a California native, worked in the San Francisco Bay area as a marine engineer. He met his future wife, Rebecca Gaines (1869-1953), in Seattle, where she had attended the Territorial University of Washington (now University of Washington), graduating in 1888. After their 1891 marriage Frank and Rebecca settled in Alameda, California, where together they had three…
ID Number:2013.95.6
Date:Circa 1895
Image of Swift Packing Company employees, September 19, 1956
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Swift Packing Company employees, September 19, 1956

In 1855, 16-year-old Gustavus Franklin Swift founded a butchering operation in Eastham, Massachusetts, and in 1875, the successful Swift and Company meatpacking business was incorporated in Chicago. In 2007, Swift & Co. was purchased by JBS USA Holdings, Inc. and continues as of 2019 as the Swift Trade Group of JBS.Around 1910, Swift & Co. built a branch meat-processing plant…
ID Number:2013.108.3
Date:1956
Image of Portrait of Walter Gordon Clark, Seattle, circa 1900
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Portrait of Walter Gordon Clark, Seattle, circa 1900

Walter Gordon Clark, engineer, was born in Utah and attended universities in the United States and Germany. He spent the early years of the 20th century in Seattle, where, sometime between 1900 and 1910, he and E. C. Kilbourne founded Kilbourne & Clark, an engineering firm and agency for Eastern electrical companies. By 1915, with Clark in New York, the…
ID Number:2013.111.1
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Hugh Currin and workers at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1910
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Hugh Currin and workers at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1910

Hugh L. Currin and Warren Greene opened the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company in 1908 on Eastlake Avenue, north of downtown Seattle. The company made boots and specialty work shoes sold throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. They were particularly known for their handmade, cleated logging boots. Here, Mr. Currin stands with his workers and a selection of boots made at…
ID Number:2013.114.1
Date:1910
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