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Image of Mrs. Thomas Burke in costume at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1925
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Mrs. Thomas Burke in costume at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1925

The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.32
Date:1925
Image of Three women in costume at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1939
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Three women in costume at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1939

The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.45.5
Date:1939
Image of Three women in costume at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1939
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Three women in costume at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1939

The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.45.10
Date:1939
Image of Group of young women in redface at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 13, 1911
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Group of young women in redface at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 13, 1911

The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.45.12
Date:1911
Image of Guendolen Carkeek and Hortense Smith posed in redface for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 13, 1911
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Guendolen Carkeek and Hortense Smith posed in redface for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 13, 1911

The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.17
Date:1911
Image of Vivian Carkeek and others at Carkeek Park annual luncheon, Seattle, August 28, 1924
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Vivian Carkeek and others at Carkeek Park annual luncheon, Seattle, August 28, 1924

Beginning in about 1918, the Seattle Park Board hosted annual picnics at the "original" Carkeek Park (1918-1926) on Pontiac Bay at Lake Washington, later the site of the Sand Point Naval Station and now Magnuson Park. These annual luncheon picnics were attended by donors to the park and their friends on the anniversary of the donation of the park by…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.22
Date:1924
Image of Three young women posed in redface for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 13, 1911
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Three young women posed in redface for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 13, 1911

The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.68
Date:1911
Image of Mrs. Pierre Terry and Mrs. W. N. Biglow posed in costume for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1914
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Mrs. Pierre Terry and Mrs. W. N. Biglow posed in costume for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1914

The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.71b
Date:1914
Image of Guendolen Carkeek and friends posed in costume for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1914
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Guendolen Carkeek and friends posed in costume for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1914

The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.73
Date:1914
Image of Pacific Outfitting Company clothing display and customers, Seattle, circa 1930
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Pacific Outfitting Company clothing display and customers, Seattle, circa 1930

The Pacific Outfitting Company of Seattle was founded in 1907 by Polish immigrant Alfred Shemanski (1875-1966). The store was one of several in a chain begun by Alfred and his brothers, including the Eastern Outfitting Company in Portland started by Joseph Shemanski. The Pacific opened in Seattle in a storefront at 422 Pike Street as a clothing store for women,…
ID Number:2008.3.18.3
Date:Circa 1930
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