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Frantz H. Coe School, circa 1910
The new Frantz H. Coe School building wasn't quite finished when classes started in the fall of 1906. Students spent their first year in portable buildings, and moved into the finished school building in the fall of 1907. Coe School was still the largest grade school in the Queen Anne neighborhood in the early 1960s.This photo shows Frantz H. Coe…
ID Number:1983.10.7998
Date:Circa 1910
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University Heights School, Seattle, circa 1910
Handwritten on sleeve: Univ. Heights School.Photographer's Reference Number: 8475
ID Number:1983.10.8011
Date:Circa 1910
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Whittier School, circa 1908
Seattle annexed the city of Ballard in 1907. The Seattle school district built Whittier School in Ballard's Crown Hill neighborhood the following year. This new brick building replaced several smaller wooden schools.This photo, probably taken in 1908, shows Whittier School's first building when it was almost completed. The building was located on Thirteenth Avenue NW in Crown Hill, and was…
ID Number:1983.10.8017
Date:Circa 1908
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Webster School, Seattle, circa 1908
During the early 1900s, the school population of Ballard grew rapidly and many buildings were placed into temporary service as classrooms. A few small portable buildings known as Bay View School transformed into the substantial brick building shown in this photo. Named Webster shortly after it opened in 1908, the school had a steady enrollment of between 400 and 500…
ID Number:1983.10.8020.1
Date:Circa 1908
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Lawton School, Seattle, 1908
This version of Lawton School existed only from 1908 until 1913. It was located on 25th Avenue West just north of Elmore St. in Magnolia. The property was condemned for construction of the Great Northern Railroad cut and Gilmore Avenue. A new site was purchased by the railroad and deeded to the school district, and this is where the current…
ID Number:1983.10.8054.1
Date:1908
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Adelphia College, Seattle, circa 1912
Adelphia College was built in 1905 in the Interlaken area of north Capitol Hill. It was administered by the Swedish Baptist Church. In 1919 the campus was acquired by Seattle College (which later became Seattle University), and in 1930 this site became Seattle Preparatory School. Handwritten on sleeve: School?Photographer's Reference Number: 9278
ID Number:1983.10.8175
Date:Circa 1912
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Holy Names Academy, circa 1909
A group of Roman Catholic Sisters of the Holy Names arrived in Seattle from Portland in 1880. They started a convent and an academy for girls. In 1907, The Academy of the Holy Names moved to a new building on Capitol Hill. In the early years, the school taught all grades through high school and also trained teachers. By the…
ID Number:1983.10.8238.1
Date:Circa 1909
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University of Washington canoe house, Seattle, circa 1910
Handwritten on sleeve: U of W Shell House [sic].Photographer's Reference Number: 9935
ID Number:1983.10.8277
Date:Circa 1910
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Georgetown School, Georgetown, circa 1909
Handwritten on sleeve: Geo Town School.Photographer's Reference Number: 11321
ID Number:1983.10.8455
Date:Circa 1909
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Two women at Wilson's Modern Business College, circa 1909
Wilson's Modern Business College taught a variety of courses to prepare Seattle men and women for jobs in business. In this photo, taken in about 1909, two women operate a copying machine. Webster & Stevens number: 11511
ID Number:1983.10.8483
Date:Circa 1909