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Image of Youth Advocates poster, Seattle, 1979
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Youth Advocates poster, Seattle, 1979

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, problems with teen runaways and drug use in Seattle and King County led to the formation of Youth Advocates. The group advocated setting up counseling and training centers, modernizing the juvenile justice system, and dealing with family problems before young people ran away from home. By 1980, it had become part of United…
ID Number:2002.23.8.7.2
Date:1979
Image of Lou Whittaker at his home in Ashford, Washington, April 1975
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Lou Whittaker at his home in Ashford, Washington, April 1975

Lou Whittaker (1929-2024) and his identical twin brother Jim are often referred to as "the first family of mountaineering." The twins first started climbing at age 12 and began mountain rescue work in the Washington Cascades in 1948. In 1969, Lou went on to co-found Rainier Mountaineering, Inc., now known as RMI Expeditions, and spent decades guiding thousands of people…
ID Number:2002.46.6756.12
Date:1975
Image of Treat family in car decorated for Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, 1912
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Treat family in car decorated for Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, 1912

The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:2005.19.1
Date:1912
Image of Exterior of Anthony's book bindery, Seattle, 1964
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Exterior of Anthony's book bindery, Seattle, 1964

Ferdinand Anthony (1836-1919), immigrated to the U. S. from Munich, Bavaria (now part of Germany) in 1862, and came to Seattle in 1882. In Seattle he established the city's first book bindery. The first location of the shop was in the Frye Opera House at First Avenue and Marion Street in downtown Seattle, but that building burned in the 1889…
ID Number:2007.31.2
Date:1964
Image of Exterior of Anthony's book bindery, Seattle, circa 1945
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Exterior of Anthony's book bindery, Seattle, circa 1945

Ferdinand Anthony (1836-1919), immigrated to the U. S. from Munich, Bavaria (now part of Germany), in 1862, and came to Seattle in 1882. In Seattle he established the city's first book bindery. The first location of the shop was in the Frye Opera House at First Avenue and Marion Street in downtown Seattle, but the building burned in the 1889…
ID Number:2007.31.3
Date:Circa 1945
Image of Helen Anthony letter regarding the Great Seattle Fire, June 8, 1889
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Helen Anthony letter regarding the Great Seattle Fire, June 8, 1889

Ferdinand Anthony (1836-1919) immigrated to the U. S. from Munich, Bavaria (now part of Germany) in 1862, and came to Seattle in 1882. He established the city's first book bindery, located in the Frye Opera House at First Avenue and Marion Street in downtown Seattle. Anthony's business was destroyed on June 6, 1889, when the Great Fire swept through downtown…
ID Number:2007.33.1
Date:1889
Image of New Years card from Bill and Bertha Boeing, Seattle, 1929
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New Years card from Bill and Bertha Boeing, Seattle, 1929

The Boeing family sent this greeting card to an unspecified individual in celebration of New Years 1930. While the image does not explicitly identify each person on the plane, it seems to show William Boeing (referred to as Bill in this image) and his family. In the image Bill Boeing is seen flying a plane while his wife, Bertha, and…
ID Number:2007.39.121
Date:1929
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"My Soldier - Buy United States Government Bonds - Third Liberty Loan" poster, 1918

This poster was created by artist H.H. Green in 1918 to encourage Americans to buy war bonds for the Third Liberty Loan. It features a US flag design with biplanes in the upper corners and an illustration in the center showing a mother and child praying for the safety of a soldier in their family, whose portrait is behind them.…
ID Number:2008.3.8
Date:1918
Image of Interior of Bagdad Theatre, Seattle, circa 1927
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Interior of Bagdad Theatre, Seattle, circa 1927

Seattle's Bagdad Theatre operated from 1927-1947 at one of the Ballard neighborhood's most significant buildings, located on the northwest corner of Market Street and 22nd Avenue NW. The building was designed by local architect Frederick J. Peters as the home of the Ballard chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.), an international non-profit organization founded in 1898 in Seattle.…
ID Number:2008.47.2
Date:Circa 1927
Image of View from First Hill toward Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1885
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View from First Hill toward Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1885

This view from First Hill looking west and north toward Elliott Bay was taken before the Great Seattle Fire in 1889. The large white building in the center of the frame is the Central School, built in 1883 at Sixth Avenue and Madison Street, and destroyed in an 1888 fire; just behind and to the right of Central School is…
ID Number:2008.54.16
Date:Circa 1885
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