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The Scandinavian Seamen's Home and Mission Hotel, circa 1922
Sometimes sailors found themselves in Seattle without a place to stay between voyages. Others were too old or too sick to continue work. In the 1920s, organizations which helped them included the Scandinavian Seaman's Home and the Mission Hotel, managed by Reverend E.B. Slettedahl.This photo, taken in about 1922, shows the seamen's home and hotel building on Marion Street, convenient…
ID Number:1983.10.2327
Date:Circa 1922
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County-City Building, Seattle, circa 1921
In 1916, the new King County Courthouse and Municipal Building, also called the County-City Building, opened on Third Avenue in downtown Seattle. The building, designed by Seattle architect Augustus Warren Gould, was five stories tall, with a partial sixth story for the use of the city engineer.This photo, taken on a sunny afternoon in 1921, shows the new County-City building…
ID Number:1983.10.2333.2
Date:Circa 1921
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Seattle Public Library, circa 1918
The city of Seattle established a public library in 1890 after several earlier attempts by private citizens. The library was housed in various places and finally ended up in the Yesler Mansion, just uphill from its current site. After the mansion burned in 1901, industrialist Andrew Carnegie donated $200,000 for a new building which opened in 1906. The Carnegie Library…
ID Number:1983.10.2337.1
Date:Circa 1918
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Railroad Avenue looking north, Seattle, circa 1921
Good railroad service was vital to growth of Seattle as a seaport. Eight tracks were built in a 120-foot right-of-way along the waterfront. This made it easier to transfer freight between the railroad cars and waiting ships. Railroad Avenue is now called Alaskan Way. Signs in image: Pier 1 - Northern Pacific Railway Co. Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. Canadian Pacific…
ID Number:1983.10.2348.2
Date:Circa 1921
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Football team at the University of Washington, circa 1920
In the early 1920s, football uniforms had much less padding than today's uniforms. In addition, games were played on grass rather than artificial turf. In this photo, taken in the early 1920s, the football team sitting on wooden bleachers. The team had one African American member, Hamilton L. Greene, of Seattle. Webster & Stevens number: 86913
ID Number:1983.10.2354
Date:Circa 1920
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Children and their champion snowman, November 20, 1921
A five-inch November snowstorm in 1921 gave Seattle residents an unusual chance for winter play. In this photo, five children pose by the snowman they built in front of their house. Webster & Stevens number: 87155
ID Number:1983.10.2369.9
Date:1921
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Toonerville trolley, circa 1918
Many children enjoy building wagons, carts, and other things that move. The three boys in this photo have built their own version of the Toonerville Trolley, named after a popular newspaper cartoon. The side of their trolley is made from a burlap bag which had held hog meal. The photo was taken around 1918, possibly on Seattle's Capitol Hill. The…
ID Number:1983.10.2377.1
Date:Circa 1918
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Yakima exhibit at the fruit exposition, November 1921
The Pacific Northwest Fruit Exposition took place at Seattle's Bell Street Terminal from November 21 to 26, 1921. In addition to displays of fruit and nuts from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the public could enjoy music, singing, dancing, cooking demonstrations, a golf tournament, an apple-picking contest, and the crowning of the fair's Queen Pippin.In this photo, Margaret Cronk, Queen of…
ID Number:1983.10.2381.8
Date:1921
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University of Washington football team, Seattle, 1896
The University of Washington played its first-ever football game on Thanksgiving Day, 1889, at the Jefferson Street Park, just east of downtown. In the next decade the university moved to its present site five miles north of downtown, in a wooded area bordering Lake Washington. Football games were played at old Denny Field on the northwest corner of the campus…
ID Number:1983.10.2395
Date:1896
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Landslide in West Seattle, December 12, 1921
In December 1921, torrential rains caused train wrecks, washed out bridges, and flooded Seattle streets and neighborhoods. Mrs. Samuel Adams of West Seattle and her two stepsons were buried in mud when their house was swept away by a landslide. Nine men were injured in a second slide while trying to recover the bodies.This photo shows the damage from the…
ID Number:1983.10.2402.6
Date:1921