3381 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Inez Louisa Denny as a child, Seattle, circa 1896
Inez Louisa Denny was born in 1893 to David Thomas Denny II and Nellie Graham Denny. She attended the University of Washington and in 1918 married John Charles Whiteaker (1894-1958). Their son, John D. Whiteaker, was born in 1926. Inez Louisa was a member of the Guild of Children’s Orthopedic Hospital and the Washington State Historical Society.In this image, Inez…
ID Number:2014.81.19
Date:Circa 1895
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Town House Service Women's Club at 214 University Ave., Seattle, 1946
During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. A number of recreation and temporary stay facilities provided entertainment and services for military personnel visiting the city, such as the large USO facility in the remodeled Rialto Building, opened in 1943. The first facilities specifically for military women opened in 1945: a female…
ID Number:2014.84.1
Date:1946
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Service men and women seated at the counter of Seattle Service Women's Club, Seattle, 1946
During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. A number of recreation and temporary stay facilities provided entertainment and services for military personnel visiting the city, such as the large USO facility in the remodeled Rialto Building, opened in 1943. The first facilities specifically for military women opened in 1945: a female…
ID Number:2014.84.2
Date:1946
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Laura Burnham and another woman in WAVES uniforms, circa 1945
The WAVES--short for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service--was the women's branch of the US Naval Reserve, established in 1942 to help release officers and enlisted men for sea duty and replace them with women in shore positions during the war. This photo shows Laura Burnham (left) and "Jeanie" in their WAVES uniform dresses. The women are standing on the…
ID Number:2014.84.7
Date:Circa 1945
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Police Force of Seattle, Washington Territory, circa 1888
In 1869 the Seattle City Charter created a Marshall position, and by 1875 Ordinance 66 established day and night police. An amendment to the city charter in 1883 changed the Marshall to the Chief of Police. This D. R. Judkins photograph, taken during J. C. Mitchell's term as chief in 1888-1889, shows 17 men in police uniforms in two rows.…
ID Number:2015.17.1
Date:Circa 1888
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Schwabacher Bros. truck waiting to join parade, Seattle, July 29,1938
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:2015.30.2
Date:1938
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Schwabacher Bros. parade wagon, Seattle, July 29, 1938
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:2015.30.3
Date:1938
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Schwabacher Bros. band waiting to join parade, Seattle, July 29, 1938
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:2015.30.4
Date:1938
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Children on Schwabacher Bros. parade float, Seattle, July 29, 1938
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:2015.30.5
Date:1938
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Graduates of Wilson's Modern Business College, Seattle, 1903
Wilson's Modern Business College opened in Seattle in 1895. It was one of several schools in the city which prepared women and men for jobs in business. Daytime and evening classes included arithmetic, geography, and spelling, as well as bookkeeping, shorthand, and commercial law.This photo collage is made up of 72 small oval black and white portraits of the members…
ID Number:2015.59.1
Date:1903