3381 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Rev. Samuel McKinney, Coretta Scott King, and Louise McKinney, Seattle, November 1961
Rev. Samuel B. McKinney, pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, invited his friend and former classmate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to speak in Seattle in 1961. Dr. King arrived in Seattle on November 8, spoke at UW's Meany Hall and the Temple de Hirsch on November 9, and Garfield High School and the Eagles Auditorium on November 10. Afterward,…
ID Number:2018.10.7
Date:1961
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Harbor Island and Beacon Hill, Seattle, 1917
Seattle’s main industrial area, which includes Harbor Island, was built on tidelands at the mouth of the Duwamish River using dirt from the 1907-1909 Jackson Street and other Beacon Hill regrades. In 1911, Fisher Flouring Mills built a large plant on Harbor Island. Shipbuilding and related industries followed. This panoramic photograph, taken from Admiral Way in West Seattle, looks east…
ID Number:2019.3.3
Date:1917
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The Shriners Philadelphia LuLu Temple Patrol at the National Convention in Seattle, 1915
Seattle hosted the 41st Annual Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Nobles of the Mystic Shrine - or Shriners - convention from July 12-17, 1915. Shriners came from every part of the country on 56 special trains, including three trains that held just the LuLu Temple delegates from Philadelphia. Every hotel was full and "the overflow was lodged in fraternity…
ID Number:2019.3.4
Date:1915
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Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898
James D. Lowman (1856-1947) and Clarence Hanford (1857-1920) founded Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company in 1882. The firm advertised as booksellers, stationers, printers, and binders but also sold typewriters, sewing machines, pianos, and organs. Later they expanded into selling photographic equipment and other supplies to people leaving for the gold fields. The company existed in one form or…
ID Number:2019.3.58
Date:1898
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Interior of the B.F. Middleton general store in South Park, Seattle, circa 1895
B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Middleton, an Iowa native, moved to California and then to the Seattle area after the 1889 Seattle Fire. He settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893 and ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district.In this image, Middleton stands inside his store surrounded by goods…
ID Number:2019.92.2
Date:1895
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Interior of the B.F. Middleton general store in South Park, Seattle, circa 1895
B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Middleton, an Iowa native, moved to California and then to the Seattle area after the 1889 Seattle Fire. He settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893 and ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district.In this image, Middleton stands inside his store with three customers.…
ID Number:2019.92.3
Date:1895
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Living room of the B.F. Middleton home in South Park, Seattle, circa 1895
B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Middleton, an Iowa native, moved to California and then to the Seattle area after the 1889 Seattle Fire. He settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893 and ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district.In 1894, the Middleton family built a wood frame house at…
ID Number:2019.92.4
Date:1895
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Merl Middleton at front door of Middleton Grocery, Seattle, circa 1910
B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Middleton, an Iowa native, moved to California and then to the Seattle area after the 1889 Seattle Fire. He settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893 and ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district.In this image, Merl Middleton, B.F. Middleton’s eldest child, stands at…
ID Number:2019.92.5
Date:1910
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B.F. Middleton home, South Park, Seattle, circa 1895
B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Middleton, an Iowa native, moved to California and then to the Seattle area after the 1889 Seattle Fire. He settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893 and ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district.In 1894, the Middleton family built a wood frame house at…
ID Number:2019.92.6
Date:1895
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B.F. Middleton home, South Park, Seattle, circa 1905
B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Middleton, an Iowa native, moved to California and then to the Seattle area after the 1889 Seattle Fire. He settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893 and ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district.In 1894, the Middleton family built a wood frame house at…
ID Number:2019.92.7
Date:1905