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Home economics class at the University of Washington, 1916
The University of Washington's home economics program taught household management and trained teachers in the areas of fine arts, clothing, textiles, and nutrition. In this 1916 photo, students are learning hand-sewing in a classroom in the new Home Economics Hall. Pedal-powered sewing machines sit in the foreground and under the row of windows. Webster & Stevens number: 52442
ID Number:1983.10.10354
Date:1916
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Football team at the University of Washington, circa 1916
The 1916 varsity football team won its ninth consecutive football championship under coach Frank Dobie. A record-breaking crowd attended the final game against the University of California. By spring of 1917, the entry of the United States into World War I left men's intercollegiate sports competition in doubt.This photo shows the 1916 varsity football team in an offensive formation at…
ID Number:1983.10.10375.2
Date:Circa 1916
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Madrona School, 1917
Madrona School, originally called Randell School, opened around 1890 in a converted barn. A new Madrona School building was dedicated in the fall of 1917. It had eight classrooms, a home economics room, a shop, an auditorium, a lunchroom, and a kitchen. About 450 students had attended the school the year before.This photo shows Madrona School at about the time…
ID Number:1983.10.10612.1
Date:1917
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West Seattle Grammar and High School, circa 1917
For many years, West Seattle children went to school in Seattle. When a small school was finally built in West Seattle, the population outgrew it in a few years. In 1893, a large new school building opened at California Avenue and Lander Street. Both elementary and high school grades were taught in the building.This photo shows the West Seattle Grammar…
ID Number:1983.10.10617.2
Date:Circa 1917
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University of Washington cooking class, Seattle, circa 1918
The University of Washington's home economics department taught students the latest scientific methods in cooking and nutrition. Starting in 1918, all women students were required to take a course in "food administration" in order to graduate. Handwritten on sleeve: UW Cooking Class 1918.Webster & Stevens number: 60717
ID Number:1983.10.10669
Date:Circa 1918
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University of Washington football player, Seattle, circa 1917
Handwritten on sleeve: U.W. Football Players.Photographer's Reference Number: 61265
ID Number:1983.10.10687.1
Date:Circa 1917
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Navy pilots attending training class on UW campus, Seattle, 1918
During World War I the U. S. Navy established a temporary Naval Training Station in Seattle, on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. In this image, 11…
ID Number:1983.10.10784
Date:1918
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Roald Amundsen and Chukchi girls with elephant at Woodland Park, Seattle, 1921
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen was the first to reach the South Pole, but the Arctic was his first love. He designed his own ship, named it for Queen Maud of Norway, and christened it with a block of ice. The well-equipped expedition set off from Norway in June 1918 to explore the area near the North Pole. The ship spent…
ID Number:1983.10.10978.2
Date:1921
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University of Washington football player Hamilton Greene, Seattle, 1923
Handwritten on sleeve: Ham Green[sic], U of W football.Webster & Stevens number: 100891
ID Number:1983.10.11419
Date:1923
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Aerial of Renton looking southeast, May 31, 1933
The city of Renton is located at the southern shore of Lake Washington, on the site of earlier Native encampments. Settlers built a sawmill in the area in the 1850s, and coal was discovered nearby in the 1870s. Renton was also an agricultural center. For many years, its primary crop was hops, used in brewing beer.This view of Renton shows…
ID Number:1983.10.17530.1
Date:1933