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Image of Kirsten-Boeing boat in drydock, Seattle, August 14, 1922
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Kirsten-Boeing boat in drydock, Seattle, August 14, 1922

German-born University of Washington aeronautical-engineering professor Frederick Kurt "Fred" Kirsten (1885-1952) came to the Puget Sound area in 1902. He was considered a pioneer in aircraft research, and the Kirsten Wind Tunnel Laboratory at UW is named for him. Professor Kirsten held nearly 100 patents for his inventions, including the Kirsten, a "clean" pipe still sold by the Kirsten Pipe…
ID Number:2017.44.2
Date:1922
Image of Seafair King and Queen in Seattle, 2003
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Seafair King and Queen in Seattle, 2003

Seafair Royalty have been a part of Seattle's annual summer celebration since the festival's beginnings in 1950. Each year one man is crowned King Neptune and one woman crowned Queen Alcyone, both chosen based on their philanthropic contributions to the Puget Sound region and ability to inspire the communities in which they live. A Miss Seafair is also selected to…
ID Number:2017.59.33
Date:2003
Image of Seafair Royalty posing in Seattle, 2003
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Seafair Royalty posing in Seattle, 2003

Seafair Royalty have been a part of Seattle's annual summer celebration since the festival's beginnings in 1950. Each year one man is crowned King Neptune and one woman crowned Queen Alcyone, both chosen based on their philanthropic contributions to the Puget Sound region and ability to inspire the communities in which they live. A Miss Seafair is also selected to…
ID Number:2017.59.48
Date:2003
Image of Samuel McKinney and Mark Emmert, Seattle, 2007
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Samuel McKinney and Mark Emmert, Seattle, 2007

In this image taken at an unidentified event, Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-2018), civil rights activist and Mount Zion Baptist Church pastor emeritus, left, poses with Mark A. Emmert, at the time president of the University of Washington, later president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Caption information source: "McKinney, Samuel Berry (b. 1926)," by Mary T. Henry,…
ID Number:2017.59.51
Date:2007
Image of Rev. Samuel McKinney, Coretta Scott King, and Louise McKinney, Seattle, November 1961
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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
Image of Harbor Island and Beacon Hill, Seattle, 1917
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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
Image of The Shriners Philadelphia LuLu Temple Patrol at the National Convention in Seattle, 1915
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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
Image of Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898
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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
Image of Interior of the B.F. Middleton general store in South Park, Seattle, circa 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 surrounded by goods…
ID Number:2019.92.2
Date:1895
Image of Interior of the B.F. Middleton general store in South Park, Seattle, circa 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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