3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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William Frank, Sr., 1980
William Frank, Sr. (1879-1983) was a Nisqually elder, early tribal government official, and leader in the struggle for Indigenous fishing rights. His name at birth was Qu Lash Qud, and he was renamed Frank while at boarding school, after a white homesteader for whom his father worked. In 1917, the US Army took most of the Nisqually Reservation to expand…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.249
Date:1980
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Henry Kotkins, Seattle, June 1975
Founded in 1910 as the Seattle Suitcase, Trunk and Bag Manufacturing Co., Skyway Luggage Co. has been an innovated suitcase company, including introducting the first commercially successfull wheeled luggage to the United States. Still operating out of Kent, Washington, as of 2024, Skyway was run by Henry Louis Kotkins (1912-2002), son of the company founder, for decades. Kotkins was an…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.283
Date:1975
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Swimming carnival program, 1924
On August 9, 1924, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer hosted a swimming carnival at Madrona Bathing Beach, a popular recreation area on the Lake Washington waterfront. Various competitions were held among the 382 children who had participated in summertime swimming lessons at eight local beaches.This program has two names, Mary and Roseanne, handwritten next to the events in which they competed and…
ID Number:MS.COLL.244
Date:1924
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Seattle Newspaper Guild Strike Bulletin No. 1, August 1936
Spurred by "arbitrary" dismissals and assignment changes and other 'efficiency' moves" by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 35 newspaper writers went on strike from August 19 to November 29, 1936. This small group of strikers was able to force P-I owner William Randolph Hearst to recognize the union. Through the strike, the union was able to negotiate a 40-hour work week, originally…
ID Number:MS.COLL.1432
Date:1936
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Aerial view of Sea-Tac Airport on opening day, July 9, 1949
In 1942, construction started on a new international airport between Seattle and Tacoma. The new airport, dubbed Sea-Tac, was formally dedicated on July 9, 1949. The airport cost $11 milliion and opened free of debt. United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Pan American World Airways and Western Airlines started their regular passenger service at Sea-Tac on the day of the dedication.This July…
ID Number:PI20340
Date:1949
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Decorating Ballard Bridge for reopening celebration, Seattle, May 1940
The Ballard Bridge, also known as the 15th Avenue Bridge, is a double-leaf bascule bridge in Seattle which connects Ballard to the Magnolia and Queen Anne neighborhoods. Opened in 1917 and spanning the Lake Washington Ship Canal, the Bridge originally had wooden approaches intended to last only ten years. The bridge was closed for repairs in 1939 and the approaches…
ID Number:PI20464
Date:1940
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Ballard Bridge crossing Salmon Bay, Seattle, May 1940
The Ballard Bridge, also known as the 15th Avenue Bridge, is a double-leaf bascule bridge in Seattle which connects Ballard to the Magnolia and Queen Anne neighborhoods. Opened in 1917 and spanning the Lake Washington Ship Canal, the Bridge originally had wooden approaches intended to last only ten years. The bridge was closed for repairs in 1939 and the approaches…
ID Number:PI20465
Date:1940
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Aerial of Evergreen Point Bridge under construction from southwest, Seattle, 1963
Washington's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge carries State Route 520 across Lake Washington, connecting Seattle with the growing area east of the lake. When it opened, the bridge's 7,578 foot floating span was the longest in the world. This was the second floating bridge to cross Lake Washington, and both bridges are overcrowded daily with commuters in their automobiles.This photo shows…
ID Number:PI20474
Date:1963
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Aerial view of Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, March 1963
Washington's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge carries State Route 520 across Lake Washington, connecting Seattle with the growing area east of the lake. When it opened, the bridge's 7,578 foot floating span was the longest in the world. This was the second floating bridge to cross Lake Washington, and both bridges are overcrowded daily with commuters in their automobiles.//This photo shows…
ID Number:PI20478
Date:1963
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United States Immigration Station and Assay Office, Seattle, 1932
The federal immigration station building opened in 1932 at on Airport Way South near Maynard Avenue South. In 2004, the US Department of Homeland Security opened a new facility in Tacoma, and closed immigration services at this location. Handwritten on image: U.S. Immigration.Handwritten on sleeve: U.S. Immigration Station - Seattle.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph…
ID Number:PI20985
Date:1932