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Photograph
Senator Warren Magnuson showing model of Science Center to federal officials, Seattle World's Fair, 1960
"'Doorway' which will draw 10,000,000 persons to federal building during Century 21 Exposition opening April 21, 1962, is shown by Senator Warren G. Magnuson, D., Wash., to (l to r) General Services Administrator Franklin Floete, Undersecretary of Commerce Philip A. Ray, and Robert J. Dodds, Jr., General Counsel, Department of Commerce. All participated in planning federal 'showcase' for the world's…
ID Number:1965.3598.9.78
Date:1960
Photograph
Charles "Slim" Williams, John Logan, and dog "Blizzard," December 9, 1939
This photo depicts Slim Williams (left) and John Logan with their dog "Blizzard" after their arrival in Seattle by motorcycle in December 1939. Clyde C. "Slim" Williams was a promoter of the Alaska Highway in the 1930s. Williams first rode the proposed route in 1933, by dogsled and in a Model T pulled by sled dogs, from Copper Center, Alaska…
ID Number:1966.3948.128
Date:1939
Ephemera
Carnation Evaporated Milk can label, circa 1940
A small evaporated milk company which opened in Kent in 1899 grew to become the nationally known Carnation Company. Canned milk had a small market at first, but was soon accepted by hungry babies and gold-rush miners alike. By 1926, the company had six Seattle-area dairies and six local evaporated milk plants, plus 24 evaporated milk plants elsewhere in the…
ID Number:1967.4158.13
Date:Circa 1940
Photograph
Julean Arnold and China Club of Seattle aboard S.S. President Grant, Seattle, April 7, 1923
Julean Herbert Arnold was a U. S. Commercial Attache in China and Japan from 1914-1940, and a founder of the China Club in Seattle. Established in 1916, the China Club of Seattle still operates today and is committed to promoting closer trade and cultural relations with China. In 1923, Mr. Arnold spent four months touring the United States, including Seattle,…
ID Number:1967.4171.1
Date:1923
Photograph
Reinforced steel cable pipe frame in trench, circa 1929
This photograph documents the construction of a sewer tunnel along West Hanford Street in Seattle. George Nelson and Co. contractors were hired to work on the Local Improvement District No. 4751 project, which specified the improvement of West Hanford Street and other streets through construction of a trunk sewer. Caption on photo: 150 inch concrete pipe. Looking west from 6th…
ID Number:1968.4524.38
Date:Circa 1929
Photograph
Man working on reinforced steel cable pipe frame, circa 1929
This photograph documents the construction of a sewer tunnel along West Hanford Street in Seattle. George Nelson and Co. contractors were hired to work on the Local Improvement District No. 4751 project, which specified the improvement of West Hanford Street and other streets through construction of a trunk sewer. Caption on photo: Re-enforced [sic] steel for 150 inch pipe. West…
ID Number:1968.4524.39
Date:Circa 1929
Photograph
Portrait of pianist Rosamond Crawford, Seattle, circa 1916
Rosamond (or Rosamonde) L. Crawford (1897-1969) was born in Ohio to Donald V. and Agnes (Watkins) Crawford. The family moved to Seattle between 1900-1910, and Rosamond attended Lincoln High School. She studied piano under prominent Seattle music teachers Silvio and Elaine (French) Risegari. About 1920 she moved to New York for further training at the La Forge-Berumen Studios, later becoming…
ID Number:1969.4616.4
Date:Circa 1916
Manuscript
Sprinkling Privileges in Seattle, June 1901
"Sprinkling Privileges in Seattle: A few sketches from life made during a casual ride in the residence district, on two successive evenings, in June 1901" is a manuscript containing six hand-colored pen and ink drawings of individuals watering their lawns and gardens. The sketches and accompanying captions poke fun at resident's frivolous use of the city's water supply, and may…
ID Number:1969.4689.3
Date:1901
Cartographic material
Anderson Map Co.'s Official Map of Greater Seattle, 1909
Seattle entrepreneur and amateur photographer O.P. (Oliver Phelps) Anderson (1859-1941) was the son of Alexander Jay Anderson (1832-1903), president of the Washington Territorial University (now University of Washington) from 1877-1882. O.P. trained as a draughtsman and by 1890 had started a civil engineering and map publishing business, O. P. Anderson & Company (later O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print…
ID Number:1969.4750.1
Date:1909
Ephemera
Missouri Hanna business card, circa 1910
This business card belonged to Missouri (Saunders) Hanna (1857-1926), in her role as publisher of "Votes for Women," a Seattle newspaper published from 1909-1912. Ms. Hanna, often known as "Mrs. M. T. B. Hanna," was Washington Territory’s first woman newspaper publisher. Her Seattle and Edmonds-based newspapers "Edmonds Review," "Votes for Women," and "The New Citizen" made her a powerful voice…
ID Number:1970.4814.2
Date:Circa 1910