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Baseball fans entering Dugdale ballpark, Seattle, 1921
Signs in image: Seattle Base Ball Club. Bleacher 50 Cent Tickets Here. Grand Stand Ticket 75 Cents.Handwritten on sleeve: Base Ball opening Crowd Entering.Webster & Stevens number: 81638
ID Number:1983.10.10874
Date:1921
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Black Ball ferry terminal, Seattle, 1946
The Black Ball Line began operating ferries on Puget Sound in 1928, running ferries between downtown Seattle's Colman Dock and both Bremerton and Port Orchard, and between Seabeck and Brinnon. This photo shows the terminal on the Seattle waterfront. Signs in image: Sunde & d'Evers Co. Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. Campbell [Ba...]. Black Ball Line. Cafe - Sea Foods. Palace…
ID Number:1983.10.12301
Date:1946
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People playing carnival game at Fun Forest, Seattle Center, June 1963
Originally built for the 1962 World's Fair, the 74-acre Seattle Center is an arts, educational, tourism and entertainment center in Seattle. A favorite spot at Seattle Center for many kids was the Fun Forest, an amusement park complete with roller coasters and carnival-style games. The Fun Forest closed in 2011 and since 2012 the site has been occupied by Chihuly…
ID Number:1986.5.8400.3
Date:1963
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Players in University of Washington vs. University of Oregon football game at Husky Stadium, Seattle, September 29, 1945
The University of Washington Huskies opened their 1945 Pacific Coast Conference football season under sunny skies in a game against the University of Oregon Webfoots. In this photo, U.W. halfback John Wingender (52) runs with the ball, protected by teammate Norm Sansregret (40). The Huskies went on to defeat the Webfoots, 20-6. Handwritten on image: John Wingender (with ball) UW…
ID Number:1986.5.15972.6
Date:1945
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Game operator talking with visitors at Fun Forest, Seattle Center, March 1971
Originally built for the 1962 World's Fair, the 74-acre Seattle Center is an arts, educational, tourism, and entertainment center in Seattle. A favorite spot at Seattle Center for many kids was the Fun Forest, an amusement park complete with roller coasters and carnival-style games. The Fun Forest closed in 2011 and since 2012 the site has been occupied by Chihuly…
ID Number:1986.5.54068.2
Date:1971
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University of Washington football coach Enoch Bagshaw golfing in Seattle, March 11, 1929
Enoch Bagshaw played end, halfback, and quarterback between 1903 and 1907 and was one of the first five-year lettermen in University of Washington (UW) history. He served as the head football coach at Everett High School from 1909 until 1920 and took the teams to consecutive national championships in 1919 and 1920. Coaching at UW, Bagshaw took the Huskies to…
ID Number:1986.5G.38
Date:1929
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Puget Sound Navigation Company brochure, circa 1909
The Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC) was founded by Charles E. Peabody in 1898. It operated a fleet of steamboats and ferries on Puget Sound in Washington and the Georgia Strait in British Columbia. Known colloquially as the Black Ball Line, the PSNC achieved a "virtual monopoly" on cross-sound traffic in the 1930s but began to struggle following World War…
ID Number:1987.61.1
Date:Circa 1909
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Fred Brown and Jo Jo White during Sonics-Celtics game at Kingdome, Seattle, January 1979
Fred "Downtown Freddie Brown" Brown (b. 1948), had just finished his senior year at the University of Iowa when he was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1971 NBA draft. He went on to play 13 seasons with the Sonics before retiring in 1984. Two years later the Sonics retired his number (32). The Sonics' 41-year run in Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.028.06.01
Date:1979
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Fred Brown coaching boys at Kingdome, Seattle, November 1980
Fred "Downtown Freddie Brown" Brown (b. 1948), had just finished his senior year at the University of Iowa when he was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1971 NBA draft. He went on to play 13 seasons with the Sonics before retiring in 1984. Two years later the Sonics retired his number (32). The Sonics' 41-year run in Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.028.06.02
Date:1980
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Philip Ripley with aluminum foil statue at Renton Park Elementary School, Renton, April 14, 1992
In honor of Earth Day, students from the Puget Sound region were asked to collect as much aluminum foil as possible in an effort to promote recycling. The school with the overall biggest ball of foil was to win $1,000. In this image Philip Ripley, 10, a student at Hamlin-Robinson School in Seattle, walks by the 239-pound aluminum foil statue…
ID Number:2000.107.053.19.02
Date:1992