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Postcard
Santa Claus figure at Northgate Shopping Center, Seattle, circa 1958
Northgate Mall, originally called Northgate Center, opened in April 1950, anchored by the Bon Marche department store and housing 17 smaller stores. By 1952, Northgate had over seventy tenants, and all its retail spaces were leased. Northgate's reputation for elaborate holiday displays began its first year, when a world's record 212-foot Christmas tree was displayed at the mall. This postcard,…
ID Number:1979.6782.1
Date:Circa 1958
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Construction of First Baptist Church's second building, Seattle, October 12, 1910
Seattle First Baptist Church was organized in 1869 by 11 men and women on a lot donated by Elizabeth (Jones) Holgate (1796-1880), a widow who had lived in Seattle since at least 1856. The wooden church was built on the east side of Fourth Avenue, between Cherry Street and James Street. The building was abandoned after 1908 when regrading of…
ID Number:1980.6882.3
Date:1910
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Independence Day parade, Seattle, July 4, 1898
During the Independence Day celebrations in Seattle in 1898, the place of honor in the parade was held by the Fifth Regiment, Canadian Militia. The militia received a standing ovation from the crowd in a "demonstration of Anglo-Saxon unity," likely spurred on by the defeat the previous day of the Spanish Fleet off Santiago Bay, Cuba, by U. S. forces,…
ID Number:1980.6923.16
Date:1898
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Reunion of students and teachers of Denny School, Seattle, June 24, 1928
Seattle grew fast in the 1880s. Denny School was overcrowded from the day it opened in 1884 in what was then Seattle's north end. Two wings were soon added to hold additional classrooms. The west wing was torn down in 1911 when part of Denny Hill was regraded. Classes continued in the rest of the building until 1928, when it…
ID Number:1980.7039.2
Date:1928
Photograph
Mina Schwabacher Eckstein in wedding dress, San Francisco, 1902
This photo is part of Joanna Eckstein's photograph collection. Eckstein was one of two daughters (with her sister Babette) of Nathan Eckstein and Mina Schwabacher Eckstein. Mina Schwabacher was a daughter of Abraham Schwabacher (circa 1838-1909) and Sarah Lehrberger (1847-?), who married in 1869. Abraham and his brothers Louis and Sigmund owned the Schwabacher Brothers wholesale grocery stores in Walla…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.21
Date:1902
Ephemera
Sarah Schwabacher birthday dinner menu, March 24, 1927
Sarah (Lehrberger) Schwabacher (1847-1942) was married to Abraham Schwabacher (1838-1909), one of three brothers that were important in the economic development of the Washington Territory and later Washington State. The Schwabacher brothers owned several businesses bearing their family name, first in San Francisco, then in Walla Walla, Washington, and later in Seattle. Sarah and Abraham Schwabacher's daughter Mina Alice Schwabacher…
ID Number:1980.7166.4.2
Date:1927
Program
8th Annual Emmy Awards Banquet program, Seattle, May 16, 1970
The Seattle Chapter, now the Northwest Chapter, of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was founded in 1960, recognizing excellence in television broadcasting with an annual regional Emmy award ceremony. This program for the Emmy awards on May 16, 1970 at the Eames Theatre, the Seattle Science Center, lists awards winners for program achievements and individual achievements, along…
ID Number:1981.7191.11
Date:1970
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Boat Friendship sailing on opening Day of Boating Season, May 6, 1978
The Seattle Yacht Club's Opening Day is the nation's largest regional celebration of water, spring, and the opening of boating season. A tradition since 1920, the parade of boats starts at noon the first Saturday in May with a cannon blast, while spectators line both sides of the Montlake Cut to view the boats as they enter Lake Washington. In…
ID Number:1981.7263.5.1
Date:1978
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Launching of the Steamship "Bellata," Seattle, April 17, 1918
Patterson-McDonald Shipbuilding Co. was founded during World War I by Adam Patterson and Alex M. McDonald. According to the Seattle Daily Times, the company went into bankruptcy in 1920 due to protracted legal battle with the Government of Australia over the cancellation of part of a contract to build nine steamships. The shipping company was also idle during the Seattle…
ID Number:1982.34.1
Date:1918
Photograph
Independence Day parade, Seattle, circa 1921
This photo of a Fourth of July parade around 1921 shows the parade going through Pioneer Square, as the Pergola can be seen on the left. Handwritten on sleeve: Fourth of July Parade.Webster & Stevens number: 86174
ID Number:1983.10.2155.8
Date:Circa 1921