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Image of Anna Brand with son Leonard and other children reading a lesson, Seattle circa 1910
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Anna Brand with son Leonard and other children reading a lesson, Seattle circa 1910

The Brand family ran the Kalmar Hotel on First Hill. They had three children, and the youngest Leonard is shown in this photo with a group of girls in white dresses. Leonard's mother Anna reads with the pupils. Stamped on photo: Johnson, 3rd and Union, Seattle
ID Number:1981.7328.18
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Four members of the Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Seattle, April 21, 1920
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Four members of the Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Seattle, April 21, 1920

On November 27, 1911, the "Native Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Prior to 1870" was organized in Seattle by sixty white, non-Indigenous, women from all over the Pacific Northwest to honor their settler heritage. The organization still exists as of 2018, now called Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, and promotes historic preservation and education.In this image four women…
ID Number:1983.10.2102.1
Date:1920
Image of University of Washington football team, Seattle, 1898
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University of Washington football team, Seattle, 1898

The University of Washington played its first-ever football game on Thanksgiving Day, 1889, at the Jefferson Street Park, just east of downtown. In the next decade the university moved to its present site five miles north of downtown, in a wooded area bordering Lake Washington. Football games were played at old Denny Field on the northwest corner of the campus…
ID Number:1983.10.2260
Date:1898
Image of University of Washington football team, Seattle, 1896
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University of Washington football team, Seattle, 1896

The University of Washington played its first-ever football game on Thanksgiving Day, 1889, at the Jefferson Street Park, just east of downtown. In the next decade the university moved to its present site five miles north of downtown, in a wooded area bordering Lake Washington. Football games were played at old Denny Field on the northwest corner of the campus…
ID Number:1983.10.2395
Date:1896
Image of Rainier Valley State Bank, Seattle, circa 1928
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Rainier Valley State Bank, Seattle, circa 1928

The Rainier Valley State Bank was founded by Simeon T. Toby in 1910. The bank was originally located in the Toby Building in Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood at the southeast corner of Rainier Avenue and Edmunds Street. In 1924 Simeon Toby died and his son took over at the bank, moving the bank across Edmunds Street as is shown in…
ID Number:1983.10.3529.1
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Orpheum Theatre entrance, Seattle, circa 1928
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Orpheum Theatre entrance, Seattle, circa 1928

Seattle's new Orpheum Theatre opened in 1927. It was one of the largest and most elegant members of the Orpheum Circuit, a nationwide chain of "photo play" and vaudeville theaters. The August 1927 program included music on the Wurlitzer organ, a feature movie (Rod LaRocque in "The Fighting Eagle"), a newsreel, and a song and dance revue ("Ned Wayburn's Buds…
ID Number:1983.10.3965.2
Date:Circa 1928
Image of View northwest from Frosh Pond on University of Washington campus, Seattle, November 7, 1931
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View northwest from Frosh Pond on University of Washington campus, Seattle, November 7, 1931

The buildings behind the pond are Johnson Hall, Suzzallo Library, and the Physics Hall. Parrington Hall is visible in the middle distance. Handwritten on sleeve: U of W Physics & Aeronautics Hall [sic] 11/7/31.Photographer's Reference Number: 138159
ID Number:1983.10.4308
Date:1931
Image of Hotel Ramona, Seattle, circa 1905
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Hotel Ramona, Seattle, circa 1905

The Hotel Ramona was located on the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Seneca Street, and survived well into the twentieth century. The small building on the left of the photo survives, although much altered. Signs in image: [Cre...] - Largest Seller in the World. Bell Tailors. Yates. Kentucky Liquor Co. Restaurant - Fish & Oysters - Seats for Ladies…
ID Number:1983.10.7384
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Hotel Ramona, Seattle, circa 1905
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Hotel Ramona, Seattle, circa 1905

The Hotel Ramona was located on the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Seneca Street. Signs in image: Hotel Diller. [Cre...] - Largest Seller in the World. Bell Tailors. Yates. Russells. Model Car. Restaurant. The Seneca - Johnson & Wedeen, Props. - Bohemian Beer. Signs. Boston Cafe. Stone, Fisher & Lane - Linoleum, Window Shades. Sparkman & McLean Real Estate.Handwritten…
ID Number:1983.10.7564
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Defendants in City Council demonstration case, August 14, 1963
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Defendants in City Council demonstration case, August 14, 1963

In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two Black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5928.1
Date:1963
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