154 results for: Miller, S.
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Exchange Building under construction, Seattle, May 1, 1929
The Exchange Building is one of several Art Deco office buildings in Seattle. It was designed as a home for stock and commodity exchanges. The Exchange Building was the last large downtown building built before the Depression of the 1930s hit the city. It was Seattle business district's tallest building until after World War II ended in 1945. Signs in…
ID Number:1983.10.3691.1
Date:1929
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Mayor John F. Miller's home, Seattle, circa 1908
The residence of Mayor John F. Miller was at 108 West Prospect Street on Queen Anne Hill. Handwritten on sleeve: Mayor Miller's Home.Photographer's Reference Number: 5587
ID Number:1983.10.7627
Date:Circa 1908
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Egyptian Theatre, Seattle, November 11, 1940
The Egyptian Theater at 4543 University Way N.E. opened on Christmas Day of 1925. Built by T.E. Murphy, it seated 1300 people and claimed to be one of the largest and finest suburban movie houses in the Northwest. The building was later altered and used for retail stores. Signs in image: [...] [Miller?] Men's Shop. [Ode O'Day?]. Avenue Bakery. Horluck.…
ID Number:1983.10.13438
Date:1940
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Michael Carzes and others sitting in a jitney, Seattle, circa 1919
Greek-born Michael Demetrios Carzes (1882-1965) immigrated to the U. S. about 1909. An enterprising and community-minded man, Mr. Carzes and his American wife Amanda Rehse (1882-1976), owned and operated the Oyster House at 109 Pine Street for many years. As president of the Greek Community of Seattle (later Greek Community Association), Mr. Carzes also helped organize St. Demetrios' Greek Orthodox…
ID Number:1984.41.2
Date:Circa 1919
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Portrait of Ellen S. Leckenby, Seattle, circa 1895
Ellen "Nelly" (Swinburn) Leckenby (1844-1932) was born in New York and came to Washington State around 1895, settling first near Olympia with her husband, Alfred Bingham Leckenby (1842-). The couple moved to join their sons in Seattle's Brighton Beach neighborhood around 1905 where Mrs. Leckenby became involved in various women's clubs, particularly as a way to support the women's suffrage…
ID Number:1984.126.1
Date:Circa 1895
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Unveiling of Boeing's new 707 jet, Renton, 1954
On May 14, 1954, Boeing officially rolled out the Dash 80, the prototype of the company's 707 jet transport. Thousands of Boeing employees and guests gathered at the Renton plant and watched Bertha Boeing, wife of the company's founder, christen the brown, yellow and silver plane with champagne. The Boeing Company gambled that airlines would want to switch to jet…
ID Number:1986.5.188.1
Date:1954
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The first showing of Boeing's new 707 jet, Renton, Washington, 1954
On May 14, 1954, Boeing officially rolled out the Dash 80, the prototype of the company's 707 jet transport. Thousands of Boeing employees and guests gathered at the Renton plant to watch Bertha Boeing, wife of the company's founder, christen the brown, yellow and silver plane with champagne. The Boeing Company gambled that airlines would want to switch to jet…
ID Number:1986.5.1344.1
Date:1954
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Lucille Engdahl working with deaf children, University of Washington Speech Clinic, Seattle, 1939
Using new techniques, the hard-of-hearing section of the University of Washington speech clinic began training three deaf children how to talk. Instructors speak into an amplification device placed against the patient's ear to convey that sound exists and has meaning. Graduate student Lucille Engdahl also showed the children how to shape their mouths and by touching their throats how to…
ID Number:1986.5.2055.1
Date:1939
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Nine inmates at graduation ceremony at McNeil Island Penitentiary, June 1967
McNeil Island is a 6.6 square mile island located in south Puget Sound, lying 2.8 miles across the water from the nearest town. The site was utilized for 142 continuous years as an island-based penal institution, beginning in 1869 with a jail built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1909 the facility became a federal prison, the McNeil…
ID Number:1986.5.5490.1
Date:1967
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Children riding Paratrooper at Fun Forest, Seattle Center, September 1965
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:1986.5.7776.1
Date:1965