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"Meet Me in Seattle (At the Fair)" souvenir record from the Seattle World's Fair, 1962
Among the myriad souvenirs marketed at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair were fair-related songs, sold in the form of souvenir sheet-music and as musical recordings. At least 200 fair-themed songs were composed by professional and amateur songwriters, with more than fifty of these released as vinyl discs."Meet Me in Seattle (At The Fair)" written by Edward Chambreau and performed by…
ID Number:1965.3689.37
Date:1962
Music, notated
I'll See You (in 1962)
The Century 21 Exposition, Seattle’s World’s Fair, ran from April 21 to October 21, 1962. The fair promoted the worlds of space, science, and the future. “I’ll See You (in 1962),” with the Monorail, Space Needle, and the arches of the Science Pavilion on its cover, was one of the songs written to promote the fair. The music and words…
ID Number:1966.3866.26
Date:1962
Ephemera
Souvenir announcement of the 15th wedding anniversary of Professor and Mrs. Adolph Edgren, Seattle, November 17, 1915
On November 17, 1915, Professor and Mrs. Adolph Edgren celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary with a music festival and speeches at Seattle’s Good Templar Hall. Professor Edgren had previously operated a large music school in San Francisco, and in 1906 he founded the Edgren School of Music in Seattle at 811 East Howell Street.Inside the leaflet are images of the…
ID Number:1966.4024.1
Date:1915
Music, notated
The Seattle Girl
According to a statement printed on the back cover of the score pictured here, Mrs. M. C. Robinson was inspired to write “The Seattle Girl” when in Seattle from Tacoma to visit sculptor James Wehn. Mr. Wehn had recently completed a statue of his sweetheart (unnamed), whose portrait appears on the front cover of the score. He asked Mrs. Robinson…
ID Number:1968.4425.2
Date:1909
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
Music, notated
Seattle's Plenty Good Enough for Me
By 1908, Seattle had seen eleven years of rapid growth and prosperity, beginning in 1897 with the arrival of the first shipment of gold from the Yukon gold fields. "Seattle's Plenty Good Enough for Me" was one of a number of songs written at that time promoting the Pacific Northwest's good climate for business and trade. This marketing and development…
ID Number:1969.4635.6
Date:1908
Photograph
Mary Ann Wells, Seattle, circa 1950
Mary Ann Wells King (1894-1971) was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and moved to Seattle in 1915. Wells was a charter member of the Soroptimist Club. Wells founded the ballet department at the Cornish School and directed the dance department for seven years. She later formed her own studio, the Mary Ann Wells School of the Dance at 804 1/2 Pine…
ID Number:1971.5234.5a
Date:Circa 1950
Ephemera
Mary Ann Wells School of the Dance festival program, Seattle, June 4, 1927
Mary Ann Wells founded the dance department at Seattle's Cornish School of the Arts (now Cornish College of the Arts) and taught there for seven years. Sometime around 1920, she started her own dance school, which operated until 1958. Robert Joffrey and many other prominent dancers graduated from the Mary Ann Wells School of the Dance.The School's Eleventh Annual Dance…
ID Number:1971.5234.17
Date:1927
Ephemera
Brochure for The Cornish School, Mary Anne Wells, Head of Dance, 1921
Mary Ann (Wells) King (1894-1971) was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and moved to Seattle in 1915. Ms. Wells was a charter member of the Soroptimist Club and in 1916 founded the ballet department at the Cornish School (now Cornish College of the Arts). From 1923 until her retirement in 1958 Ms. Wells ran her own studio, the Mary Ann Wells…
ID Number:1971.5234.20
Date:1921
Ephemera
Announcement for The Mary Ann Wells School of Dance, September 3, 1923
Mary Ann (Wells) King (1894-1971) was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and moved to Seattle in 1915. Ms. Wells was a charter member of the Soroptimist Club and in 1916 founded the ballet department at the Cornish School (now Cornish College of the Arts). From 1923 until her retirement in 1958 Ms. Wells ran her own studio, the Mary Ann Wells…
ID Number:1971.5234.21
Date:1923