3220 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer's temporary building after Great Fire, 1889
This photo shows the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's temporary building at 4th Avenue and Columbia Street in 1889. Their original building was destroyed in Seattle's Great Fire, and the newspaper used this residence (owned by Post-Intelligencer owner and publisher Leigh Hunt) for a few months until moving into a new office at 2nd Avenue and Cherry Street. Despite the fire, the Post-Intelligencer…
ID Number:1983.10.6228
Date:1889
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Official car for motorcycle race, Seattle, 1911
This official car followed the motorcycles in an endurance race from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. and carried two judges as well as tires and repair parts for the machines. The car was furnished by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and according to the news article published June 11, it kept behind the motorcylists, ready to pick up stragglers in the…
ID Number:1983.10.6673
Date:1911
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Totem pole in Pioneer Square, Seattle, circa 1905
This Tlingit totem was carved around 1870 to honor a high-ranking tribal woman named Aanséet. The pole was named Naas-shagee-yéil and it was placed in Aanséet's village on Tongass Island on the Alaska coast. In 1899, a group of leading Seattle businessmen on a goodwill tour of southeastern Alaska stole the totem and brought it back to Pioneer Square. The…
ID Number:1983.10.8056.2
Date:Circa 1905
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Totem pole at Pioneer Square, 1915
This Tlingit totem was carved around 1790 to honor a tribal woman named Chief-of-All-Women and it was placed in the village of Tongass on the Alaska coast. In 1899, a group of leading Seattle businessmen on a goodwill tour of southeastern Alaska stole the totem and brought it back to Pioneer Square. The businessmen were indicted for the theft, but…
ID Number:1983.10.10030.1
Date:1915
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Elevator and storage bunker at Seattle Lighting Co. plant , Seattle, circa 1918
The Seattle Lighting Company, which was the gas company for Seattle, opened a nine-acre plant on the north shore of Lake Union in 1905-06. Huge quantities of coal arrived in railroad cars and fueled the ovens that produced gas and coke, supplying Seattle with lights and home heating. This photograph looks towards Queen Anne and shows a portion of the…
ID Number:1983.10.10656.3
Date:Circa 1918
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Group portrait of Russian immigrants arriving on President Jackson, Seattle, July 7, 1923
By early 1924, there were about 5000 Russians living in Seattle, most of whom arrived as refugees fleeing the Russian Revolution and Civil War of 1917-1922. Many were well-educated, including professionals, former government and military officers, or former aristocrats. The Russian community in Seattle centered on the Orthodox church on Lakeview Boulevard, which hosted classes on citizenship and the English…
ID Number:1983.10.18266
Date:1923
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Russian immigrants arriving on President Jackson, Seattle, July 7, 1923
By early 1924, there were about 5000 Russians living in Seattle, most of whom arrived as refugees fleeing the Russian Revolution and Civil War of 1917-1922. Many were well-educated, including professionals, former government and military officers, or former aristocrats. The Russian community in Seattle centered on the Orthodox church on Lakeview Boulevard, which hosted classes on citizenship and the English…
ID Number:1983.10.18348
Date:1923
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer newsroom, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.229
Date:1983
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Boeing bomber B-17 in flight with Mount Rainier in the background, 1941
The Army Air Corps ordered the first 13 B-17s in early 1936. The bomber took its maiden flight just 12 months later on December 2, 1936. At the peak of its production in 1944, the Seattle Boeing plant would complete 16 B-17s every 24 hours. The B-17 was known for its power, agility, and durability. The B-17 Bomber was also…
ID Number:1986.5.159.1
Date:1941
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Boeing bomber B-17 in flight with Mount Rainier in the background, 1941
Under military contract, the bomber went from design to flight test in just 12 months. Making its first flight on July 28, 1935, it was Boeing's first military aircraft with a flight deck instead of an open cockpit and was armed with bombs and five .30-caliber machine guns. Boeing plants built 6,981 of more than 12,000 B-17's delivered during World…
ID Number:1986.5.159.3
Date:1941