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Image of Jenkins family gathering, Seattle, circa 1950
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Jenkins family gathering, Seattle, circa 1950

The following people at this Jenkins family gathering have been identified. Standing-- Bob and Fran Frasier (1st and 2nd from left), Ms. Lewis (6th from left), Willeta (Riddel) Gayton and James Gayton (3rd and 2nd from right), and Gertrude (Johnson) Peoples (right). The rest of are unidentified. Seated, left to right: Delores Bradley (with Sharon Bradley in lap), Andrew Jenkins,…
ID Number:2014.49.018.025.0056
Date:Circa 1950
Image of Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company employees, May 9, 1949
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Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company employees, May 9, 1949

The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company was a subsidiary of AT&T that provided communications services to most of the US West. It was founded in San Francisco in 1906. The first AT&T subsidiary in Seattle had been the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company, which began operating in 1883. Sunset quickly expanded and provided service throughout Washington, but AT&T decided to…
ID Number:2021.14.1
Date:1949
Image of Warren Avenue School, Seattle, 1903
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Warren Avenue School, Seattle, 1903

Construction of Warren Avenue School began in 1902, and the school opened in 1903 on the corner of Harrison Street and Warren Avenue in Seattle’s Lower Queen Anne district. Possibly named for Revolutionary War hero Major-General Joseph Warren, the three-story, wood-frame building helped relieve crowding at nearby Denny and Mercer Elementary Schools at a time the city was booming. In…
ID Number:SHS7726
Date:1903
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