331 results for: World War II, 1941-1945 (WWII)
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U.S. Navy ship YF-453 in dry dock at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1943
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.88
Date:Circa 1943
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Group at launch of Navy lighter YC-842 at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, October 20, 1943
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.92
Date:1943
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Open lighter YC-842 in water near the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, October 21, 1943
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.97
Date:1943
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Yard workers and band celebrating launch at Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, June 1944
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.102
Date:1944
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U. S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1944
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.103
Date:Circa 1944
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Panoramic view of U. S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1944
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.109a
Date:Circa 1944
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U.S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, August 1944
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.127
Date:1944
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Pilot boat CGR-2469 in the water at the Olson & Winge Marine Works, Seattle, 1944
Coast Guard pilot boat CGR-2469 came to the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard as the Columbia for conversion during World War II. She had been built in 1914 as the King & Winge, one of the most famous ships ever built in Seattle. Designed by Albert Winge, she was built by the King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, intended as…
ID Number:1972.5503.141
Date:1944
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Cole Brothers Circus and War Bonds poster, August 1943
William Washington Cole (1847-1915) began "W. W. Cole's Colossal Circus" in 1871 in Quincy, Illinois. In 1904 Cole sold his circus to Canadian showman Martin Downs and his son, James, the name became "Cole Bros. Circus." The show almost shut down during the Depression, but in 1934 two veteran circus managers -- Jesse Adkins (1886–1940) and Zack Terrell (1879–1954) --…
ID Number:1975.6159.3.11
Date:1943
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Cole Brothers Circus and War Bonds poster, August 1943
William Washington Cole (1847-1915) began "W. W. Cole's Colossal Circus" in 1871 in Quincy, Illinois. In 1904 Cole sold his circus to Canadian showman Martin Downs and his son, James, the name became "Cole Bros. Circus." After the Depression almost shut it down, in 1934 two veteran circus managers -- Jesse Adkins (1886–1940) and Zack Terrell (1879–1954) -- teamed up…
ID Number:1975.6159.3.12
Date:1943