3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Woman receiving citizenship at Woodland Park ceremony, Seattle, July 4, 1939
Assembled in Woodland Park, a group of foreign-born residents of Seattle received citizenship papers in a Fourth of July ceremony arranged by Seattle Post No. 1 of the American Legion. John S. Robinson, associate justices of the State Supreme Court gave the main address; a parade and elaborate nighttime fireworks show over Green Lake were also part of the "Americanization"…
ID Number:PI24519
Date:1939
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Group taking oath of citizenship, Seattle, September 23, 1940
On September 23, 1940, 207 individuals took their citizenship oaths in one of the largest naturalization classes that year. Oaths had not been administered for several weeks due to a law prohibiting immigrants from becoming citizens within 30 days of an election.In this image, a large group of people raise their right hands as the clerk of the court administers…
ID Number:PI24523
Date:1940
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Group taking oath of citizenship, Seattle, July 31, 1944
On July 31, 1944, 61 people took the oath of citizenship before Judge Lloyd L. Black at the U.S. District Court building in Seattle.This photo shows the naturalization ceremony in the courtroom, with the court clerk administering the oath as the new citizens raise their right hands. Handwritten on negative: Naturalization group 1944Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer…
ID Number:PI24525
Date:1944
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Naturalization ceremony at Woodland Park, Seattle, July 4, 1946
In this photo, a group of foreign-born residents of Seattle are administered the oath of citizenship in front of a large crowd in a naturalization ceremony at Woodland park, a part of the city's annual Fourth of July celebration. The program's main address was given by U. S. Navy Fleet Admiral William Frederick "Bull" Halsey, Jr. (1882-1959), who earlier in…
ID Number:PI24526
Date:1946
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Naturalization ceremony at Woodland Park, Seattle, July 7, 1947
Assembled in Woodland Park, a group of foreign-born residents of Seattle received citizenship papers as part of the annual Fourth of July ceremony arranged by Seattle Post No. 1 of the American Legion. The main address was given by General Carl Andrew Spaatz (1891-1974) and was to be followed by an elaborate nighttime fireworks show over Green Lake.This photo shows…
ID Number:PI24528
Date:1947
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Betty Morrison and Thomas Morrison holding their naturalization papers, December 22, 1947
In this image Betty Lorraine Morrison (b. 1931) and Thomas Lyle Morrison (b. 1930), two new American citizens, pose holding their naturalization papers. The siblings were born in Vancouver, B. C., and were adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morrison of Seattle. Along with about 40 other foreign-born residents, the Morrison children took their oaths of office in a ceremony…
ID Number:PI24530
Date:1947
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Reception for new citizens at Seattle P-I building, April 29, 1949
On April 29, 1949, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer held a reception for newly naturalized citizens at the P-I building at Sixth Avenue and Wall Street. This photo shows the large group of new citizens standing, holding their right hands over their hearts, as a woman walks down the aisle carrying an American flag. Handwritten on negative: New citizen reception PI 4/29/49Handwritten…
ID Number:PI24535
Date:1949
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Amphibious vehicle carrying newspapers, Seattle, March 1, 1948
This amphibious "duck" vehicle carried newspapers across Puget Sound during a stoppage in ferry service. Handwritten on negative: Leonard Handson - Marshall Minig - H.K. Millls, M. Boles, Duck carries P.I. to islands; 3-1-48.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - P.I. Circulation (Duck loading P.I. During ferry stoppage).Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may…
ID Number:PI24588
Date:1948
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Girls with swans at Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, 1937
In 1899, Seattle bought Woodland Park and its small zoo from the Phinney family. Most of the animals were kept in cages with bars and concrete floors. Visitors could go right up to the cages and feed the animals. During the economic depression of the 1930s, workers with the federal government's Works Projects Administration (WPA) built several animal habitats at…
ID Number:PI24721
Date:1937
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Monkey Island at Woodland Park Zoo, May 13, 1946
During the economic depression of the 1930s, workers with the federal government's Works Projects Administration (WPA) built Monkey Island and several other animal habitats at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. This photo, taken on a sunny day in May 1946, shows people watching the antics of the monkey colony on Monkey Island at Woodland Park. Written on original envelope: Seattle-parks-Woodland ZooDate…
ID Number:PI24732
Date:1946