3246 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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Men working on B-17 engines at the Boeing plant, November 1940
In 1940, some 7,500 Boeing Aircraft Company employees worked 24 hours per day to build B-17 Flying Fortress bombers for the British and American military. These long-range propeller-driven planes were capable of attacking an enemy fleet more than 1,000 miles offshore and conducting bombing raids on Germany from England. At this time, the United States had not yet entered World…
ID Number:PI23926
Date:1940
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Man shaping a hat at the J.T. Hardeman Hat Company, Seattle, 1935
Polk's 1935 Seattle city directory lists the J.T. Hardeman Hat Company at 700 Republican Street, in what is now known as the South Lake Union neighborhood. The firm made men's fur felt hats. Handwritten on negative: Hats Candid.Handwritten on sleeve: Hats - men's.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a…
ID Number:PI23969
Date:1935
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Woman sewing a hat at the J.T. Hardeman Hat Company, Seattle, 1935
Polk's 1935 Seattle city directory lists the J.T. Hardeman Hat Company at 700 Republican Street, in what is now known as the South Lake Union neighborhood. The firm made men's fur felt hats. Handwritten on negative: Hats candid.Handwritten on sleeve: Hats - men's.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a…
ID Number:PI23970
Date:1935
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Striking longshoremen blocking train tracks at Pier 40, Smith Cove, Seattle, July 19, 1934
In the early 1930s, the International Longshoremen's Association, led by San Francisco-based Harry Bridges, tried to unionize all West Coast dockworkers to improve pay and working conditions. In 1934, after employers refused to recognize the union, West Coast longshoremen went out on strike for 98 days, seriously disrupting trade. At Seattle's Smith Cove, picketing strikers blocked access to the piers…
ID Number:PI23998
Date:1934
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Policemen and striking longshoremen at Pier 40, Seattle, June 1934
In the early 1930s, the International Longshoremen's Association, led by San Francisco-based Harry Bridges, tried to unionize all West Coast dockworkers to improve pay and working conditions. In 1934, after employers refused to recognize the union, West Coast longshoremen went out on strike for 98 days, seriously disrupting trade. At Seattle's Smith Cove, picketing strikers blocked access to the piers…
ID Number:PI24001
Date:1934
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Waterfront strike at Smith Cove, July 19, 1934
In the early 1930s, the International Longshoremen's Association, led by San Francisco-based Harry Bridges, tried to unionize all West Coast dockworkers to improve pay and working conditions. In 1934, after employers refused to recognize the union, West Coast longshoremen went out on strike for 98 days, seriously disrupting trade. At Seattle's Smith Cove, picketing strikers blocked access to the piers…
ID Number:PI24004
Date:1934
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Striking longshoremen with locomotive leaving Smith Cove, Seattle, July 19, 1934
In the early 1930s, the International Longshoremen's Association, led by San Francisco-based Harry Bridges, tried to unionize all West Coast dockworkers to improve pay and working conditions. In 1934, after employers refused to recognize the union, West Coast longshoremen went out on strike for 98 days, seriously disrupting trade. At Seattle's Smith Cove, picketing strikers blocked access to the piers…
ID Number:PI24006
Date:1934
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Armed policemen during longshoremen's strike, Seattle, July 20, 1934
In the early 1930s, the International Longshoremen's Association, led by San Francisco-based Harry Bridges, tried to unionize all West Coast dockworkers to improve pay and working conditions. In 1934, after employers refused to recognize the union, West Coast longshoremen went out on strike for 98 days, seriously disrupting trade. At Seattle's Smith Cove, picketing strikers blocked access to the piers…
ID Number:PI24007
Date:1934
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Truck and railroad car with cargo, Seattle, 1934
Since the latter part of the 19th century, Seattle has been a transshipment point for goods traveling between the United States and other Pacific Ocean ports. At the docks, longshoremen transferred the cargo between ships and the railroad. In the 1930s, they did most of this work by hand; by the 1990s, many dockworkers had been replaced by machinery. Handwritten…
ID Number:PI24029
Date:1934
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Men unloading cargo from ship, circa 1935
Since the latter part of the 19th century, Seattle has been a transshipment point for goods traveling between the United States and other Pacific Ocean ports. At the docks, longshoremen transferred the cargo between ships and the railroad. In the 1930s, they did most of this work by hand; by the 1990s, many dockworkers had been replaced by machinery.In this…
ID Number:PI24030
Date:Circa 1935