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Three women in costume at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1925
The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.30
Date:1925
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Mrs. Thomas Burke in costume at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1925
The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.32
Date:1925
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Three women in costume at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1939
The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.45.5
Date:1939
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Three women in costume at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1939
The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.45.10
Date:1939
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Group of young women in redface at Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 13, 1911
The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.45.12
Date:1911
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Guendolen Carkeek and Hortense Smith posed in redface for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 13, 1911
The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.17
Date:1911
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Three young women posed in redface for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 13, 1911
The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.68
Date:1911
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Mrs. Pierre Terry and Mrs. W. N. Biglow posed in costume for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1914
The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.71b
Date:1914
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Guendolen Carkeek and friends posed in costume for Founders' Day Ball, Seattle, November 1914
The first Founders' Day Ball took place on November 13, 1911, on the 60th anniversary of the Denny Party landing at Alki beach. From its inception the event was a historical costume ball, hosted by Emily and Morgan Carkeek at their First Hill mansion. Guests were asked to donate artifacts or documents related to Seattle history, which led to the…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.73
Date:1914
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Santa Claus and "sleigh" in front of the Bon Marché building on Second Avenue and Pike Street, Seattle, circa 1915
The Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine. Originally located in Seattle’s Belltown district at First Avenue and Cedar Street, in 1896 it moved to a more central location downtown at Second Avenue and Pike Street. This photo shows Santa Claus standing atop a wagon in front of the Bon Marché building.…
ID Number:2009.20.68
Date:Circa 1915