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Image of Employee working in Barbee Mill Co. log pond, Renton, March 9, 1993
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Employee working in Barbee Mill Co. log pond, Renton, March 9, 1993

The Barbee Mill Co. started around 1930 as a small lumber mill and then a combined lumber mill/shipyard operation. Barbee Marine Yards, Inc., operated in in the May Creek section of Renton from 1943-1945, thereafter it closed and the lumber mill expanded. First located at the south end of Lake Washington, Barbee Mill Co. moved in the 1940s to its…
ID Number:2000.107.19930309.2.03
Date:1993
Image of Employee working in Barbee Mill Co. log pond, Renton, March 9, 1993
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Employee working in Barbee Mill Co. log pond, Renton, March 9, 1993

The Barbee Mill Co. started around 1930 as a small lumber mill and then a combined lumber mill/shipyard operation. Barbee Marine Yards, Inc., operated in the May Creek section of Renton from 1943-1945, thereafter it closed and the lumber mill expanded. First located at the south end of Lake Washington, Barbee Mill Co. moved in the 1940s to its new…
ID Number:2000.107.19930309.2.25
Date:1993
Image of S'Klallam tribe canoe leaving Port Gamble, June 13, 1993
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S'Klallam tribe canoe leaving Port Gamble, June 13, 1993

In the summer of 1989, seventeen tribes from around Puget Sound and the Washington coast participated in the first Tribal Canoe Journey, known as the Paddle to Seattle. Part of the Washington State Centennial celebration, the journey celebrated Native maritime history, specifically the history of canoe travel across the region. Each canoe “family” started from their home and stopped at…
ID Number:2000.107.19930613.1.22
Date:1993
Image of S'Klallam woman  Melody Fulton sitting in canoe, June 13, 1993
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S'Klallam woman Melody Fulton sitting in canoe, June 13, 1993

In the summer of 1989, seventeen tribes from around Puget Sound and the Washington coast participated in the first Tribal Canoe Journey, known as the Paddle to Seattle. Part of the Washington State Centennial celebration, the journey celebrated Native maritime history, specifically the history of canoe travel across the region. Each canoe “family” started from their home and stopped at…
ID Number:2000.107.19930613.2.20
Date:1993
Image of S'Klallam tribe canoe leaving Port Gamble, June 13, 1993
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S'Klallam tribe canoe leaving Port Gamble, June 13, 1993

In the summer of 1989, seventeen tribes from around Puget Sound and the Washington coast participated in the first Tribal Canoe Journey, known as the Paddle to Seattle. Part of the Washington State Centennial celebration, the journey celebrated Native maritime history, specifically the history of canoe travel across the region. Each canoe “family” started from their home and stopped at…
ID Number:2000.107.19930613.2.31
Date:1993
Image of Paddlers in S'Klallam tribe canoe, Port Gamble, June 13, 1993
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Paddlers in S'Klallam tribe canoe, Port Gamble, June 13, 1993

In the summer of 1989, seventeen tribes from around Puget Sound and the Washington coast participated in the first Tribal Canoe Journey, known as the Paddle to Seattle. Part of the Washington State Centennial celebration, the journey celebrated Native maritime history, specifically the history of canoe travel across the region. Each canoe “family” started from their home and stopped at…
ID Number:2000.107.19930613.2.33
Date:1993
Image of Man on tug Gail S tossing rope to man on the Wawona, June 23, 1993
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Man on tug Gail S tossing rope to man on the Wawona, June 23, 1993

The three-masted schooner Wawona sailed from 1897 to 1947 as a lumber carrier and fishing vessel based in Puget Sound. In 1964, sixteen years after the vessel's retirement, a group of Seattle citizens formed the nonprofit organization Northwest Seaport and purchased the Wawona as a museum ship. The schooner was made available for public visits during its ongoing restoration. However,…
ID Number:2000.107.19930623.5.23
Date:1993
Image of Wawona and tug Gail S on Lake Union, June 23, 1993
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Wawona and tug Gail S on Lake Union, June 23, 1993

The three-masted schooner Wawona sailed from 1897 to 1947 as a lumber carrier and fishing vessel based in Puget Sound. In 1964, sixteen years after the vessel's retirement, a group of Seattle citizens formed the nonprofit organization Northwest Seaport and purchased the Wawona as a museum ship. The schooner was made available for public visits during its ongoing restoration. However,…
ID Number:2000.107.19930623.6.14
Date:1993
Image of Wawona and tug Gail S on Lake Union, June 23, 1993
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Wawona and tug Gail S on Lake Union, June 23, 1993

The three-masted schooner Wawona sailed from 1897 to 1947 as a lumber carrier and fishing vessel based in Puget Sound. In 1964, sixteen years after the vessel's retirement, a group of Seattle citizens formed the nonprofit organization Northwest Seaport and purchased the Wawona as a museum ship. The schooner was made available for public visits during its ongoing restoration. However,…
ID Number:2000.107.19930623.7.08
Date:1993
Image of Anchor and Dewitt Jensen at Jensen Motor Boat Company, Seattle, April 22, 1997
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Anchor and Dewitt Jensen at Jensen Motor Boat Company, Seattle, April 22, 1997

The Jensen Motor Boat Company was founded in 1922 by Tony Jensen (1889-1963), a Danish immigrant and descendant of boat builders. In 1927, Tony, his wife Bessie (1892-1968), and two partners moved the company to 1417 NE Boat Street on Seattle’s Portage Bay. The company specialized in building boats with experimental designs. Sons George (1915-1977) and Anchor (1918-2000) continued the…
ID Number:2000.107.19970422.17.08
Date:1997
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