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Assembling buses at Pacific Car and Foundry, Renton, Washington, July 13, 1939
Pacific Car and Foundry Company (later called PACCAR) originally made its name building railroad cars for the logging industry. In 1936, during the Great Depression, the Renton, Washington, firm diversified into buses and trucks. Seattle and many other cities began to replace their trolleys and streetcars with buses powered by electricity or gasoline in the late 1930s, and Pacific Car…
ID Number:1983.10.13326.2
Date:1939
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Mechanics and motorcycles outside Wm. O. McKay Co. building, Seattle, November 13, 1939
The William O. McKay Company was established in 1922 and operated a Ford and Lincoln dealership and repair facility at 609 Westlake Avenue North in Seattle for many years. This photo shows sixteen men in mechanics' coveralls standing near the service entrance of the McKay Lincoln-Mercury dealership. In front of them are four motorcycles with sidecars. Three of the sidecars…
ID Number:1983.10.13391.2
Date:1939
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Boeing airplane and Kenworth truck, 1937
For many years, Boeing and Kenworth have been important Seattle-area industries. In this 1937 photo, a United Air Lines Boeing Model 247 and a Kenworth gasoline truck sit on the tarmac at a Seattle airport. The twin-engine transport plane carried ten passengers, their luggage, and 400 pounds of mail on routes along the west coast and between San Francisco and…
ID Number:1983.10.13696.1
Date:1937
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Boeing airplane and Kenworth truck, 1937
For many years, Boeing and Kenworth have been important Seattle-area industries. In this 1937 photo, a United Air Lines Boeing Model 247 and a Kenworth gasoline truck sit on the tarmac at a Seattle airport. The twin-engine transport plane carried ten passengers, their luggage, and 400 pounds of mail on routes along the west coast and between San Francisco and…
ID Number:1983.10.13696.3
Date:1937
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Kenworth Touring Motor Coach, Seattle, circa 1937
Kenworth Truck Company, now a subsidiary of Paccar, has been manufacturing medium and heavy-duty trucks near Seattle since 1916. The company also made fire trucks, and transit and school buses. In 1937 and 1938 Kenworth built five Kenworth Touring Motor Coaches. As of 2009, three of those are still in existence -- one in Sitka, Alaska; one in Montana; and…
ID Number:1983.10.13738
Date:Circa 1937
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Ferry Kalakala, Seattle, 1946
The ferry "Kalakala" began service in 1935. Its streamlined design made it internationally famous and popular with visitors and residents alike. The ferry made six daily runs between Seattle and Bremerton, and made summer evening excursions around Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the ferry vibrated badly; it was difficult to handle and expensive to repair. Service ended in 1967, and the ferry…
ID Number:1983.10.16251.2
Date:1946
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Yellow cabs drivers posing in Volunteer Park, Seattle, 1947
This image shows 31 Yellow Cab Company drivers standing with their taxi cabs in Seattle's Volunteer Park, in front the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) building (now the Asian Art Museum). In a 1947 Seattle Times advertisement, Yellow Cabs described the "man at the wheel" as "apt to be a family man...the sort of person you'd like for a neighbor. He's…
ID Number:1983.10.16437.1
Date:1947
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Aerial view of Seattle from south, 1935
This aerial view of downtown Seattle was taken facing north from the present-day location of the SoDo neighborhood. Prominent in the foreground is King Street Station and the rail yard that opened in 1906 to serve both the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway, and has served Amtrack since 1971. The waterfront and Elliott Bay are visible on the…
ID Number:1983.10.17697.5
Date:1935
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Ferry "Kalakala" on Seattle waterfront, July 5, 1935
The ferry "Kalakala" began service in 1935. Its streamlined design made it internationally famous and popular with visitors and residents alike. The ferry made six daily runs between Seattle and Bremerton, and made summer evening excursions around Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the ferry vibrated badly; it was difficult to handle and expensive to repair. Service ended in 1967, and the ferry…
ID Number:1983.10.17698.2
Date:1935
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Aerial of waterfront and downtown from west, Seattle, September 15, 1936
This aerial view of Seattle's downtown has been retouched to add the ferry Kalakala and other vessels. Caption on border: Laidlaw.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle & Harbor with boats.Webster & Stevens number: T-731
ID Number:1983.10.17806
Date:1936