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Image of Franklin High School band marching for school bond issue, Seattle, March 12, 1946
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Franklin High School band marching for school bond issue, Seattle, March 12, 1946

In this image, Franklin High School's 40-piece band, wearing 1906-era clothing styles, paraded through downtown Seattle on behalf of a $10 million bond issue sought by school authorities for the purposes of acquiring and improving school sites. Their sign reads "Our schools O.K. in '06...but this is '46." Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to…
ID Number:PI25501
Date:1946
Image of Garfield High School band promoting Thanksgiving benefit football games, Seattle, 1935
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Garfield High School band promoting Thanksgiving benefit football games, Seattle, 1935

Sign in image: Ballard vs. West Seattle 12:30, Garfield vs. Lincoln 2:30 - 2 Football Games - U of W Stadium Thanksgiving Day - All Receipts Go to Children's Welfare Fund. Handwritten on negative: Garfield Band. Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - schools - Garfield - band. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date…
ID Number:PI25513
Date:1935
Image of Garfield High School band and drill team in Husky Stadium, Seattle, 1937
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Garfield High School band and drill team in Husky Stadium, Seattle, 1937

The Seattle Public Schools' Parent Teacher Association and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer sponsored the city-wide high school football championship games. Over 25,000 fans crowded Washington Field on the University of Washington campus to root for their favorite teams. The second game pitted Roosevelt High School against Garfield High School. Roosevelt beat Garfield 16 to 8. This photo shows the Garfield High…
ID Number:PI25514
Date:1937
Image of Garfield students weighing donated waste paper, March 21, 1947
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Garfield students weighing donated waste paper, March 21, 1947

During and after World War II, many of Seattle's school children collected newspapers to help the war effort, and to alleviate later paper shortages caused by the war. Here, a group of enthusiastic Garfield High School students weigh bundles of newspapers being uploaded from a student's car. The school had collected 114 tons of paper in 5 days, and more…
ID Number:PI25518
Date:1947
Image of Bailey Gatzert School classroom after incarceration of Japanese Americans, Seattle, 1942
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Bailey Gatzert School classroom after incarceration of Japanese Americans, Seattle, 1942

Many of the students who attended Bailey Gatzert School in the 1920s and 1930s came from either Chinatown or Niponmachi (Japan Town). The school lost about 45 percent of its student body when Japanese Americans were incarcerated in camps in 1942. Handwritten on negative: Bailey Gatzert school. Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - schools - Gatzert, Bailey (students).Date photograph was filed…
ID Number:PI25525
Date:1942
Image of Bailey Gatzert School students salute flag, Seattle, May 18, 1943
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Bailey Gatzert School students salute flag, Seattle, May 18, 1943

Youngsters at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School salute the flag as part of a city-wide "I Am An American" Day celebration. The student body at this school represented many races and backgrounds at a time when wartime patriotism ran strong. A major component of the celebration was the granting of citizenship to 46 men who recently donned uniforms for the U.S.…
ID Number:PI25526
Date:1943
Image of Deaf children in classroom, November 1939
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Deaf children in classroom, November 1939

Seattle's deaf students went to class at T.T. Minor School. In 1939, the school started classes for preschool children with hearing disabilities. In addition to learning how to speak, the students learned to read lips and recognize certain sounds using hearing aids. They also began learning to read. When the teacher rang a bell or beat a drum, the children…
ID Number:PI25653
Date:1939
Image of Queen Anne High School students at football game, Seattle, 1939
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Queen Anne High School students at football game, Seattle, 1939

Written on negative: Queen Ann [sic] Kidds [sic]Handwritten on sleeve: Crowds - football.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): October 24, 1939.
ID Number:PI25680
Date:1939
Image of Cheerleaders at charity football game, December 2, 1939
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Cheerleaders at charity football game, December 2, 1939

In 1939, the Seattle Public Schools' Parent Teacher Association and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer sponsored the city-wide high school football championship games. Over 25,000 fans crowded Washington Field on the University of Washington campus to root for their favorite teams. The second game pitted Roosevelt High School against Garfield High School. Roosevelt beat Garfield 16 to 8.This December 2, 1939 photo…
ID Number:PI25700
Date:1939
Image of Soccer team with championship pennant, January, 1936
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Soccer team with championship pennant, January, 1936

Soccer teams from Seattle's Washington and Beacon Hill grade schools were the finalists in the 1935 league championships. After Washington beat Beacon Hill 2 to 1 to win the title, team members posed for their picture with their trophy and banner. The initials on the banner stand for Public School Athletic League. Most of the team members were Japanese Americans…
ID Number:PI25750
Date:1936
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