605 results for: Maritime
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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
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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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Anchor Jensen, Seattle, April 28, 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:2000.107.19970428.12.36a
Date:1997
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Anchor Jensen checking his mailbox, Seattle, April 28, 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:2000.107.19970428.13.24
Date:1997
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Dockworkers rally in support of their union, Seattle, September 18, 2002
A contract dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), representing shipping and stevedoring employers, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), representing 10,500 West Coast dockworkers, arose in July 2002 and resulted in PMA's closure of all 29 ports on the West Coast. Beginning September 27, 2002, workers were locked out for 11 days, the first major work stoppage…
ID Number:2000.107.20020918.CD01.01.001
Date:2002
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Union members at rally in support of Dockworker's union, Seattle, September 18, 2002
A contract dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), representing shipping and stevedoring employers, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), representing 10,500 West Coast dockworkers, arose in July 2002 and resulted in PMA's closure of all 29 ports on the West Coast. Beginning September 27, 2002, workers were locked out for 11 days, the first major work stoppage…
ID Number:2000.107.20020918.CD01.01.002
Date:2002
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Dockworkers rally in support of their union, Seattle, September 18, 2002
A contract dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), representing shipping and stevedoring employers, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), representing 10,500 West Coast dockworkers, arose in July 2002 and resulted in PMA's closure of all 29 ports on the West Coast. Beginning September 27, 2002, workers were locked out for 11 days, the first major work stoppage…
ID Number:2000.107.20020918.CD01.01.003
Date:2002
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Campaign posters at Duthie shipyard, Seattle, June 26, 1918
John Frederick Duthie (1876-1945) was born in England and immigrated to the U. S. about 1887 with his parents and siblings. Around 1899 he moved to Seattle with his wife and the following year he opened a small shipyard, J. F. Duthie & Company, on land leased from the Port of Seattle, located on the Duwamish River's East Waterway, just…
ID Number:2001.67.3
Date:1918
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Employees working at Duthie shipyard, Seattle, October 18, 1918
John Frederick Duthie (1876-1945) was born in England and immigrated to the U. S. about 1887 with his parents and siblings. Around 1899 he moved to Seattle with his wife, and the following year he opened a small shipyard, J. F. Duthie & Company, on land leased from the Port of Seattle, located on the Duwamish River's East Waterway, just…
ID Number:2001.67.6
Date:1918
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Canoeists at Leschi Park, Seattle, circa 1905
Leschi Park, on the shore of Lake Washington, was a popular place for Seattle's city-dwellers to go for recreation. Many people caught a cable car at Pioneer Square and rode to the park along Yesler Way. This postcard shows people canoeing near the shore of the busy park. Caption on image: Boating scene at Leschi Park, Seattle, Washington.Stamped on verso:…
ID Number:2002.48.1156
Date:Circa 1905