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Image of Anchor Jensen, Seattle, April 28, 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
Image of Anchor Jensen checking his mailbox, Seattle, April 28, 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
Image of Dockworkers rally in support of their union, Seattle, September 18, 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.CD01.01.001
Date:2002
Image of Union members at rally in support of Dockworker's union, Seattle, September 18, 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
Image of Dockworkers rally in support of their union, Seattle, September 18, 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
Image of Campaign posters at Duthie shipyard, Seattle, June 26, 1918
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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
Image of Employees working at Duthie shipyard, Seattle, October 18, 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
Image of Canoeists at Leschi Park, Seattle, circa 1905
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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
Image of Employee with ship ventilators at Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Seattle, circa 1918
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Employee with ship ventilators at Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Seattle, circa 1918

Known today as PSF Industries, Inc., and PSF Mechanical, Inc., Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works Company was founded in 1900 by Edward Hite, Robert S. Raven, and Joseph W. Callahan and incorporated in 1902 as Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (PSSMW) by Raven, Hite, and David Bowen. PSSMW began as a sheet metal and roofing company, but over the…
ID Number:2004.27.1.11
Date:Circa 1918
Image of World War I life boats manufactured at  Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Seattle, circa 1918
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World War I life boats manufactured at Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Seattle, circa 1918

Known today as PSF Industries, Inc., and PSF Mechanical, Inc., Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works Company was founded in 1900 by Edward Hite, Robert S. Raven, and Joseph W. Callahan and incorporated in 1902 as Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Inc. (PSSMW) by Raven, Hite, and David Bowen. PSSMW began as a sheet metal and roofing company, but over the…
ID Number:2004.27.1.13
Date:Circa 1918
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