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Image of Commandant Freeman and Boatswain Hazard at the Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918
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Commandant Freeman and Boatswain Hazard at the Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918

During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. This image of U. S. Navy officers (left)…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.1.46
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Students' Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, circa 1918
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Students' Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, circa 1918

During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units.This image shows a Students' Army Training Corps group…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.2.10
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Parade of Naval Training Station personnel, Seattle, circa 1918
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Parade of Naval Training Station personnel, Seattle, circa 1918

During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. Women were also recruited into the Naval Reserve…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.3.13
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Parade of Naval Training Station personnel, Seattle, circa 1918
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Parade of Naval Training Station personnel, Seattle, circa 1918

During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. This image of U. S. Navy Training Station…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.3.14
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Navy personnel at Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918
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Navy personnel at Naval Training Station, Seattle, circa 1918

During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. This image of U. S. Navy Training Station…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.3.31
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Football team sitting on bleachers, U.S. Naval Training Station at University of Washington, 1917
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Football team sitting on bleachers, U.S. Naval Training Station at University of Washington, 1917

During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. This image shows the Naval Training Station football…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.3.38
Date:1917
Image of Navy personnel at station commissary, Seattle, circa 1918
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Navy personnel at station commissary, Seattle, circa 1918

During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917-1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. This image of U. S. Navy Training Station…
ID Number:Lib1993.35.3.53
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Toyo Cinema marquee, Seattle, July 1986
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Toyo Cinema marquee, Seattle, July 1986

Toyo Cinema was a movie theater near the intersection of Rainier Avenue S. and S. Orcas Street in Seattle. The building was completed in 1921 and first housed the American Theatre, and later the Beaux Arts Theater. In the mid-1960s, it became the Toyo Cinema, which primarily showed Japanese language films subtitled in English. The Toyo showed new releases, which…
ID Number:Lib1993.41.1.9.1
Date:1986
Image of Exterior of Toyo Cinema, Seattle, July 1986
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Exterior of Toyo Cinema, Seattle, July 1986

Toyo Cinema was a movie theater near the intersection of Rainier Avenue S. and S. Orcas Street. The building was completed in 1921 and first housed the American Theatre, and later the Beaux Arts Theater. In the mid-1960s, it became the Toyo Cinema, which primarily showed Japanese language films subtitled in English. The Toyo showed new releases, which often filled…
ID Number:Lib1993.41.1.9.2
Date:1986
Image of Columbia City Theater facade, 1986
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Columbia City Theater facade, 1986

The Columbia City Theater was built in 1923 and was home to movie theaters under a few names - the Columbia, the Pix, and the Rainier. It was also a music venue, which reportedly hosted Jimi Hendrix's first show, while he was still a student at Garfield High School. The Rainier Cinema operated in 1970s, showing Black and "Blaxploitation" films.…
ID Number:Lib1993.41.2.126.1
Date:1986
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