3246 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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Lobby of Seattle Service Men's Club, September 1943
During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. In 1941 the Service Men's Club opened, providing free stationery, game rooms, dorms, and showers, and free or low cost snacks and meals. By 1945 Seattle had 14 service and recreation clubs, which also held regular dances attended by young women from the area.…
ID Number:PI28224
Date:1943
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Demonstrators protesting closure of Seattle Service Men's Club, December 7, 1946
During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. In 1941 the Service Men's Club opened, providing free stationery, game rooms, dorms, and showers, and free or low cost snacks and meals. By 1945 Seattle had 14 service and recreation clubs, which also held regular dances attended by young women from the area.…
ID Number:PI28226
Date:1946
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Attendees decorating dance floor at USO, Seattle, December 26, 1947
During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. In 1941 the Service Men's Club opened, providing free stationery, game rooms, dorms, and showers, and free or low cost snacks and meals. By 1945 Seattle had 13 additional service and recreation clubs, including the large United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) Club in the…
ID Number:PI28227
Date:1947
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Draft registration at Jefferson Street car barn, October 16, 1940
World War II began in Europe in 1939. Starting October 16, 1940, all young men in the United States between the ages of 21 and 35 had to register for the military draft. King County officials set up 100 draft registration centers in schools, fire stations, and other buildings. Over 70,000 men registered in the first 24 hours.This photo, taken…
ID Number:PI28229
Date:1940
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Ballard High School victory garden, Seattle, February 16, 1943
Although backyard vegetable gardens have been popular for years, they were especially common during World War II. All over the United States, people turned unused yard space and vacant lots into Victory Gardens to raise fresh produce. This 1943 photo shows Ballard High School students and teachers working in their garden. Note from MOHAI records: Photo includes botany teacher Bess…
ID Number:PI28244
Date:1943
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Native American leaders performing at Victory Square, Seattle, August 15, 1942
Victory Square, on University Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, was the hub of Seattle's home front activities during World War II. Crowds gathered here for parades, war bond rallies and many other patriotic events.In the center of this photo, Tulalip Tribes leader Harriette “Hiahl-tsa” Shelton Dover dances as part of a Discovery Day event held by the Alaska-Yukon Sourdoughs…
ID Number:PI28263
Date:1942
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Farmers' Day at Victory Square, June 1943
In June 1943, during World War II, the call went out for thousands of volunteers to help harvest crops on land formerly worked by Japanese farmers. To kick off the campaign, 65 boys and girls, ages 14 to 17, moved into a labor camp near Auburn on June 28 and started picking peas and corn. Other young volunteers came to…
ID Number:PI28266
Date:1943
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Chinese American children with flags in Victory Square, Seattle, 1944
Handwritten on sleeve: World War II - Seattle - Victory Square, China Day.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 10, 1944.
ID Number:PI28269
Date:1944
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Crowds in Victory Square, September 1944
Victory Square, on University Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, was the hub of Seattle's home front activities during World War II. Crowds gathered here for parades, war bond rallies, and many other patriotic events. This photo shows a huge crowd at Victory Square in late September 1944. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and…
ID Number:PI28279
Date:1944
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Sailors looking at V-E Day newspaper, May 1945
May 8, 1945, called V-E Day, marked the victory of Allied forces in Europe, although World War II still raged in the Pacific. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published an special addition, with the giant headline "It's over in Europe!" This photo shows a group of sailors and a woman in King Street Station excitedly reading the newspaper. Handwritten on negative: V-E…
ID Number:PI28287
Date:1945