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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
Image of World War I life boats near dock in Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1918
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World War I life boats near dock in Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1918

This image of life boats in Elliott Bay was taken after the U. S. entered World War I in 1917. The boats were manufactured by Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works Company along with other supplies for World War I: life boats, life rafts, and fabrication for emergency U. S. Army and Navy fleets. The company's building on Railroad, Wall, and…
ID Number:2004.27.1.14
Date:Circa 1918
Image of George F. Frye Master of Steam Vessels Certificate, 1873
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George F. Frye Master of Steam Vessels Certificate, 1873

Born in Germany, George F. Frye arrived in Seattle in 1853 at the age of 20. Frye assisted Henry Yesler with the construction of his steam sawmill. Frye also became close friends with Arthur and Mary Denny, and in 1860 he married their 17-year-old daughter Louisa. Together, George and Louisa Frye ran Seattle's first meat market, opened the Frye Opera…
ID Number:2005.38.2.1
Date:1873
Image of Coolidge Propeller Co. employees posing with large propeller, Seattle, 1911
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Coolidge Propeller Co. employees posing with large propeller, Seattle, 1911

Seattle's Coolidge Propeller Company was begun by Leigh Hill Coolidge (1870-1959), a prolific naval architect and pioneer in the design and machining of high-speed propellers for racing hydroplanes. One of the most well-known vessels he designed is the City Light excursion vessel Alice Ross, which gave its first tour of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project on Diablo Lae in 1935.…
ID Number:2005.44.1
Date:1911
Image of King Street Coal Works dock on Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1885
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King Street Coal Works dock on Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1885

This view of Elliott Bay is facing north and west. Seen here are two full-rigged-ships sitting in Elliott Bay; the King Street Coal Works at Second Avenue and Columbia Street, with the C&PSRR Co. (Columbia & Puget Sound Rail Road) Ocean Dock and Norther Pacific rail cars; and the edges of Ballast Island at the foot of Washington Street and…
ID Number:2008.54.23
Date:Circa 1885
Image of King Street Coal Works docks, Seattle, circa 1885
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King Street Coal Works docks, Seattle, circa 1885

The King Street Coal wharf was erected in 1877 to enable coal mined in Newcastle, WA, and brought by railcar to Seattle's waterfront, to be loaded onto ships, many of which were destined for the Pacific Coast's main metropolis, San Francisco.This photo shows the King Street Coal Works at Second Avenue and Columbia Street, with Northern Pacific rail cars on…
ID Number:2008.54.27
Date:Circa 1885
Image of Yacht Fantome at Ballard locks, Seattle, circa 1962
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Yacht Fantome at Ballard locks, Seattle, circa 1962

The Fantome was a steel-hulled sailing yacht built for Great Britain’s Duke of Westminster in 1927, and later acquired by beer baron Ernest Guinness. It sailed into Seattle in 1939 and became stranded by the outbreak of World War II. After the war, King County blocked its departure in an effort to recover property taxes from Guiness. The vessel ended…
ID Number:2009.23.1048
Date:Circa 1962
Image of Yacht Fatome at drawbridge near Ballard locks, Seattle, circa 1962
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Yacht Fatome at drawbridge near Ballard locks, Seattle, circa 1962

The Fantome was a steel-hulled sailing yacht built for Great Britain’s Duke of Westminster in 1927, and later acquired by beer baron Ernest Guinness. It sailed into Seattle in 1939 and became stranded by the outbreak of World War II. After the war, King County blocked its departure in an effort to recover property taxes from Guiness. The vessel ended…
ID Number:2009.23.1054
Date:Circa 1962
Image of S.S. President Madison capsized at Todd dry docks, Seattle, March 24, 1933
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S.S. President Madison capsized at Todd dry docks, Seattle, March 24, 1933

On March 24, 1933, the passenger liner S.S. President Madison, built in 1920 and owned by the American Mail Line, capsized during repair work at the Todd Dry Docks in Seattle. More than 100 crew members fled the vessel as it listed against the dock, but one man drowned inside the ship. The vessel was righted and repaired, but suffered…
ID Number:2009.39.1
Date:1933
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