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Sponsor Gertrude Van Doren Hardenberg at launch of Blakeley, Seattle, November 7, 1918
This portrait of Gertrude Van Doren Hardenberg was taken November 7, 1918 at the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company shipyard at the launch of the steamship Blakeley. The Blakeley was a 4,000 ton wooden steamship, the first ship contracted with PSB&DC by the U. S. government. Gertrude Van Doren Hardenberg was the sister of George E. Hardenberg, secretary of…
ID Number:1995.37.19.2.39
Date:1918
Photograph
Launch of the steamer Snoqualmie at the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company shipyard, Seattle, August 11, 1919
This image was taken on August 11, 1919 during the launch of the steamer Snoqualmie at the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company's shipyard in Seattle on Harbor Island. The vessel was named for the Snoqualmie Tribe, in honor of its friendship with pioneer settlers and its war record in service to the United States. Many Snoqualmie Tribe members traveled…
ID Number:1995.37.19.2.46
Date:1919
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Kate Borst christening the steamer "Snoqualmie," August 11, 1919
In August 1919, the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company launched the steamer "Snoqualmie" at its Seattle shipyard on Harbor Island. The vessel was named for the Snoqualmie Tribe, in honor of the aid they gave the settlers against other Indigenous groups in the war of 1855-1856, now referred to as the Puget Sound War. Many tribal members traveled to…
ID Number:1995.37.19.2.54
Date:1919
Photograph
Snoqualmie woman and girls at the launching of the steamer "Snoqualmie," 1919
On August 11, 1919, the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company launched the steamer "Snoqualmie" at its Seattle shipyard on Harbor Island. The vessel was named for the Snoqualmie Tribe, in honor of the aid they gave the settlers against other Indigenous groups in the war of 1855-1856, now referred to as the Puget Sound War. This photo shows some…
ID Number:1995.37.19.2.62
Date:1919
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Moran Brothers Co. shipyard near Pioneer Square, Seattle, March 1904
After working on ships for a number of years Robert Moran (1857-1943) opened a marine repair shop at Yesler's Wharf in 1882. Shortly thereafter he established Moran Brothers Marine and Sawmill Machinery Company (later Moran Brothers Company) with his brothers, Frank Moran (1860-1934) and Sherman Moran (1865-1929). The firm built steamers and barges for miners on the Yukon River, as…
ID Number:1995.49.179
Date:1904
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Miners posing at Coal Creek, Newcastle, March 12, 1915
The history of coal in Puget Sound is tied to the development and expansion of the railroad in the West. Locomotives burned coal, and coal, which is heavy and bulky, could not be transported without the railroad. These two industries grew together in the region, the health of each enabling the growth of both. One the largest mines in the…
ID Number:1998.19.1
Date:1915
Correspondence
Letterhead from Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., 1915
Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, including the construction of Harbor Island at the mouth of the Duwamish River in Seattle. Lockheed Shipbuilding continued to build ships ranging…
ID Number:1999.31.3
Date:1915
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Coal miners posing on the surface at Ravensdale mine, circa 1910
Underground coal mining at the Ravensdale Mine was begun around 1899 by the Seattle and San Francisco Railway and Navigation Company. In 1900 the Northern Pacific Railroad (NPRR) built a rail line to the area, making coal mining much more financially feasible. NPRR created a subsidiary corporation, the Northwestern Improvement Company, which purchased the Ravensdale mine and built up the…
ID Number:1999.48.1
Date:Circa 1910
Cartographic material
The City of Seattle Harbor Department Map of Central Waterfront District, February 1918
Maritime trade was crucial to the city's economic development, and Seattle continues to be defined and supported by the harbor that has become one of the busiest ports in the U. S. This 1918 map of Elliott Bay depicts wharves and businesses along the waterfront, as well as and water depths (soundings) along piers and in Elliott Bay. Each street,…
ID Number:2000.87.34
Date:1918
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Guy Anderson in his living room, LaConner, November 19, 1981
Painter Guy Anderson (1906-1998) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style that was different from traditional Northwest Native American art forms, which had been long recognized as "northwest art."Here, Anderson sits at his…
ID Number:2000.107.007.28.01
Date:1981