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Sisters at the St. John's Parochial School convent, circa 1926
In 1923, five Catholic Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary moved to Seattle from Dubuque, Iowa, to begin teaching at the new St. John's School. The B.V.M. Sisters were very active in the life of the Greenwood parish. In addition to teaching school and Sunday school, they led choirs and clubs, served on the parish council, and were…
ID Number:1983.10.3013.3
Date:Circa 1926
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Children doing exercises at East Seattle School, circa 1925
In 1914, Mercer Island built a new four-classroom public school building at East Seattle. By the early 1940s, most island children went to classes there. The building now houses the Mercer Island Boys and Girls Club. In this photo, probably taken in the mid-1920s, boys and girls do exercises outside East Seattle School. Photographer's Reference Number: 112971
ID Number:1983.10.3016
Date:Circa 1925
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A wreck on the Puget Sound Electric Railway, September 23, 1925
In September 1925, two interurban trains collided head-on in a dense fog. The wreck took place just south of Kent. The motorman in the southbound train saw the other train's lights, locked on the brakes and jumped. Luckily, the eighteen people injured in the accident received only cuts and bruises. In this photo, spectators watch as a crane prepares to…
ID Number:1983.10.3019.2
Date:1925
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Workers cleaning cabbage, circa 1925
In the 1920s, some of the produce from the fertile farmland around Kent, Washington went directly to Seattle markets, and some was processed locally. The Libby, McNeil & Libby plant in Kent canned beans, cabbage, and sauerkraut grown on contract by area farmers. In this photo, taken around 1925, men and women prepare cabbage at an unidentified location in Kent.…
ID Number:1983.10.3050.3
Date:Circa 1925
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Kent business district, 1925
By the 1920s, Kent was an important commercial center which supported the agricultural and dairy activities in the Green River Valley. This photo, taken on a rainy day in 1925, shows a corner in the Kent business district. The Kent National Bank, founded in 1906, occupies the corner building on First Avenue South, along with a drugstore. On the second…
ID Number:1983.10.3050.9
Date:1925
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Woman's Century Club, Seattle, circa 1925
A group of prominent Seattle women founded the Woman's Century Club in 1891. Club activities included the study of the arts and social issues, and members also lobbied for social justice. In 1925, the group built a brick club house on Harvard Avenue at Roy Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill area. In 1968, the club sold its building with the…
ID Number:1983.10.3052.3
Date:Circa 1925
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Woman's Century Club parlor, Seattle, circa 1925
A group of prominent Seattle women founded the Woman's Century Club in 1891. Club activities included the study of the arts and social issues, and members also lobbied for social justice. In 1925, the group built a brick club house on Harvard Avenue at Roy Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill area, where they met in the parlor, shown here. By…
ID Number:1983.10.3052.4
Date:Circa 1925
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J.J. Smith School, Enumclaw, circa 1911
The original J. J. Smith School, named after the highly regarded Enumclaw doctor and state senator, was built in 1910. The all-grades school was a three-story brick building with nineteen classrooms and an auditorium. The school was torn down in 1957 and replaced with a second J. J. Smith School, a one-level elementary.This photo shows the first J.J. Smith School.…
ID Number:1983.10.3054.2
Date:Circa 1911
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Cowen Park bridge, Seattle, circa 1925
The Seattle Engineering Department constructed a wooden trestle across the ravine in Cowen Park in the early 1900s. Handwritten on sleeve: Cowan [sic] Park Bridge.Photographer's Reference Number: 113361
ID Number:1983.10.3059.3
Date:Circa 1925
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Schooner Sophia Christensen, Seattle, circa 1925
The four-masted schooner Sophie Christenson, shown here docked in Seattle, was a cod ship that operated in the Bering Sea and Alaskan coast. This ship had been converted from transporting lumber. Handwritten on sleeve: Schooner Sophia Christensen.Photographer's Reference Number: 113362Caption information source: "Puget Sound's Cod Schooners" by Walt Crowley, HistoryLink.org Essay 3695.
ID Number:1983.10.3060.1
Date:Circa 1925