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Husky Stadium filled with spectators for President Harding's address, Seattle, July 27, 1923
On July 27, 1923, President Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) arrived in Seattle from Alaska as part of a 40-day tour of the Western United States. His short six-hour stay included a review of the Navy fleet in Elliott Bay, a parade through downtown, greeting schoolchildren at Volunteer Park, speaking to a huge crowd of boys at Woodland Park, making an…
ID Number:2008.7.3
Date:1923
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President Harding speaking to boys at Elks picnic, Woodland Park, Seattle, July 27, 1923
On July 27, 1923, President Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) arrived in Seattle from Alaska as part of a 40-day tour of the Western United States. His short six-hour stay included a review of the Navy fleet in Elliott Bay, a parade through downtown, greeting schoolchildren at Volunteer Park, speaking to a huge crowd of boys at Woodland Park, making an…
ID Number:2008.7.4
Date:1923
Correspondence
Letter written by Seattle student promoting the AYPE, March 5, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. People traveled from all over the country to see the AYPE, with an estimated 3,700,000 visitors having attended the fair by the time it closed in October 1909. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington.In this letter,…
ID Number:2008.57.1
Date:1909
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Bon Marché ad in The Seattle Star, August 27, 1909
In 1890, Edward and Josephine Nordhoff moved from Chicago to Seattle and opened their Bon Marché dry goods store in the Belltown neighborhood. The couple named the store after the Bon Marché in Paris. Starting with their life savings of $1,200, they gradually expanded the business, moving it downtown to the main shopping district in 1896. Their lower pricing attracted…
ID Number:2009.20.86.1
Date:1909
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Students’ Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, 1918
The establishment of Students' Army Training Corps (SATC) units during World War I was authorized by the Selective Service Act of 1917, and implemented by the newly created Committee on Education and Special Training of the US War Department. The short-lived SATC program utilized the facilities, equipment, and faculty of colleges and universities to select and train officer candidates and…
ID Number:2009.32.1
Date:1918
Ephemera
AYPE camera permit, August 20-21, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle to publicize the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds were located on the campus of the University of Washington and were open from June 1, 1909, to October 16, 1909. Several of the buildings and the landscaping survive, continuing to shape the layout of the campus.The A.Y.P.E. camera…
ID Number:2009.49.1
Date:1909
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Arctic Club parade float, Seattle, 1912
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:2010.22.1
Date:1912
Ephemera
Pigeon and Cat Show ticket, circa 1910
The Annual Seattle-King County Poultry Association Show began in January of 1909, exhibiting poultry, pigeons (in association with the Puget Sound Pigeon Club), and cats (with the Seattle Cat Club). A variety of prizes and cups were offered, with local dignitaries and animal specialists from other states acting as judges. This first effort was billed as the "largest and most…
ID Number:2011.3.10.14
Date:Circa 1910
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San Juan Fishing and Packing employees, circa 1935
The San Juan Fish Company opened for business in 1898 along Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way) on the Seattle waterfront. Later renamed the San Juan Fishing & Packing Company, it was one of Seattle's largest and most successful canneries with production facilities in several Alaska cities. The business was acquired by New England Fish Company in 1965 and is listed…
ID Number:2011.76.1
Date:Circa 1935
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Electric cars in the Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 1911
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:2011.79.1.150
Date:1911