461 results for: Hotel Seattle
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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
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Solstice '82 benefit event poster, Seattle, June 19, 1982
The poster pictured here advertises an solstice celebration organized by Lambda Productions to benefit three LGBTQ groups-- the Dorian Group, Families and Friends of Gays and Lesbians, Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities-- and the sexual assualt resource Seattle Rape Relief. The party was hosted by Leonard Matlovich (1943-1988), the first gay service member to intentionally out himself to the…
ID Number:2006.42.35
Date:1982
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Tobacco counter at the Merchant's Cafe, Seattle, circa 1916
Claiming to be Seattle’s oldest continuously operating restaurant, Merchant's Café stands at the corner of Yesler and James Streets in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square neighborhood. Seattle entrepreneur Franz Xavier "F.X." Schreiner opened his establishment around 1898 as Merchant's Exchange Saloon, changing the name to Merchant's Café during Prohibition. Over the years Merchant's has served as a restaurant, brothel, tavern, hotel,…
ID Number:2006.47.2
Date:Circa 1916
Poster
Greater Northwest International Rodeo poster, August 11-13, 1995
The International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA) was founded in 1985 when five smaller regional gay rodeo associations joined together. As of 2019, the IGRA supports over 5000 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender members in 25 local associations throughout the United States and Canada. The Northwest Gay Rodeo Association (NWGRA) was founded in 1990, originally representing Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, and…
ID Number:2007.25.61
Date:1995
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Exterior of Anthony's book bindery, Seattle, circa 1945
Ferdinand Anthony (1836-1919), immigrated to the U. S. from Munich, Bavaria (now part of Germany), in 1862, and came to Seattle in 1882. In Seattle he established the city's first book bindery. The first location of the shop was in the Frye Opera House at First Avenue and Marion Street in downtown Seattle, but the building burned in the 1889…
ID Number:2007.31.3
Date:Circa 1945
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Snapshot of the Art Barduhn Trio inserted into the back of a menu from the Olympic Hotel, 1951
Art Barduhn, Glenn Thompson, and Russ Phillips formed the the Art Barduhn Trio in the early 1950s. The trio performed at many venues in Seattle and elsewhere, with regular gigs at the Georgian room of the Olympic Hotel, the Grove Club in the Grosvenor House, as well as in other states, including a summer stint at the Gay 90s Bar…
ID Number:2008.4.61
Date:1951
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Art Barduhn Trio performing in front of a KING-TV camera, circa 1950
Art Barduhn, Glenn Thompson, and Russ Phillips formed the the Art Barduhn Trio in the early 1950s. The trio performed at many venues in Seattle and elsewhere, with regular gigs at the Georgian room of the Olympic Hotel, and the Grove Club in the Grosvenor House. The trio also performed for radio and television. In this photo, Russ Phillips on…
ID Number:2008.4.76
Date:Circa 1950
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Art Barduhn Trio accompanying banjoist Eddie Peabody in KING-TV studio, circa 1950
Art Barduhn, Glenn Thompson, and Russ Phillips formed the the Art Barduhn Trio in the early 1950s. The trio performed at many venues in Seattle and elsewhere, with regular gigs at the Georgian room of the Olympic Hotel, and the Grove Club in the Grosvenor House. The trio also performed for radio and television. In this photo, the trio accompanies…
ID Number:2008.4.88
Date:Circa 1950
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Knights Templar 36th Triennial Conclave, "Telephone Home," 1925
The Knights Templar, a Masonic order modeled after Medieval Christian Crusaders, held their 36th triennial conclave in Seattle on July 28-30, 1925. More than 10,000 participants from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana flooded into Seattle. The city was decorated with over 150 illuminated Christian crosses, the order's symbol, including a 40-foot lighted cross placed on top of the Olympic Hotel,…
ID Number:2008.14.3
Date:1925
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Central School's fifth grade class posing at annex, Seattle, circa 1898
In this image, 29 children pose together on the steps in front of the Washington Territorial University Building, vacated in 1895 after university's (now University of Washington) move to its current location north of downtown. The Seattle School Board leased the old university building from 1898-1899 due to overcrowding at Central School (now referred to as Central II). The university…
ID Number:2008.44.2
Date:Circa 1898