1892 results for: Washington (State). Office of the Secretary of State
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Amy Christensen Erickson, Seattle, circa 1911
Amy Christensen Erickson (1896-1973) was born in Seattle to Charles Christensen (1857-1912) and Augusta (Andersen) Christensen (1855-1927). Amy graduated from Acme Business College in 1912. She married Hans Erickson (1886-1935) in 1914, and together they had two children, Stanley Erickson (b. 1916), and Mary Ann Ericksen (b. 1928). Hans joined the Seattle Fire Department in 1913, and was the pilot…
ID Number:1974.5935.1
Date:Circa 1911
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NOAA ocean survey ship Oceanographer, Seattle, 1974
NOAAS Oceanographer (R 101), originally USC&GS Oceanographer (OSS O1), was an American Oceanographer-class oceanographic research vessel in service in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1966 to 1970 and in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 to 1996. She served as flagship of both the Coast and Geodetic Survey and NOAA fleets. During her 30…
ID Number:1974.5946.1
Date:1974
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Holsum Baking Co. employees pose in front of factory, Seattle, circa 1914
The Holsum Baking Company of Seattle incorporated in 1912, but went bankrupt just four years later amid allegations of fraud. The company was bought out by Seattle Baking Company, who ran a series of advertisements in 1921 called, "A Trip Through the Largest Modern Bakery in the Pacific Northwest." The Seattle Baking Company manufactured "Queenann," "Butter-Nut" and "Holsum" breads, and…
ID Number:1975.6000.1
Date:Circa 1914
Music, notated
See Seattle: Official Song and Waltz of the A.Y.P. Exposition
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held on the University of Washington campus from June 1 to October 16, 1909. The fair celebrated the years of prosperity brought to the city since the first gold arrived from Alaska in 1897. “See Seattle” was promoted as "the official song and waltz of the A-Y-P Exposition," but many pieces were written to promote Seattle’s…
ID Number:1975.6130.1
Date:1909
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Mr. Davies, solicitor, Bee Hive Marketeria, Georgetown, circa 1912
The Bee Hive Cash Store (also Marketeria, or Grocery) was a part of the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle for many years. It was located at 6001 12th Avenue South. Handwritten on verso: Mr. Davies - Bee Hive Store - Solicitor for Bee Hive Store, GeorgetownHandwritten on photo: Mrs. E.J. WilksCaption information source: http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2012/02/02/georgetown-now-and-then/#photo-48819
ID Number:1975.6156.12
Date:Circa 1912
Poster
Cole Brothers Circus and War Bonds poster, August 1943
William Washington Cole (1847-1915) began "W. W. Cole's Colossal Circus" in 1871 in Quincy, Illinois. In 1904 Cole sold his circus to Canadian showman Martin Downs and his son, James, the name became "Cole Bros. Circus." The show almost shut down during the Depression, but in 1934 two veteran circus managers -- Jesse Adkins (1886–1940) and Zack Terrell (1879–1954) --…
ID Number:1975.6159.3.11
Date:1943
Poster
Cole Brothers Circus and War Bonds poster, August 1943
William Washington Cole (1847-1915) began "W. W. Cole's Colossal Circus" in 1871 in Quincy, Illinois. In 1904 Cole sold his circus to Canadian showman Martin Downs and his son, James, the name became "Cole Bros. Circus." After the Depression almost shut it down, in 1934 two veteran circus managers -- Jesse Adkins (1886–1940) and Zack Terrell (1879–1954) -- teamed up…
ID Number:1975.6159.3.12
Date:1943
Music, notated
On Our Way to Paradise
Mount Rainier National Park, in Washington state, opened in 1899. It was the nation's fifth national park and the first to allow cars. The road to the Paradise section of the park was built in 1910. This 1915 sheet music, published five years later, shows several cars passing through the park entrance on their moonlit way up Mount Rainier to…
ID Number:1976.6292.1
Date:1915
Ephemera
Coliseum Theatre ticket, 1911
On June 13, 1911, Seattle’s Coliseum Theatre opened a new group of photoplays (films), featuring “Human Tiger,” which was billed as “an intensely tragic story.” This was followed by a group of comic and sentimental films, and a performance by two local singers. Attendance was likely boosted by the distribution of free tickets for June 14, 15, and 16. The…
ID Number:1976.6296.20
Date:1911
Ephemera
The Bon Marché's spring fashion display announcement, 1914
German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine (Brennan) Nordhoff founded The Bon Marché in 1890 in downtown Seattle. The well-loved local store was eventually bought by a series of national chains, although the original name was retained until 2005, when Federated Department Stores rebranded all their chains under the Macy's name.This announcement describes The Bon Marché's Spring Fashion Display,…
ID Number:1976.6296.21
Date:1914