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Portrait of Sue Jean Price with cat, Seattle, circa 1925
Sue Jean Price (1892-1974) was born in Washington to Absolm and Margaret E Price. She was a public librarian and lived in Seattle her entire life.In this image Sue Jean and her tuxedo cat pose for a portrait. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, November 17, 1974, page 82
ID Number:1976.6375.7
Date:Circa 1925
Album
Sarah Price's hair book, March 1853
The keepsake book pictured here was made in March 1853 by Sarah (Ousley or Owsley) Price (1815-1886) prior to her move from Iowa to Oregon. Sarah was born in Indiana, moved to Iowa with her husband and children, and then together left from there for Oregon. The book contains names and hair clippings, some in ornate braids, collected by Sarah…
ID Number:1976.6375.8
Date:1853
Program
Program for Peer Gynt at Seattle Repertory Playhouse, February 1931
Seattle Repertory Playhouse founders Florence and Burton James left the theater scene in New York in 1923 for teaching positions at Cornish College of the Arts. Outspoken proponents of theater's social mission, the Jameses were critical to establishing the contemporary "art theatre" scene in Seattle. The couple resigned from Cornish in 1928, when their artistic decisions and political commitments clashed…
ID Number:1977.6405.1
Date:1931
Document
William L. Neuman, Jr. patent for scooter, April 21, 1931
William L. Neuman, Jr. (circa 1890-1973) was a mechanic and later foreman at Western Blower Company at 1800 Airport Way in Seattle. In 1931 he patented a toy scooter powered by pumping the handle and kicking to create a more simplified and practical toy for children. This document is the patent issued by the U. S. Patent Office granting William…
ID Number:1977.6433.2a
Date:1931
Logbook
Gus Carlson's machinists union dues book, 1919-1923
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions joined the walkout in solidarity with the shipyard workers. Although the strike was non-violent…
ID Number:1977.6478.2
Date:1919-1923
Ephemera
Anderson Supply Co. photo catalog, circa 1910
Seattle entrepreneur Oliver Phelps Anderson (1859-1941) was the son of Alexander Jay Anderson (1832-1903), president of the Washington Territorial University (now University of Washington) from 1877-1882. Oliver trained as a draughtsman and by 1890 had started a civil engineering and map publishing business, O. P. Anderson & Company (later O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Company). An avid amateur…
ID Number:1977.6486.3.8.1
Date:Circa 1910
Ephemera
Business card for the Hotel Norman, Seattle, circa 1912
The Hotel Norman was located at the corner of Yesler Way and First Avenue, at a time when the busy Pioneer Square neighborhood was a vital part of Seattle's commercial life. Advertised here as "A First Class Hotel For Men," the establishment rented rooms for 25-50 cents per night, and boasted electric light, steam heat, and baths.
ID Number:1977.6486.3.8.2
Date:Circa 1912
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Great Seattle Fire at 1st and Union, June 6, 1889
The Great Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the city. The fire started at 2:30 p.m. in a paint and woodwork shop at Front and Madison and over the course of the next 18 hours swept a southward across 100 acres of Seattle's business…
ID Number:1977.6487.7
Date:1889
Photograph
Portrait of Potlatch King Edgar L. Webster, Seattle, 1911
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen who used imagery common to local Indigenous Peoples 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…
ID Number:1977.6531.2
Date:1911
Photograph
Portrait of Jessie Stewart, Seattle, circa 1905
Jessie M. Stewart (1879-1960) was born in Ontario and went to homestead near Shelton in 1887 with her parents Malcolm Donald Stewart (1827-1914) and Ann (Nicholson) Stewart (1835-1929). She was a bookkeeper and amateur actress. Her older sister Mary Stewart (1876-1960) was a teacher for 49 years at B. F. Day Elementary School in Seattle. Caption information source: The Seattle…
ID Number:1978.6598.2
Date:Circa 1905