557 results for: Alaska
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Oral history interview with Bert Isaksen, November 18, 2016
This interview with commercial fisherman Bert Isaksen conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commercial Fishermen Oral History Project on November 18, 2016. In this interview, Isaksen talks about his life and career as a longline deckhand and captain and Alaskan crab deckhand, captain, and boat owner in Bristol Bay, Alaska.The photo shown here of Isaksen was taken by the interviewer…
ID Number:2018.63.9
Date:2016
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Oral history interview with Hollis Jennings, November 13, 2015
Interview with commercial fisherman Hollis Jennings conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commercial Fishermen Oral History Project on November 13, 2015. Jennings discusses her life and career as a seine captain in Southeast Alaska, and what is like on a boat as a woman. Originally from Kentucky, Jennings was the first female skipper in the Southeast fishing fleet.The photo shown…
ID Number:2018.63.13
Date:2015
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Oral history interview with Ryan Sven and Britni Sheri Lundin, October 23, 2015
Interview with commercial fishermen Ryan Sven and Britni Sheri Lundin conducted by Jeffrey Kahrs for the Commerical Fishermen Oral History Project on October 23, 2015. They discuss their careers as deckhands in Southeast Alaska and being married and working on a boat together. A small portion of the interview has been redacted to protect personal contact information.The photo shown here…
ID Number:2018.63.17
Date:2015
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Anderson's Map of Seattle Tide Lands, circa 1907
Martin Burdett Crane (1872-1954) came to Seattle in 1892, after time in Alaska searching for gold and piloting boats. For several years he worked between Alaska and Seattle, and as early as 1898, M. B. Crane & Co. of Seattle and Dawson City was advertising in the Seattle Daily Times offering claims in the Klondike District. Crane married Seattle native…
ID Number:2019.3.28
Date:Circa 1907
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Map of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Seattle held its first world’s fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), in 1909 on what is now the University of Washington campus. The fair promoted the region’s growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. Howard & Galloway were the supervising architects, and the Olmsted Brothers were the landscape architects.This promotional flyer…
ID Number:2019.3.45
Date:1909
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Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898
James D. Lowman (1856-1947) and Clarence Hanford (1857-1920) founded Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company in 1882. The firm advertised as booksellers, stationers, printers, and binders but also sold typewriters, sewing machines, pianos, and organs. Later they expanded into selling photographic equipment and other supplies to people leaving for the gold fields. The company existed in one form or…
ID Number:2019.3.58
Date:1898
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Map of Alaska, 1927
In 1903 Carl Albert Kroll (1882-1982) immigrated from Germany to the U. S., finding work as a drafting technician at the Moran Brothers shipbuilding company. By 1910 Kroll was the manager at O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Company. The following year he acquired both the Anderson Map Company and the Washington Map and Blueprint Company to form the…
ID Number:2019.3.59
Date:1927
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Pacific Steamship Co. Explanation of Routes, 1917
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company was an important early shipping company that operated steamships on the west coast of North America. Organized in 1867 under the name of Goodall, Nelson and Perkins, the company effectively ceased business in 1916 when its vessels were purchased by the Admiral Line. The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line)…
ID Number:2019.3.60
Date:1917
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Oral history interview with Canterbury T. (C.T. or Barry) Hatten, June 25 and October 26, 2002
Interview with Canterbury Theodore (C.T. or Barry) Hatten conducted by Melanie Noel on June 25 and October 26, 2002 for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project. Hatten was a Seattle-area lawyer who specialized in unions, civil rights, and criminal law for 50 years before retirement. Hatten was part of the defense team for University of Washington professors during the…
ID Number:2019.35.1.33
Date:2002
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Sea-Kold Fresh Oysters cookbook, circa 1938
This cookbook contains 12 recipes for oysters, including scalloped, fried, grilled, oyster paddies, and cold oyster cocktail. The oysters were packed by the Glacier Bay Oyster Company of Seattle, and were likely gathered from Glacier Bay in Alaska. In addition to the recipes, the cookbook includes a story about the health benefits of eating oysters and describes the packing process…
ID Number:2023.14.29
Date:Circa 1938