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Engine of Ajax Motor Car, Seattle, 1914
The Parker Motor Car Company of Seattle operated an automobile showroom on Broadway from about 1913-1928. Run by Frank Loyal Parker (1884-1954), the company also promoted the Ajax model, which was designed by Frank's brother, Charles Leslie Parker (1882-1959), and manufactured by the Ajax Motors Company, run by another brother, George Clyde Parker (1886-1953). The brothers had moved from Colorado…
ID Number:1995.78.1
Date:1914
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Men sitting in an Ajax Motor Car, Seattle, 1914
The Parker Motor Car Company of Seattle operated an automobile showroom on Broadway from about 1913-1928. Run by Frank Loyal Parker (1884-1954), the company also promoted the Ajax model, which was designed by Frank's brother, Charles Leslie Parker (1882-1959), and manufactured by the Ajax Motors Company, run by another brother, George Clyde Parker (1886-1953). The brothers had moved from Colorado…
ID Number:1995.78.2
Date:1914
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Chassis of Ajax Motor Car, Seattle, 1914
The Parker Motor Car Company of Seattle operated an automobile showroom on Broadway from about 1913-1928. Run by Frank Loyal Parker (1884-1954), the company also promoted the Ajax model, which was designed by Frank's brother, Charles Leslie Parker (1882-1959), and manufactured by the Ajax Motors Company, run by another brother, George Clyde Parker (1886-1953). The brothers had moved from Colorado…
ID Number:1995.78.3
Date:1914
Document
Pacific Car & Foundry brochure for a motorized dump car, ca. 1926
Pacific Car & Foundry produced heavy-duty logging and railway equipment. The motorized, earth-moving dump car featured in the brochure pictured here, operated on rails and was manufactured in Portland, Oregon in 1926. Pacific Car & Foundry continues in operation as PACCAR.
ID Number:1996.55.8
Date:Circa 1926
Cartographic material
Traffic Code Map, Seattle, circa 1923
This double-sided traffic map is "compliments of the Department of Streets & Sewers, W. D. Barkhuff, Superintendent." William D. Barkhuff was the Superintendent of Streets and Sewers from 1922 to 1928. This map was probably for visitors to the city, outlining where cars could park and "stand," along with rules for drivers in the city and major thoroughfares throughout the…
ID Number:1997.30.30
Date:Circa 1923
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New sign at SeaTac airport, October 1983
In September 1983, shortly after the death of longtime US Senator for Washington Henry "Scoop" Jackson, the Port of Seattle commission decided to rename Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (or SeaTac for short) to Henry M. Jackson International Airport in his honor. Tacoma officials objected that the name change both insulted their city and violated the deal made when the airport first…
ID Number:2000.107.005.05.01
Date:1983
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Workers removing sign at SeaTac airport, March 1984
In September 1983, shortly after the death of longtime US Senator for Washington Henry "Scoop" Jackson, the Port of Seattle commission decided to rename Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (or SeaTac for short) to Henry M. Jackson International Airport in his honor. Tacoma officials objected that the name change both insulted their city and violated the deal made when the airport first…
ID Number:2000.107.005.05.02
Date:1984
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Bicyclists beginning cross-country ride, Seattle, June 1, 1987
In this image, bicyclists leave Myrtle Edwards Park in Seattle to begin the 3,397-mile TransAmerica Bicycle Trek to raise money for the American Lung Association. The 200 cyclists raised $5,000 each in pledges before starting the trip across the northern United States to Atlantic City, N.J., where they were scheduled to arrive July 16. The money raised by the cyclists,…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.01
Date:1987
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Kids riding bikes in Wallingford, Seattle, May 28, 1986
In this image Serih Zakalik and her friends wear helmets while riding their bikes in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. At the time a statewide campaign sponsored by health centers and bicycle groups was being promoted to get all Seattle children to wear helmets to prevent head injures. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, July 5, 1986, A7Caption information also derived from…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.02
Date:1986
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PTA members inspecting students' bikes, Seattle, October 13, 1958
In this image boys wait in line to have their bikes inspected as part of a PTA safety committee program at Magnolia Elementary School on 28th Avenue West. Volunteers Walter R. Wiester (stooping) and John A. Johnson look over George German's bike as Mrs. Robert Goldsworthy, Mrs. Robert McLean, PTA safety committee chairperson, and Robert McLean watch. Caption information written…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.05
Date:1958