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Image of Flower girls at Port Blakely, June 18, 1906
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Flower girls at Port Blakely, June 18, 1906

On Monday, June 18, 1906, William Rankin and Carrie Ziegler were married at the bride's home in Port Blakely, Washington. According to a newspaper account saved by the family, "Miss Bessie Wilson began the wedding march at high noon and the bridal party entered preceded by six little flower girls."This June 1906 photo shows the six flower girls who took…
ID Number:1977.6486.121
Date:1906
Image of Portrait of Jessie Stewart, Seattle, circa 1905
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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
Image of Portrait of Winona Bailey, circa 1890
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Portrait of Winona Bailey, circa 1890

Helen Winona Bailey (1873-1938) was born in Maine to Charles Harris Bailey (1849-1920) and Mary H. (Wilder) Bailey (1849-1897). The family moved to Colorado about 1890, then to Seattle around 1905. She was a Latin teacher in the Everett High School from about 1906-1912, and later head of the Language Department at Queen Anne High School. Winona was an avid…
ID Number:1978.6688.2.4
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Girl in double negative, Seattle, circa 1910
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Girl in double negative, Seattle, circa 1910

Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.931
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Portrait of John and Carrie Denny, Portland, circa 1887
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Portrait of John and Carrie Denny, Portland, circa 1887

John Bunyan Denny (1862-1913) was the eldest son of early Seattle settlers David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) and Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916). John attended Willamette University law school in Portland, and in 1887 married Carrie V. Palmer (1853-1891), daughter of Rocelia A. Palmer and Alfred Lee Palmer (1835-1914), a prominent Seattle lawyer and real estate investor. Carrie was born in Iowa…
ID Number:1980.6891.14
Date:Circa 1887
Image of John Allan Park and friends, Seattle, circa 1900
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John Allan Park and friends, Seattle, circa 1900

In this image John Allen Park (fourth from right) poses with other men on a wooden boardwalk. Park (1863-1932) was born in Illinois to William and Belinda (Knight) Park, who moved to Seattle around 1900 with William's mother, Margaret (Allen) Park, and their daughter Jean. John and his wife, Edith (Beam) Park (1868-1958), granddaughter of Whidby Island pioneer Isaac Neff…
ID Number:1980.6923.129
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Portrait of B. Marcus Priteca, circa 1916
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Portrait of B. Marcus Priteca, circa 1916

Scottish-born architect and designer Benjamin Marcus Priteca (1889-1971) arrived in Seattle around 1909. From 1910 to 1929, he worked exclusively for vaudeville magnate Alexander Pantages (1876-1936), designing more than 150 theaters, including Seattle's Coliseum, Orpheum, Paramount, and Admiral Theatres. Priteca also lent his design expertise to several synagogues, Longacres Racetrack, and Seattle Center Opera House. Priteca was named a fellow…
ID Number:1980.7021.62.1
Date:Circa 1916
Image of Portrait of B. Marcus Priteca, circa 1955
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Portrait of B. Marcus Priteca, circa 1955

Scottish-born architect and designer Benjamin Marcus Priteca (1889-1971) arrived in Seattle around 1909. From 1910 to 1929, he worked exclusively for vaudeville magnate Alexander Pantages (1876-1936), designing more than 150 theaters, including Seattle's Coliseum, Orpheum, Paramount, and Admiral Theatres. Priteca also lent his design expertise to several synagogues, Longacres Racetrack, and Seattle Center Opera House. Priteca was named a fellow…
ID Number:1980.7021.62.2
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Passengers on board the ship Patterson, Seattle, October 16, 1917
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Passengers on board the ship Patterson, Seattle, October 16, 1917

Born in Georgia, cartographer Clifford Gordon Quillian (1880-1948) first came to Seattle in 1907. He married Cora Elizabeth Armstrong (1888-1957) in 1912, served with the U.S. Navy in the Philippines, WWI, and WWII, was the commander of various ships in the United States Coast Guard and Geodesic Survey, and was a chartered life-insurance underwriter.In this image, a group of passengers…
ID Number:1980.7038.302
Date:1917
Image of Seattle High School Class of 1897
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Seattle High School Class of 1897

As the population of Seattle grew, so did the city's schools. The first school was called "Central School," a name that was applied to several different buildings as the original building was outgrown and a subsequent building burned down. In 1900, the older students of Seattle would have attended Seattle High School, located on the third floor of a building…
ID Number:1980.7070.47
Date:1897
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