538 results for: Clubs and Organizations
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Ryther Home residents at playground, Seattle, circa 1930
Ollie H. Ryther became known as Mother Ryther in the 1880s after taking motherless children into her own home. Later, she founded several homes for orphans and children whose parents were unable to take care of them. The Ryther organization continues today as Ryther and specializes in providing therapeutic services to young people who are struggling emotionally and behaviorally. This…
ID Number:1974.5923.252
Date:Circa 1930
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Briscoe School student in pile of apples, Kent, circa 1925
The Briscoe School for Boys in Kent, Washington, operated from 1909 to 1970 as a Catholic orphanage and boarding school for boys around the Puget Sound region. This photo of a boy from the school hiding in a pile of apples is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the…
ID Number:1974.5923.257
Date:Circa 1925
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Briscoe School students, Kent, circa 1925
The Briscoe School for Boys in Kent, Washington, operated from 1909 to 1970 as a Catholic orphanage and boarding school for boys around the Puget Sound region. This photo of boys playing is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward…
ID Number:1974.5923.267
Date:Circa 1925
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Children saluting flag at Junior League Convalescent Home, Seattle, 1934
The Junior League of Seattle was formed in 1923 by a group of young women initially to support the Seattle Day Nursery. The Seattle League volunteered at Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Sacred Heart Orphanage, and other charities. They also established a convalescent home and orphanage at 4646 36th Avenue West.This photo is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers.…
ID Number:1974.5923.269.2
Date:1934
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Seattle Children's Home residents eating outdoors, Seattle, 1933
The Seattle Children's Home was founded as an orphanage, and with the help of a group of progressive women became a substantial institution dedicated to the care of children in need. A large building with room for 70 children opened in 1905 on Queen Anne, at Tenth Avenue W. and W. McGraw Street. In 1932 the old building was replaced…
ID Number:1974.5923.271.2
Date:1933
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Junior League members with children at Sacred Heart Orphanage, Seattle, 1938
In 1903, Reverend Mother Francesca Xaviera Cabrini, founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, arrived in Seattle. She was sent by the Pope Leo XII to help poor Italians immigrants settling on the continent. On Beacon Hill, a working-class Italian neighborhood, she set up the Sacred Heart Orphanage and a church. Due to Seattle's regrading, the orphanage moved…
ID Number:1974.5923.365.2
Date:1938
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SFD annual charity ball ticket, November 25, 1908
The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) was organized as an all-volunteer organization in 1876. The City Charter was amended in 1883 to fund equipment, but a paid, professional unit was not organized until after the great fire in 1889. Two years later the Seattle Fire Department Relief Association was founded as a result of the tragic death of Herman Larsen, the…
ID Number:1978.6700.13
Date:1908
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Portrait of Lucy Lyon, Seattle, circa 1900
Lucinda F. "Lucy" (Kinkead) Lyon (1849-1932) came to Seattle with her husband, Colonel George G Lyon (1841-1902), who was a member of Territorial Governor Watson C. Squire's staff from 1884-1887. A wealthy and prominent leader of society, Lucy was a founding trustee of the Seattle Historical Society (SHS, now MOHAI) in 1914.This portrait of Lucy was taken in Seattle when…
ID Number:1979.6840.4
Date:Circa 1900
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Renton Sportsmen's Association fir log, Renton, circa 1910
This photograph was taken at the Renton Sportsmen's Association property in the eastern Renton Highlands. The club apparently made use of the log as a clubhouse.The Renton Sportsmen's Association may have evolved into the Renton Fish and Game Club of the 1930s. Sign in image: Renton Sportsmens Assn.Caption on image: Douglas fir log, 616 years old, 7 ft. 6" diameter,…
ID Number:1980.6357.6.3
Date:Circa 1910
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Clock made by Joseph Mayer & Bros for Arctic Club, Seattle, circa 1913
Joseph Mayer and Brothers jewelry business was founded in 1897. Two of the brothers, Albert and Marcus, also ran a jewelry business in the Klondike. They, along with brother Joseph, were memebrs of the Alaska Club, which in 1908 became the Arctic Club. The Arctic Building at 3rd and Cherry was built in 1913 and became the hub for Alaskans…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.66
Date:Circa 1913