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Image of Pine and Westlake, Seattle, circa 1917
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Pine and Westlake, Seattle, circa 1917

The Frederick & Nelson building looms over the smaller structure in the foreground, which appears to be a transportation station with retail stores. Handwritten on sleeve: [...ling] Pine & Westlake, Old Frye [M...].Webster & Stevens number: 62615
ID Number:1983.10.7191
Date:Circa 1917
Image of Seaboard Building, Seattle, circa 1918
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Seaboard Building, Seattle, circa 1918

Signs in image: Hotel Central. Oysters. Hoffman's Cloaks & Suits. Doherty's Tuval Cigars. Bank. Eye Ear Nose & Throat. Fred A. Carver - Lawyer, Notary Public. The Prudential. Dr. Stillson. Blake Furniture [...]. The Little Theatre. Boulevard Chop House. Woodhouse-[Grunbaum?] Furniture Co. Coliseum - Pauline Frederick.Handwritten on sleeve: Seaboard Bldg.Webster & Stevens number: 62720
ID Number:1983.10.7211
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Frederick & Nelson, circa 1910
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Frederick & Nelson, circa 1910

Business at Seattle's Frederick & Nelson department store was so good in the late 1890s that the store needed more space. In 1897, the owners leased part of the Rialto Building, on Second Avenue at Madison Street. By 1906, the store had expanded to occupy the whole building. Here, the owners of this landmark department store installed one of the…
ID Number:1983.10.7604.1
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Yesler Branch Library, Seattle, circa 1916
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Yesler Branch Library, Seattle, circa 1916

The Yesler Library was built in 1914 and was named after Seattle pioneer Henry Yesler. The name was changed in 1975 at the request of neighborhood community members. Today it is the Douglass-Truth Library, named after Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth. Handwritten on sleeve: Yesler Library. Caption information source: Seattle Public Library.Photographer's Reference Number: 46522
ID Number:1983.10.10164.1
Date:Circa 1916
Image of View northwest from Smith Tower, Seattle, 1916
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View northwest from Smith Tower, Seattle, 1916

Opened in 1914, the new L.C. Smith Building, later called the Smith Tower, at Second Avenue and Yesler Way, offered unobstructed views such as this scene looking northwest along Second Avenue. Signs in image: Kenneth Hotel. [...] and Murray. Sherman Printing. The Postal Telegraph Building. The Right Hotel. New Cecil Hotel. Grand Pacific Hotel. Hotel New Vendome. Frederick & Nelson.…
ID Number:1983.10.10264.2
Date:1916
Image of Veterans marching in Memorial Day Parade, Seattle, May 30, 1917
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Veterans marching in Memorial Day Parade, Seattle, May 30, 1917

This image of First Avenue in downtown Seattle was taken facing north from just south of the intersection of First Avenue and Madison Street. The streets of First Avenue are lined with spectators of the Memorial Day parade which began at First Avenue and Pine Street. Various active members of the military marched in the parade, as well as veterans…
ID Number:1983.10.10554.1
Date:1917
Image of Frederick & Nelson window titled,
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Frederick & Nelson window titled, "Women at Work for Victory," 1942

During World War II, Seattle's Frederick & Nelson department store regularly supported the Allied war effort in its display windows.The window in this 1944 photo celebrated the women who built planes at Boeing and worked in other war industries. The mannequins wear the kind of clothing which women wore in the factories. On the back wall, posters push for higher…
ID Number:1983.10.14449.7
Date:1942
Image of Indigenous family selling baskets in downtown Seattle, circa 1912
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Indigenous family selling baskets in downtown Seattle, circa 1912

At the turn of 19th to 20th centuries, Indigenous artists in the Pacific Northwest were making baskets and carvings specifically for the tourist trade and were experimenting with form and design. Making baskets for sale became an important income source for many Indigenous families. In this photo, two women and a boy sit by their baskets on Second Avenue, outside…
ID Number:1983.10.PA2.1
Date:Circa 1912
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Oral history interview with Chester Kingsbury and Reverend Robert Shaw, April 18, 1985

Oral history interview with Chester Kingsbury and Reverend Robert Shaw about the peace movement during World War II, their attempts to undermine racism after World War II, and religious organizing for peace. The interview was conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on April 18, 1985.For Shaw and Kingsbury, the fight against the war…
ID Number:1985.134.8
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Olive Smith and Jean Sprague, March 12, 1985

Olive Smith was a model for clothing in Seattle. Jean Sprague was a buyer for Seattle department stores. In this interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on March 12, 1985, the two women talk about wartime fashion, including local department stores such as Frederick & Nelson; the effect of wartime restrictions on…
ID Number:1985.134.24
Date:1985
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