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George Butler and George T. Snow, circa 1920
This double portrait depicts Yukon Order of Pioneers (YOOP) Seattle Lodge No. 2 members George Butler and George T. Snow wearing YOOP sashes, with the YOOP banner depicted in the center.The Yukon Order of Pioneers (YOOP) fraternal organization was formed on December 1, 1894 at Forty Mile, Yukon Territory, Canada. With the motto "Do unto others as you would be…
ID Number:1966.3948.38
Date:Circa 1920
Ephemera
Allen & Nelson Mill Company business card, circa 1900
In 1872, Watson Allen (1842-1912), a carpenter and Civil War veteran from New Jersey, moved with his wife and daughters to Fall City, Washington, where he opened a sawmill on nearby Tokul Creek. The business was successful and grew to include another mill at Monohon, on the east side of Lake Sammamish, which manufactured lumber, lath, shingles, moldings, and other…
ID Number:1966.4061.3
Date:Circa 1900
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Eddie Bauer jacket patent, February 20, 1940
In 1920, avid outdoorsperson and local son Eddie Bauer (1899-1986) opened a sporting goods store called Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop in downtown Seattle. Initially specializing in tennis rackets, hand-made golf clubs, and fishing tackle, a brush with hypothermia led Mr. Bauer to develop alternatives to the heavy wool outer garments that most outdoor enthusiasts used at the time. He began…
ID Number:1967.4134.9.1
Date:1940
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Eddie Bauer's patent for trousers, October 28, 1941
In 1920, avid outdoorsperson and local son Eddie Bauer (1899-1986) opened a sporting goods store called Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop in downtown Seattle. Initially specializing in tennis rackets, hand-made golf clubs, and fishing tackle, a brush with hypothermia led Mr. Bauer to develop alternatives to the heavy wool outer garments that most outdoor enthusiasts used at the time. He began…
ID Number:1967.4134.9.2
Date:1941
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Eddie Bauer's patent for boots, August 11, 1942
In 1920, avid outdoorsperson and local son Eddie Bauer (1899-1986) opened a sporting goods store called Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop in downtown Seattle. Initially specializing in tennis rackets, hand-made golf clubs, and fishing tackle, a brush with hypothermia led Mr. Bauer to develop alternatives to the heavy wool outer garments that most outdoor enthusiasts used at the time. He began…
ID Number:1967.4134.9.3
Date:1942
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Eddie Bauer's patent for a sleeping bag, January 4, 1944
In 1920, avid outdoorsperson and local son Eddie Bauer (1899-1986) opened a sporting goods store called Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop in downtown Seattle. Initially specializing in tennis rackets, hand-made golf clubs, and fishing tackle, a brush with hypothermia led Mr. Bauer to develop alternatives to the heavy wool outer garments that most outdoor enthusiasts used at the time. He began…
ID Number:1967.4134.9.4
Date:1944
Music, notated
The Seattle Girl
According to a statement printed on the back cover of the score pictured here, Mrs. M. C. Robinson was inspired to write “The Seattle Girl” when in Seattle from Tacoma to visit sculptor James Wehn. Mr. Wehn had recently completed a statue of his sweetheart (unnamed), whose portrait appears on the front cover of the score. He asked Mrs. Robinson…
ID Number:1968.4425.2
Date:1909
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Washington Laundry building and delivery carriages, Seattle, 1910
Born in Tennessee, James Thomas Huff (1868-1924) moved to Seattle in 1894, finding work at the Seattle Laundry. In 1904, he established his own laundry business, Washington Laundry, at 1165 Eastlake Avenue on Lake Union.In this image Mr. Huff stands next to his Winton automobile in front of Washington Laundry. The laundry delivery drivers with their horses and wagons are…
ID Number:1969.4602.2
Date:1910
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Portrait of pianist Rosamond Crawford, Seattle, circa 1916
Rosamond (or Rosamonde) L. Crawford (1897-1969) was born in Ohio to Donald V. and Agnes (Watkins) Crawford. The family moved to Seattle between 1900-1910, and Rosamond attended Lincoln High School. She studied piano under prominent Seattle music teachers Silvio and Elaine (French) Risegari. About 1920 she moved to New York for further training at the La Forge-Berumen Studios, later becoming…
ID Number:1969.4616.4
Date:Circa 1916
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Seattle City Treasurer's office employees, June 1908
This portrait of the employees of the office of the City Treasurer includes the following identifications:First [front] row, left to right: J. F. Haney, Asst. Treas.; W. H. Sanders; Margaret Epler; Maude Judd; George F. Russell, City Treasurer (1906-1908); A. N. Graves; C. L. Blewett.Second row, left to right: Thomas Scott; Charles A. Duke; Amos Brown; Col. H. W. Beecher;…
ID Number:1969.4653.12
Date:1908