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Image of Group at launch of Navy lighter YC-842 at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, October 20, 1943
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Group at launch of Navy lighter YC-842 at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, October 20, 1943
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.92
Date:1943
Image of Open lighter YC-842 in water near the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, October 21, 1943
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Open lighter YC-842 in water near the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, October 21, 1943
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.97
Date:1943
Image of Yard workers and band celebrating launch at Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, June 1944
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Yard workers and band celebrating launch at Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, June 1944
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.102
Date:1944
Image of U. S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1944
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U. S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1944
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.103
Date:Circa 1944
Image of Panoramic view of U. S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1944
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Panoramic view of U. S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1944
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.109a
Date:Circa 1944
Image of U.S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, August 1944
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U.S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, August 1944
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.127
Date:1944
Image of Schooner King & Winge and crew amid Arctic ice floes, 1914
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Schooner King & Winge and crew amid Arctic ice floes, 1914
This image shows the schooner King & Winge signaling distress by flying its flag upside down, probably en route to rescue the crew of the Karluk, which sank in the Chukchi Sea in January 1914.The King & Winge was one of the most famous ships ever built in Seattle. Designed by Albert Winge, she was built by the King &…
ID Number:1972.5503.131
Date:1914
Image of Olson & Winge Marine Works machinists on deck of the Columbia, formerly the King & Winge, Seattle, 1944
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Olson & Winge Marine Works machinists on deck of the Columbia, formerly the King & Winge, Seattle, 1944
This image of machinists Frank Smith, Homer Pricket, and Axel Olson, was taken in 1944 at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard on the Lake Washington Ship Canal. The men are posing on the deck of the schooner Columbia, formerly the King & Winge, which was built in 1914 by the King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, an important maritime…
ID Number:1972.5503.135
Date:1944
Image of Pilot boat CGR-2469 in the water at the Olson & Winge Marine Works, Seattle, 1944
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Pilot boat CGR-2469 in the water at the Olson & Winge Marine Works, Seattle, 1944
Coast Guard pilot boat CGR-2469 came to the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard as the Columbia for conversion during World War II. She had been built in 1914 as the King & Winge, one of the most famous ships ever built in Seattle. Designed by Albert Winge, she was built by the King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, intended as…
ID Number:1972.5503.141
Date:1944
Image of Elliott Bay Shipbuilding Company on Harbor Island, Seattle, circa 1918
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Elliott Bay Shipbuilding Company on Harbor Island, Seattle, circa 1918
Elliott Bay Shipbuilding Company was located on Harbor Island in the Duwamish waterway in Seattle, at 1710 South Spokane Street. This view of the shipyard was taken between 1918-1919, and is facing northwest from Harbor Island so that the West Waterway is visible, with West Seattle beyond it in the distance.
ID Number:1972.5503.161.1
Date:Circa 1918
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