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Image of Red Cross nurse Elizabeth Brady and Indigenous man, Seattle, circa 1924
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Red Cross nurse Elizabeth Brady and Indigenous man, Seattle, circa 1924

Born in Ireland, Elizabeth Brady was a member of the Providence School of Nursing's first graduating class. At the time this photo was taken, she was working as a Red Cross nurse for the city of Seattle. Her job was to follow up with patients originally seen by a doctor at the Seattle Health Department. She later worked as a…
ID Number:1983.10.202
Date:Circa 1924
Image of Man and large log on railroad flatcar, circa 1909
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Man and large log on railroad flatcar, circa 1909

Sometime around 1909, the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company advertised the firm using a huge log of Douglas fir. This photo shows a man and the log on a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad flatcar. The sign reads, "This fir log is a sample of the raw material used by St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, Washington…
ID Number:1983.10.208.1
Date:1909
Image of View from roof of Pike Place Market, Seattle, circa 1919
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View from roof of Pike Place Market, Seattle, circa 1919

This view looking north on Pike Place from above the Main Arcade building shows bustling activity and traffic from both cars and horses on both Pike Place and Western Avenue (left side of frame). The old Armory building that was demolished in the 1960s can be seen in the distance. Signs in image: Seattle Cabinet Wks; Mfg & Show Cases;…
ID Number:1983.10.1659.2
Date:Circa 1919
Image of View of Western Ave., Seattle, circa 1919
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View of Western Ave., Seattle, circa 1919

This view of Seattle was taken facing north from about where the Public Market Parking Garage is now located. The large building in the center of the frame is the Seattle Seamen's Institute (also Seamen's Bethel, or Seaman's Hotel), opened by the Seamen's Friend Society in 1904 as a home for retired sailors and mariners. On the eastern side of…
ID Number:1983.10.1659.4
Date:Circa 1919
Image of House for sale in downtown Seattle, circa 1919
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House for sale in downtown Seattle, circa 1919

By the 1920s, Seattle had changed from a city of small, wooden buildings to a city of brick and stone. This photo was taken about 1919 on Fourth Avenue, between Columbia and Marion Streets. It shows Seattle's oldest standing home now for sale, dwarfed by the growing city. To the left of the house is the red brick Rainier Club.…
ID Number:1983.10.2016
Date:Circa 1919
Image of Four members of the Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Seattle, April 21, 1920
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Four members of the Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Seattle, April 21, 1920

On November 27, 1911, the "Native Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Prior to 1870" was organized in Seattle by sixty white, non-Indigenous, women from all over the Pacific Northwest to honor their settler heritage. The organization still exists as of 2018, now called Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, and promotes historic preservation and education.In this image four women…
ID Number:1983.10.2102.1
Date:1920
Image of Racing shell under construction, circa 1923
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Racing shell under construction, circa 1923

Master-boatbuilder George Y. Pocock made racing shells for the University of Washington's champion crews. He built them in the university's Shell House on the shore of Lake Washington. Pocock made many design innovations which made his boats much faster than those of the competition.This photo, taken about 1923, shows one of Pocock's shells being built in the Shell House. They…
ID Number:1983.10.2608.3
Date:Circa 1923
Image of Vashon Island waterfront, circa 1928
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Vashon Island waterfront, circa 1928

The first permanent white settlers arrived on Vashon Island in 1877. By the end of the 1880s, the island had its first sawmill, stores, and schools. In the early part of the 20th century, Vashon Island marketed itself as "The Home of the Big Red Strawberry." Handwritten on sleeve: Vashon Island Scene.Photographer's Reference Number: 129059
ID Number:1983.10.3986
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Ballard High School, April 10, 1930
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Ballard High School, April 10, 1930

Ballard developed as a community of people working in the fishing, boat-building, and lumber mill industries. Starting in 1916, their older children attended the red brick Ballard High School. The school building was expanded in 1925, and other additions were made over the years. The structure was demolished in the summer if 1997 due to asbestos contamination and was replaced…
ID Number:1983.10.4228
Date:1930
Image of First Avenue and Spring Street, Seattle, circa 1911
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First Avenue and Spring Street, Seattle, circa 1911

Amos Brown (1833-1899) was an prominent Seattle lumberman and real estate owner in the late 1800s. He built the family house featured at the center of this photograph around 1870 after his marriage. The house survived the Great Seattle Fire, and other buildings and businesses were built around it, until the house's demolition in 1914. Signs in image: Grand Pacific.…
ID Number:1983.10.6280
Date:Circa 1911
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