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Image of Hotel Kalmar guest register, Seattle, 1903-1914
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Hotel Kalmar guest register, Seattle, 1903-1914

August Niklasson Brand (1862-1950) and Anna Amelia (Erlandson) Brand (1869-1952), were Swedish immigrants who married in 1893 in Seattle. In 1903, August and Anna bought the Western Hotel (aka, The Michigan), which was built around 1880 and located at the corner of Sixth Avenue and James Street. They renamed it the Hotel Kalmar, after Anna's home town in Sweden, and…
ID Number:1981.7328.176
Date:1903-1914
Image of Hotel Kalmar business card, Seattle, circa 1910
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Hotel Kalmar business card, Seattle, circa 1910

August Niklasson Brand (1862-1950) and Anna Amelia (Erlandson) Brand (1869-1952), were Swedish immigrants who married in 1893 in Seattle. In 1903, August and Anna bought the Western Hotel (aka, The Michigan), which was built around 1880 and located at the corner of Sixth Avenue and James Street. They renamed it the Hotel Kalmar, after Anna's home town in Sweden, and…
ID Number:1981.7328.178
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Exterior of Westlake Pharmacy, Seattle, circa 1910
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Exterior of Westlake Pharmacy, Seattle, circa 1910

George Christian Mack (1873-1952) was born Georg Kristian Mortensen in Norway, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1893. He moved first to South Dakota, where he began work as a druggist, and by 1910 had his own pharmacy in Seattle. The image seen here is of the exterior of Mr. Mack's pharmacy, located at 1901-1903 Westlake Avenue in Seattle. Handwritten…
ID Number:1982.158.1
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Boxer Milford
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Boxer Milford "Swede" Berglund, circa 1938

Boxer Milford "Swede" Berglund (1911-1948) started fighting in 1928 and retired in 1938. Handwritten on photo: "Swede Bergland"Handwritten on verso: Seattle fighter in 40s. Wife works at Sea First (maybe retired)Caption information source: "Swede Berglund," BoxRec, https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Swede_Berglund
ID Number:1982.216.83
Date:Circa 1938
Image of Chinese girls working on famine relief fund, May 1921
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Chinese girls working on famine relief fund, May 1921

On May 23 through 28, 1921, Seattle's Chinese residents held a week-long carnival to raise money for the Chinese Famine Fund, which was raising money for the those impacted by famine in northern China. The event was called Go-Hing and was sponsored by the China Club, Chinese consul Goon Dip, and an advisory committee of Seattle and Washington state civic…
ID Number:1983.10.2189
Date:1921
Image of The Scandinavian Seamen's Home and Mission Hotel, circa 1922
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The Scandinavian Seamen's Home and Mission Hotel, circa 1922

Sometimes sailors found themselves in Seattle without a place to stay between voyages. Others were too old or too sick to continue work. In the 1920s, organizations which helped them included the Scandinavian Seaman's Home and the Mission Hotel, managed by Reverend E.B. Slettedahl.This photo, taken in about 1922, shows the seamen's home and hotel building on Marion Street, convenient…
ID Number:1983.10.2327
Date:Circa 1922
Image of Canal Bank, Seattle, circa 1928
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Canal Bank, Seattle, circa 1928

The Canal Bank in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood was located in the Scandinavian-American Bank Building, which was constructed in 1902 and is now part of the Ballard Avenue Landmark District. Handwritten on sleeve: Canal Bank Ext & Int.Photographer's Reference Number: 129889Caption information source: "Summary for 5300 BALLARD AVE / Parcel ID 276770-3000 / Inv # 0," Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, https://web.seattle.gov/dpd/historicalsite/QueryResult.aspx?ID=2147015888
ID Number:1983.10.3551.1
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Kristoferson's Dairy Plant, Seattle, circa 1930
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Kristoferson's Dairy Plant, Seattle, circa 1930

Swedish immigrants Alfred and Alberta Kristoferson moved to Washington in the late 1800s to start a dairy. Son August Kristoferson soon took the reins of the dairy business after his father's death in 1914. The Kristoferson dairy plant was at 1300 Rainier Avenue. In addition to the large billboard on the plant's roof, the firm's entry in the 1930 Polk's…
ID Number:1983.10.4202.2
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Finnish community at Smith Cove, August 2, 1935
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Finnish community at Smith Cove, August 2, 1935

Until the late 1930s or 1940s, a small community made up mainly of Finns lived near Smith Cove, north of downtown Seattle. They owned their one and two story homes, but the Great Northern Railway owned the land. Many residents worked in the logging, fishing, and railroad industries. A former resident remembers swimming with other children in the waves made…
ID Number:1983.10.4536.3
Date:1935
Image of The Hotel Kalmar and the James Street cable car, circa 1912
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The Hotel Kalmar and the James Street cable car, circa 1912

The Hotel Kalmar was built in 1881 and operated by the Brand family for over 70 years. They named the hotel after Mrs. Brand's hometown in Sweden. The hotel provided furnished rooms to men who came to Seattle to work. The Kalmar was located at 522 6th Avenue, at James Street. It was torn down in 1962 to make room…
ID Number:1983.10.6753
Date:Circa 1912
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