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Report card for Nathalia Jensen, 1914
Rasmus Peter Jensen immigrated to Seattle in 1889 and homesteaded in the West of Woodland Park district (now the West Woodland neighborhood). He was a carpenter by trade and operated both a construction business and a general store out of his home. Mr. Jensen married Marie E. D. Hansen in 1892 and they had two children, Anna C. Jensen (1894-1912)…
ID Number:1971.5068.37
Date:1914
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Construction of Stimson Medical Center Building, Seattle, 1924
Charles D. Stimson (1857-1929) moved to Seattle in 1889 and by 1909, may have been Seattle's most influential person, as he headed the Metropolitan Bank, the General Insurance Company of America, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition effort, and the Metropolitan Building Company. His wife, Harriet Mary Overton (1862-1936), was a dedicated supporter of the Seattle Symphony. Their daughter Dorothy Stimson Bullitt (1892-1989)…
ID Number:1971.5117.3
Date:1924
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West side of 3rd Ave., between Union St. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1902
This view of the west side of Third Avenue, between Union Street and Pike Street in downtown Seattle, features a three story building housing The Manhattan, a rooming house at 1423 1/3 Third Avenue. The building is standing and in use as of 2017. This view also includes Consolidated Fuel Company at 1413 Third Avenue and William and Margaret Hewitt's…
ID Number:1972.5346.12
Date:Circa 1902
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Walker Building at 2nd Ave. and University St., Seattle, circa 1906
This view of the northeast corner of Second Avenue and University Street in downtown includes the Walker Building. Cyrus Walker (1827-1913), an executive with the Puget Mill Company, built this commercial investment property in 1903. The building was demolished in the late 1980s and since 1998 the site has been occupied by the Seattle Symphony's Benaroya Hall. The building material…
ID Number:1972.5346.13
Date:Circa 1906
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Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, 1941
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:1972.5503.4
Date:1941
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Construction of U.S. Navy torpedo boats at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1942
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:1972.5503.75
Date:Circa 1942
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U.S. Navy covered wooden lighters under construction at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, 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:1972.5503.84
Date:1943
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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
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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
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Men with horse team on First Avenue, Seattle, circa 1890
In this image, a group of men pose with a horse-drawn wagon on the boardwalk along First Avenue just past Cherry Street. The wagon appears to be carrying a large slab of marble or other stone, perhaps part of the reconstruction efforts after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, when rebuilding efforts favored steel, stone, and brick construction over the…
ID Number:1980.6923.41
Date:Circa 1890