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Image of Football player Brice Taylor, Seattle, circa 1923
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Football player Brice Taylor, Seattle, circa 1923

Brice Taylor attended Franklin High School in Seattle in the early 1920s. From 1924 to 1926 he played guard for the University of Southern California's football team. Taylor, an outstanding African-American athlete, was only 5'9" and 185 pounds. In 1925, he became the first football All-American at the University of Southern California, despite being born without a left hand.This portrait…
ID Number:1974.5923.194
Date:Circa 1923
Image of Portrait of Jessie Stewart, Seattle, circa 1905
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Portrait of Jessie Stewart, Seattle, circa 1905

Jessie M. Stewart (1879-1960) was born in Ontario and went to homestead near Shelton in 1887 with her parents Malcolm Donald Stewart (1827-1914) and Ann (Nicholson) Stewart (1835-1929). She was a bookkeeper and amateur actress. Her older sister Mary Stewart (1876-1960) was a teacher for 49 years at B. F. Day Elementary School in Seattle. Caption information source: The Seattle…
ID Number:1978.6598.2
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Seattle High School and students, 1903
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Seattle High School and students, 1903

When Broadway High School (originally Seattle High School) was built in 1902, Seattle some residents complained that it was too large and a waste of public money. By 1904 the school had 1,700 students, and the building was already crowded. The school closed in June 1946 and re-opened in September 1946 as Edison Technical College. Today the building's auditorium is…
ID Number:1978.6598.11
Date:1903
Image of Seattle High School Mandolin Club, 1903
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Seattle High School Mandolin Club, 1903

When Broadway High School (originally Seattle High School) was built in 1902, Seattle some residents complained that it was too large and a waste of public money. By 1904 the school had 1,700 students, and the building was already crowded. The school closed in June 1946 and re-opened in September 1946 as Edison Technical College. Today the building's auditorium is…
ID Number:1978.6598.12
Date:1903
Image of Seattle High School Glee Club, 1903
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Seattle High School Glee Club, 1903

When Broadway High School (originally Seattle High School) was built in 1902, Seattle some residents complained that it was too large and a waste of public money. By 1904 the school had 1,700 students, and the building was already crowded. The school closed in June 1946 and re-opened in September 1946 as Edison Technical College. Today the building's auditorium is…
ID Number:1978.6598.13
Date:1903
Image of Portrait of Winona Bailey as a child, 1879
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Portrait of Winona Bailey as a child, 1879

Helen Winona Bailey (1873-1938) was born in Maine to Charles Harris Bailey (1849-1920) and Mary H. (Wilder) Bailey (1849-1897). The family moved to Colorado about 1890, then to Seattle around 1905. She was a Latin teacher in the Everett High School from about 1906-1912, and later head of the Language Department at Queen Anne High School. Winona was an avid…
ID Number:1978.6688.2.1
Date:1879
Image of Portrait of Winona Bailey, circa 1890
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Portrait of Winona Bailey, circa 1890

Helen Winona Bailey (1873-1938) was born in Maine to Charles Harris Bailey (1849-1920) and Mary H. (Wilder) Bailey (1849-1897). The family moved to Colorado about 1890, then to Seattle around 1905. She was a Latin teacher in the Everett High School from about 1906-1912, and later head of the Language Department at Queen Anne High School. Winona was an avid…
ID Number:1978.6688.2.4
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Winona Bailey at Dodwell-Rixon Pass, Olympic Mountains, 1927
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Winona Bailey at Dodwell-Rixon Pass, Olympic Mountains, 1927

Helen Winona Bailey (1873-1938) was born in Maine to Charles Harris Bailey (1849-1920) and Mary H. (Wilder) Bailey (1849-1897). The family moved to Colorado about 1890, then to Seattle around 1905. She was a Latin teacher in the Everett High School from about 1906-1912, and later head of the Language Department at Queen Anne High School. Winona was an avid…
ID Number:1978.6688.2.5
Date:1927
Image of Winona Bailey posing in car, Seattle, circa 1935
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Winona Bailey posing in car, Seattle, circa 1935

Helen Winona Bailey (1873-1938) was born in Maine to Charles Harris Bailey (1849-1920) and Mary H. (Wilder) Bailey (1849-1897). The family moved to Colorado about 1890, then to Seattle around 1905. She was a Latin teacher in the Everett High School from about 1906-1912, and later head of the Language Department at Queen Anne High School. Winona was an avid…
ID Number:1978.6688.2.6
Date:Circa 1935
Image of Joseph Mayer & Brothers Co. floor clock, Broadway High School, Seattle, circa 1920
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Joseph Mayer & Brothers Co. floor clock, Broadway High School, Seattle, circa 1920

Broadway High School opened (as Seattle High School) in 1902 on the corner of Broadway and E Pine Street. It was Seattle's first building specifically constructed as a high school. The high school Principal's office, shown here, contains a large portrait of the class of 1903, which had 103 graduates, at the time the largest graduating class in the history…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.104
Date:Circa 1920
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