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Image of Girls wearing Dutch costumes in tulip display, Seattle, circa 1930
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Girls wearing Dutch costumes in tulip display, Seattle, circa 1930

These two girls, dressed in traditional Dutch costumes, pose amid a tulip display for Van de Kamp's bakeries. Under a sign in the center of the photo sits a model of the trademark Van de Kamp's windmill store. The sign reads, "Miniature of windmill stores soon to be erected in neighborhood centers. Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakeries, Seattle. Los…
ID Number:1980.6877.93
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Seattle Tent & Awning Co. employees, Seattle, circa 1925
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Seattle Tent & Awning Co. employees, Seattle, circa 1925

Seattle Tent and Awning Company was begun by S. W. Robb (1866-1929) when he arrived in Seattle in 1896; in 1919 he sold the business to Thomas H. McGroge. The company advertised as "Manufacturers and Jobbers" of silk and canvas tents and goods for mountaineers, sportsmen, and lumber camps. During WWI the plant was the largest producer of goods in…
ID Number:1980.6877.95
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Interior of Hamilton's Resort, Fletcher Bay, circa 1920
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Interior of Hamilton's Resort, Fletcher Bay, circa 1920

Fletcher Bay is a community on the west side of Bainbridge Island, Washington, located off the south shore of Fletcher Bay. Photographer's Reference Number: 10A
ID Number:1980.6877.114
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Hamilton's Resort and Fletcher Bay Post Office, Bainbridge Island, circa 1920
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Hamilton's Resort and Fletcher Bay Post Office, Bainbridge Island, circa 1920

Fletcher Bay is a community on the west side of Bainbridge Island, Washington, located off the south shore of Fletcher Bay. Photographer's Reference Number: 7A
ID Number:1980.6877.115
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925
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Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925

The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard sawmills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. In 1958 the largest fire in Seattle since the fire of…
ID Number:1980.6877.117
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Men stacking lumber at Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, circa 1920
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Men stacking lumber at Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, circa 1920

The Seattle Cedar mill, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard mills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. The mill was rebuilt after a huge fire in 1958, but closed for…
ID Number:1980.6877.118
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Men with large cedar log at Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Co. yard, circa 1920
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Men with large cedar log at Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Co. yard, circa 1920

The Seattle Cedar mill, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard mills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. The mill was rebuilt after a huge fire in 1958, but closed for…
ID Number:1980.6877.119
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Cedar drying stacks at Seattle Cedar Lumber Mfg. Co., Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925
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Cedar drying stacks at Seattle Cedar Lumber Mfg. Co., Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925

The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard sawmills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. In 1958 the largest fire in Seattle since the fire of…
ID Number:1980.6877.121
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Rowe Machine Works dock, Ballard, circa 1930
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Rowe Machine Works dock, Ballard, circa 1930

Rowe Machine Works was located at the foot of 24th Avenue NW in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, on the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Rowe Machine Works operated at the same location through the 1980s.In this photograph, the tug Tatoosh and fishing vessel Grizzly II are docked in front of the Rowe Machine Works building, perhaps for repairs. Barbee Dry…
ID Number:1980.6877.156
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Pilot Eddie Hubbard with Boeing B-1 mail plane at Lake Union, circa 1925
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Pilot Eddie Hubbard with Boeing B-1 mail plane at Lake Union, circa 1925

Eddie Hubbard piloted the Boeing B-I flying boat shown here from 1920 to 1927, flying air mail on the first regularly scheduled international airmail route between Seattle and Victoria, BC. The plane could carry two passengers plus mail and cargo. After seven years of service without losing a single piece of mail, the B-1 was retired from airmail service in…
ID Number:1980.6877.176
Date:Circa 1925
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