1949 results for: ACT-UP/Seattle
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Portrait of Irene, Thomas, Warren, and Margie French, Seattle, circa 1910
Siblings Irene French Cardiff Witt (1854-1932), Thomas Franklin French (1862-1944), and Warren Harrison French (1868-1922) were all born in Illinois and moved to Seattle. Warren arrived in 1888, and helped fight the 1889 Great Fire. The French brothers are mentioned as part of a group of Seattleites met by Seattle Times reporter T. A. Davies during his 1897 trip to…
ID Number:1979.6841.12
Date:Circa 1900
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Portrait of Irene, Thomas, George, and Warren French, Seattle, circa 1920
Siblings Irene French Cardiff Witt (1854-1932), Thomas Franklin French (1862-1944), and Warren Harrison French (1868-1922) were all born in Illinois and moved to Seattle. Warren arrived in 1888, and helped fight the 1889 Great Fire. The French brothers are mentioned as part of a group of Seattleites met by Seattle Times reporter T. A. Davies during his 1897 trip to…
ID Number:1979.6841.13
Date:Circa 1920
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Joseph Mayer & Brothers Co. street clock for Frank Briggs Jeweler, 1402 1st Ave., Seattle, circa 1920
This street clock was made by Joseph Mayer & Brothers Company, a watchmaking and wholesale jewelry business begun in Seattle in 1897. Founded by German immigrants Markus (1878-1950), Albert (1872-1929), Emil (1881-), Herman, & Joseph (1868-1937) Mayer, the company existed in various form until 1991. About 100 Mayer street clocks were produced between 1909-1930, often placed in front of jewelers…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.47
Date:Circa 1920
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Joseph Mayer & Brothers Co. street clock for Friedlander Jewelers, 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1920
This street clock was made by Joseph Mayer & Brothers Company, a watchmaking and wholesale jewelry business begun in Seattle in 1897. Founded by German immigrants Markus (1878-1950), Albert (1872-1929), Emil (1881-), Herman, & Joseph (1868-1937) Mayer, the company existed in various form until 1991. About 100 Mayer street clocks were produced between 1909-1930, often placed in front of jewelers…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.53
Date:Circa 1920
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Joseph Mayer & Brothers Co. street clock, Market Street, San Francisco, circa 1920
This street clock was made by Joseph Mayer & Brothers Company, a watchmaking and wholesale jewelry business begun in Seattle in 1897. Founded by German immigrants Markus (1878-1950), Albert (1872-1929), Emil (1881-), Herman, and Joseph (1868-1937) Mayer, the company existed in various form until 1991. About 100 Mayer street clocks were produced between 1909-1930, often placed in front of jewelers…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.55
Date: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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Financial district, 2nd Ave. and Columbia St., Seattle, 1925
This view of the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Columbia Street in downtown Seattle includes several buildings that remain standing. In the center of the frame The Seattle National Bank Building (now the United Way Building), built in 1921, stands at 720 Second Avenue. Moving south on Second Avenue, the 15-story Dexter Horton building is at 710 Second Avenue,…
ID Number:1980.6877.32
Date:1925
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Ranke House and Cabrini Hospital, Madison St., Seattle, circa 1925
This image features the three-story, Queen Anne Style Ranke House at the southeast corner of Madison Street and Terry Avenue on First Hill. First Hill was the residence of choice in the 1890s for elite Seattle residents who wanted to escape the fast pace of downtown. This mansion was built by German immigrants, contractor, and socialites Otto Ranke (1842-1892) and…
ID Number:1980.6877.48
Date:Circa 1925
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Hotel Alvord, 9th Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1925
The Alvord Hotel at 914 Pike Street, is seen here looking north across Ninth Avenue. The five-story hotel was completed in 1924 and operated initially by John Gerald, then from 1942 by Eddie Mainwaring, and from 1945 by L. Stark. In about 1960 this neighborhood was cleared for the construction of the Seattle Freeway and Interstate 5. The Alvord’s publicity…
ID Number:1980.6877.60
Date: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