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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 SFD annual charity ball ticket, November 25, 1908
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SFD annual charity ball ticket, November 25, 1908

The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) was organized as an all-volunteer organization in 1876. The City Charter was amended in 1883 to fund equipment, but a paid, professional unit was not organized until after the great fire in 1889. Two years later the Seattle Fire Department Relief Association was founded as a result of the tragic death of Herman Larsen, the…
ID Number:1978.6700.13
Date:1908
Image of Dixy Lee Rag, 1980
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Dixy Lee Rag, 1980

Tacoma-born Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) held many prestigious posts in Washington State: first woman on the Atomic Energy Commission, director of the Pacific Science Center, and longtime University of Washington professor. A political novice, Ms. Ray served as Washington's first female governor from 1977-1981, gaining popularity as an outsider and a non-politician. Her blunt style won her as many enemies…
ID Number:1979.6775.12a
Date:1980
Image of Markus and Albert Mayer jewelry store in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, 1898
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Markus and Albert Mayer jewelry store in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, 1898

Soon after striking gold on the banks of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory, brothers Albert Mayer (1871-1929) and Markus Mayer (1877-1950) established a watch and jewelry making business in Dawson City. Their older brother, Joseph Mayer (1868-1937), started Joseph Mayer Bros. in Seattle, which began by selling souvenir spoons, flatware, and wholesale jewelry, and grew into a major…
ID Number:1979.6792.1
Date:1898
Image of The start of the Great Seattle Fire, June 6, 1889
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The start of the Great Seattle Fire, June 6, 1889

The Great Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the city. The fire started at 2:30 p.m. in a paint and woodwork shop at Front Street (now First Avenue) and Madison Street and over the course of the next 18 hours swept a southward across…
ID Number:1979.6815.3
Date:1889
Image of Portrait of Lucy Lyon, Seattle, circa 1900
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Portrait of Lucy Lyon, Seattle, circa 1900

Lucinda F. "Lucy" (Kinkead) Lyon (1849-1932) came to Seattle with her husband, Colonel George G Lyon (1841-1902), who was a member of Territorial Governor Watson C. Squire's staff from 1884-1887. A wealthy and prominent leader of society, Lucy was a founding trustee of the Seattle Historical Society (SHS, now MOHAI) in 1914.This portrait of Lucy was taken in Seattle when…
ID Number:1979.6840.4
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Thomas and Warren French posing inside their grocery store, Seattle, circa 1910
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Thomas and Warren French posing inside their grocery store, 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:1979.6841.2
Date:Circa 1910
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