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Ephemera
Reprint of "Puget Sound" from P-I, July 10, 1890
In June 1890, the First Assistant Postmaster General of the United States, James S. Clarkson (1842-1918) toured the Puget Sound region on behalf of the Postal Service. Appointed by President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), a Democrat, Mr. Clarkson, a Republican, served from 1891-1892 and immediately began firing Democratic fourth-class postmasters throughout the country. Mr. Clarkson was later chairman of the Republican…
ID Number:2018.3.3.72
Date:1890
Ephemera
Invitation to opening of Cable Railroad, September 29, 1888
In September 1888, Seattle's second street railway line was built by Pacific Cable Construction Company as a single-track cable car line, running in a loop from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park. This line, the Yesler Way line, effectively linked the steamers docking at Elliott Bay with the ferries crossing Lake Washington. When the line was built the residential and recreational…
ID Number:2018.3.3.75
Date:1888
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Subscription receipt for Weekly Intelligencer, January 30, 1873
Seattle's oldest newspaper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, was founded in 1863 as The Weekly Intelligencer (also known as Seattle Gazette), when the city of Seattle was little more than a sawmill, a few dozen buildings, and a couple of hundred people. In 1881, The Intelligencer merged with The Seattle Post and moved into the newly completed Post building, on the northeast…
ID Number:2018.3.3.94
Date:1973
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Bonney & Stewart Undertakers bill, 1894
Bonney-Watson funeral home in Seattle had its beginnings in 1868 when two cabinetmakers, Oliver Shorey (married to Mary Emeline Bonney) and A.P. Delin, branched out into making and supplying wooden caskets. In 1881 Shorey's brother-in-law, L. W. Bonney, became a partner in the firm, called Shorey-Bonney, until the Great Seattle Fire destroyed the establishment at Third and Columbia Streets in…
ID Number:2018.3.3.96
Date:1894
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Seattle Drug Store prescription, circa 1880
Moses Rideout Maddocks (1833-1919) arrived in Washington Territory in 1858, where he worked as a logger and was elected to the state legislature (he later served as Seattle's fourth mayor). He came to Seattle permanently in 1864, and about two years later became part owner of a drug store. He bought out his partner after 18 months and solely operated…
ID Number:2018.3.3.111
Date:Circa 1880
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War Bond envelope, circa 1942
Sarah Sophia "Sophie" (Frye) Bass (1867-1947) was a granddaughter of Seattle pioneers Arthur Armstrong Denny (1822-1899) and Mary Ann (Boren) Denny (1822-1910). She wrote two children's books about the early history of Seattle, "When Seattle Was A Village," and "Pigtail Days in Old Seattle." Ms. Bass was a prolific collector of historical books and manuscripts, and in 1914 donated her…
ID Number:2018.3.3.121
Date:Circa 1942
Correspondence
Interview with Mrs. David Webster with letter to Mrs. M.J. Carkeek, Seattle, 1914
In the 1860s, Asa Mercer, Seattle resident and founder of the University of Washington, traveled to the East Coast twice to recruit women to move to Seattle. The second group of women arrived in Seattle in 1866. Anna Robinson, a member of this group, married fellow shipmate David Webster. In 1914, Mrs. Webster was interviewed, probably by a member of…
ID Number:2018.3.3.134
Date:1914
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Kristoferson's Dairy calendar, 1933
Swedish immigrants Alfred and Alberta "Bertie" Kristoferson moved to Washington in 1890 and opened Kristoferson Dairy in 1897. Son August Kristoferson took the reins of the dairy business after his father's death in 1914. After operating at several other locations in Seattle, the company built a plant at 1300 Rainier Avenue, with over 50 delivery trucks. The firm's entry in…
ID Number:2018.3.3.142
Date:1933
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SLS&E Ry Time Table No. 23, August 16, 1891
The Seattle, Lake Shore, and Eastern Railway (SLS&E) was a railroad that operated in Seattle from 1885-1896. A group of local investors lead by Thomas Burke (1849-1925) and Daniel Hunt Gilman (1845-1913) founded the railroad as a solution to the problem of connecting Seattle to the Canadian border. The line's seven-year history reflects the paramount importance of the railroad during…
ID Number:2018.3.3.144
Date:1891
Cartographic material
Sea Gull's View of Seattle map, 1927
Clara P. Reynolds (1875-1961) created this colorful pictorial map to be distributed by the National Education Association, with quotations on each border of the map stressing the importance of art education in schools. Clara P. Reynolds was an art educator in the Seattle Public Schools after arriving in Seattle in 1905, via New York and Europe. She taught at Franklin…
ID Number:2018.3.8.6
Date:1927