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Children surrounding Liverpool Five at Seattle Children's Home, June 1965
Seattle's oldest charity, the Seattle Children's Home originated as the Ladies' Relief Society in April 1884 to aid orphaned children. In the 1930s, the home shifted its emphasis from orphans to troubled children. Beginning in the 1980s, it provided comprehensive treatment and services to troubled youth. In 2012, Seattle Children’s Home merged with Navos, one of the largest providers of…
ID Number:1986.5.7825.3
Date:1965
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Funeral cars processing down King Street, Seattle, November 28, 1941
Born in China, Chin Fook Hing (1875-1941) came to Seattle from California around 1900. In 1911 he established the Chong Hink Knitting Company at 504 Twelfth Avenue South, which he managed until his death. Through his work in the Seattle Chinese Patriotic League, Mr. Chin was credited with raising more than $50,000 for China war relief. Long active in his…
ID Number:1986.5.7833.1
Date:1941
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Sunday school children outside Bethany Friends church, March 20, 1960
Bethany Sunday School, later Bethany Friends Community Church, was originally located at Atlantic Street and 24th Avenue South, beginning in the early 1900s. When that building was demolished in 1939 to make way for the approach of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge, the church's seventy-five members moved to a nearby space at 25th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street. In…
ID Number:1986.5.7858.1
Date:1960
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Crane removing cupola of First Presbyterian Church, July 13, 1962
The third First Presbyterian Church building at 7th Avenue and Spring Street was erected in 1907, during the ministry of Rev. Dr. Mark A. Mathews, a Southerner from Jackson, TN, who led the congregation from 1902-1940. In 1962, a new Chapel and Christian Education Building dedicated to Matthews were built, and in 1968 the church shown here was demolished and…
ID Number:1986.5.7932.1
Date:1962
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Sternwheelers club members square dancing, Seattle, August 12, 1955
In this image the Sternwheelers, members of the Seattle Indoor Sports Club, present their wheelchair square dance to an enthusiastic crowd during the American Legion's Cavalcade of Music and Drill at Memorial Stadium as part of the Legion's state convention. The Legion invited the Sternwheelers to perform after a performance scheduled at the Seafair Fiesta of Floats was canceled on…
ID Number:1986.5.8531.1
Date:1955
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Sternwheelers club members lined up on dance floor, Seattle, August 12, 1955
In this image the Sternwheelers, members of the Seattle Indoor Sports Club, pose together before performing a wheelchair square dance during the American Legion's Cavalcade of Music and Drill at Memorial Stadium as part of the Legion's state convention. The Legion invited the Sternwheelers to perform after a performance scheduled at the Seafair Fiesta of Floats was canceled on the…
ID Number:1986.5.8531.2
Date:1955
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Men playing cards at Inglewood Golf Club, Kenmore, October 8, 1942
Lake Washington's exclusive Inglewood Country Club was largely converted to housing during World War II, serving as a rooming house for shipyard workers and enlisted men of the U.S. Navy. Use of the club had declined due to war rationing and because many of Inglewood's members were in active service, so the club was able to create sleeping quarters for…
ID Number:1986.5.8538.2
Date:1942
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Men scavenging in garbage dump, Seattle, 1937
During the Depression of the 1930s, hundreds of unemployed and homeless people lived in shacks along the Seattle waterfront. Such settlements were called Hoovervilles after President Herbert Hoover, blamed by many for the hard times. This photograph shows men scavenging a garbage dump for reusable items, with some of the shanties visible in the background. Handwritten on image: Garbage Dump…
ID Number:1986.5.9009.1
Date:1937
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Goodwill Auxiliary member sorting dolls, Seattle, November 2, 1958
Seattle Goodwill was founded in 1923 by a group of local businessmen, and provides employment training and basic education to individuals experiencing significant barriers to economic opportunity. Today a significant portion of its operating funds are derived from its nine thrift stores in the area.In this image Mrs. Vivian Trevorrow arranges a display of dolls available at Goodwill in preparation…
ID Number:1986.5.9068.2
Date:1958
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Visitors tour new Ballard General Hospital, Seattle, November 1954
In 1952, residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:1986.5.9359.2
Date:1954