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Wilson's Modern Business College, Seattle, April 15, 1929
Wilson's Modern Business College opened in Seattle in 1895. It was one of several schools in the city which prepared women and men for jobs in business. Daytime and evening classes included arithmetic, geography, and spelling, as well as bookkeeping, shorthand, and commercial law. Handwritten on sleeve: W.M.B. College Exterior 4-15-29.Photographer's Reference Number: 131213
ID Number:1983.10.3677.2
Date:1929
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Baxley Dress Co., Seattle, April 15, 1929
The Baxley Dress Manufacturing Company shared this building at 115-123 Boren Avenue North with the Peck and Hill Furniture Company. Handwritten on sleeve: Baxley Dress Mfg Co Bldg. - Peck & Hills Bldg - 4-15-29.Photographer's Reference Number: 131232
ID Number:1983.10.3682
Date:1929
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Regraded land and new streets in the Denny Hill area, circa 1930
During the second Denny Hill regrading project, the city paid for the removal of dirt from street areas and other public property. Private landowners paid for the lowering of their property. In places, the land was lowered by 89 feet. This photo is half of a panoramic view to the north from the downtown area, taken around 1929. It shows…
ID Number:1983.10.3685.1
Date:Circa 1930
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Regraded land and new streets in the Denny Hill area, circa 1930
By the late 1920s, Seattle's downtown businesses pressured the city to remove the remaining part of Denny Hill so that the city could expand to the north. Nearly seven million cubic yards of earth were moved from public and private property during the regrading project. This photo is half of a panoramic view to the north from the downtown area,…
ID Number:1983.10.3685.3
Date:Circa 1930
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Women students with crew gear at the University of Washington, January 26, 1929
As early as 1903, women students at the University of Washington were rowing in the “same boats” and “under the same conditions” as the men, according to the university’s 1904 yearbook. With Hiram Conibear as head rowing coach from 1907 to 1917, the women’s program grew right alongside the men's, while still facing opposition to women competing in the strenuous…
ID Number:1983.10.3686
Date:1929
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Exchange Building under construction, Seattle, May 1, 1929
The Exchange Building is one of several Art Deco office buildings in Seattle. It was designed as a home for stock and commodity exchanges. The Exchange Building was the last large downtown building built before the Depression of the 1930s hit the city. It was Seattle business district's tallest building until after World War II ended in 1945. Signs in…
ID Number:1983.10.3691.1
Date:1929
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Two women and a Boeing mail plane, circa 1927
Transcontinental airmail service began in 1924. In 1927, Boeing Air Transport, Inc. won the contract to fly mail between Chicago and San Francisco. The lightweight Boeing mail plane was built of fabric-covered wood and metal tubing. Its single pilot sat in an open cockpit. The plane had two mail compartments, one of which could be used for up to two…
ID Number:1983.10.3763.1
Date:Circa 1927
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Record player, probably in Seattle, circa 1927
This photo of a record player was possibly from a furniture store, based on the handwritten note on the sleeve. Handwritten on sleeve: Bush & Lane Int. & [Magnola...].Photographer's Reference Number: 128037
ID Number:1983.10.3839.3
Date:Circa 1927
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Inside the Northwest Steel Rolling Mills, November 7, 1927
Northwest Steel Rolling Mills was one of several steel companies in Seattle in the late 1920s. In their Ballard mill, they melted scrap metal and made it into steel bars and cylinders for use by other industries. This 1927 photo shows workmen in the factory moving a large bucket of molten metal. Description in handwritten inventory: Auto Tour Steel Plants…
ID Number:1983.10.3841.6
Date:1927
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Family planting a tree, circa 1927
Logging removed the trees from Seattle's many hills. As the city grew, neighborhoods were built on the bare, logged-over land. Some developers added trees along the streets of their new neighborhoods. Families and individuals also planted trees, shrubs, and flowers.In this photo, taken around 1927, a Seattle family plants a tree near the street in front of their house. Description…
ID Number:1983.10.3844.1
Date:Circa 1927