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Anna Hardow milking a cow at Morningside Dairy, Seattle, circa 1930
Morningside Dairy was a small family business operating in Seattle from around 1922 until 1948. The dairy was owned by Franz Hardow (1886-1965), the son of Swedish immigrants, and Anna Gerrels Hardow (1894-1990), the daughter of German immigrants. The couple married in 1921, then left Minnesota for Seattle, where they leased land from Washington State for their home and farm…
ID Number:2024.6.6
Date:Circa 1930
Ephemera
Report on dairy samples with ratings, June 30, 1938
Morningside Dairy was a small family business operating in Seattle from around 1922 until 1948. The dairy was owned by Franz Hardow (1886-1965), the son of Swedish immigrants, and Anna Gerrels Hardow (1894-1990), the daughter of German immigrants. The couple married in 1921, then left Minnesota for Seattle, where they leased land from Washington State for their home and farm…
ID Number:2024.6.8
Date:1938
Ephemera
"Score Card For Milk" for Morningside Dairy, September 15, 1934
Morningside Dairy was a small family business operating in Seattle from around 1922 until 1948. The dairy was owned by Franz Hardow (1886-1965), the son of Swedish immigrants, and Anna Gerrels Hardow (1894-1990), the daughter of German immigrants. The couple married in 1921, then left Minnesota for Seattle, where they leased land from Washington State for their home and farm…
ID Number:2024.6.11
Date:1934
Correspondence
Letter from Anna Hardow to Lena and Wilbur Cole, February 6, 1943
Morningside Dairy was a small family business operating in Seattle from around 1922 until 1948. The dairy was owned by Franz Hardow (1886-1965), the son of Swedish immigrants, and Anna Gerrels Hardow (1894-1990), the daughter of German immigrants. The couple married in 1921, then left Minnesota for Seattle, where they leased land from Washington State for their home and farm…
ID Number:2024.6.15
Date:1943
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Malmo & Company Landscaping truck, Seattle, circa 1925
Charles Malmo emigrated from Norway in 1878, arrived in Seattle in 1891, and established Malmo Seed and Nursery Company in 1893. He opened his first garden store at 916 Second Avenue in what would become downtown Seattle. Over the years, the Malmo company expanded to several locations and became known for its fine plants, trees, and landscaping services.In this image,…
ID Number:2024.12.18
Date:Circa 1925
Document
Draft of speech given by Evelyn J. Chapman to King County legislators, May 29, 1968
Evelyn Johnson Chapman (1935-2016) and John Hume Chapman (d. 2000) married in 1959 and had three children. Their oldest son, Coolidge, was born with brain damage which caused physical and mental developmental disabilities. Unable to enroll him in Seattle Public Schools for kindergarten, they placed him in an experimental program at the recently formed Northwest Center for the Retarded (now…
ID Number:2024.14.1.04.02
Date:1968
Photograph
Portrait of Babette and Joanna Eckstein, San Francisco, circa 1930
Sisters Joanna Eckstein (1903-1983) and Babette (Eckstein) Joseph Levinson (1906-1977) were the only children of prominent Seattle civic leader Nathan Eckstein (1873-1945) and Mina A. (Schwabacher) Eckstein (1877-1942). Nathan Eckstein Middle School is named in honor of Nathan's service as a member of the Seattle School Board. Joanna Eckstein was also civic-minded; she was president of Seattle Children's Home (now…
ID Number:Lib1986.2.51
Date:Circa 1930
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Family portrait, Tulalip Indian School, circa 1912
The Tulalip Tribes are a confederation of several Coast Salish peoples including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, Stillaguamish, and other allied tribes and bands. In the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, these groups ceded most of their land to the United States and reserved the Tulalip Indian Reservation for their permanent homeland. They also reserved rights for hunting,…
ID Number:Lib1988.11.23
Date:Circa 1912
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Plateau family group, circa 1900
The Indigenous peoples of the Columbia Plateau include many different tribal groups. The Plateau peoples' historic lands are in what is now British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon. In Washington, the Yakama, Nez Perce, Spokane, Colville, and other Plateau tribes live east of the Cascade Range in the Columbia River watershed. An Indigenous family poses for the camera of…
ID Number:Lib1992.9.56
Date:Circa 1900
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Langstaff family home, Magnolia neighborhood, Seattle, 1908
Brothers Clarence and Otto Langstaff, both amateur photographers, grew up in this home at 3205 West Elmore Street. A group of six men and women pose on the porch of the residence. The brothers Clarence and Otto Langstaff were prolific amateur photographers in Seattle. Clarence worked as a carpenter and also spent time at Mt. Rainier as a guide. Otto…
ID Number:Lib1993.8.8
Date:1908