450 results for: Military
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Wagner's First Regiment Band, Seattle, 1889
Cornetist Theodore H. “Dad” Wagner arrived in Seattle in the mid-1880s. As leader of the Second Regiment National Guard Band, Wagner’s band gained community fame by providing free concerts at Pioneer Square after Seattle’s Great Fire of 1889. That same year, he led the First Regiment Washington National Guard Band in celebration of Washington’s statehood. His own band, Dad Wagner’s…
ID Number:SHS2514
Date:1889
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Militia lined up during anti-Chinese riot, Seattle, February, 1886
The Seattle riot of 1886 occurred on February 6–9 amidst rising anti-Chinese sentiment caused by intense labor competition and in the context of an ongoing struggle between labor and capital in the Western United States. The dispute arose when a mob affiliated with a local Knights of Labor chapter formed small committees to carry out a forcible expulsion of all…
ID Number:SHS3486
Date:1886
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The First Regiment band of the Washington National Guard, 1892
During the period before statehood, the U.S. Federal Government authorized Washington Territory to form militia units to assist the civil authorities in maintaining law and order. A more permanent force was created on March 9, 1886, with the formation of the First Infantry Regiment of the Washington National Guard, led by Lieutenant-Colonel George D. Hill. The Second Infantry Regiment followed…
ID Number:SHS5837
Date:1892
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Boy watching cavalry ride past Second and Pine, Seattle, August 7, 1900
Typed on verso: U.S. Cavalry off for China Aug. 7, 1900, riding past 2nd and Pine in Seattle.SHS category: National Guard of Washington
ID Number:SHS9159
Date:1900
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Baseball game at Fort Lawton parade grounds, Seattle, circa 1906
In the first years of the 20th century, baseball was growing in popularity around Seattle. In addition to the city's first professional team, the Seattle Indians, amateur teams popped up across the region, playing at whatever field was available - local parks, the Meadows racetrack, or even the Fort Lawton parade grounds. Teams were organized by neighborhoods, smaller cities around…
ID Number:SHS10366
Date:Circa 1906
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Grand Army of the Republic gathering, Seattle, July 4, 1912
The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization for Union veterans of the American Civil War. Founded in Illinois in 1866, it grew to include posts all over the country. Members took part in July 4th celebrations and other community events, and they advocated for a variety of causes including patriotic education, regular pensions and voting rights…
ID Number:SHS10796
Date:1912
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Boeing Airplane Company Plant 1, June 8, 1917
The Boeing Airplane Company got its first big military order when its "C" model seaplane was accepted as a trainer by the U.S. Navy during World War I. The company opened a new plant on the west side of the Duwamish River, south of Seattle, to handle all this new business. This photo, taken in June 1917, shows the new…
ID Number:SHS12999
Date:1917
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Chief Anotklosh of the Taku, Alaska, circa 1913
The Tlingit people have lived on the coast and islands of what is now southeastern Alaska since time immemorial. Tlingit society is organized into clans, which follow maternal descent. Fishing, gathering, and hunting were central to historic Tlingit lifeways – they used salmon, shellfish, seals, berries, deer, and other food sources. They used every part for different purposes, not wasting…
ID Number:SHS14163
Date:Circa 1913
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Ballard Boat Works on Salmon Bay, 1918
Norwegian immigrant Sivert Sagstad founded Ballard Boat Works in 1905 at the foot of Thirty-sixth Avenue NW. Sagstad had learned boat building from his father. By the time he died in 1946, the company had built more than 300 commercial fishing vessels, tug boats, and military rescue boats. The business changed its name and relocated several times; it is now…
ID Number:SHS15167
Date:1918
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Boeing plant, Seattle, April 16, 1918
The Boeing Airplane Company got its first big military order when its "C" model seaplane was accepted as a trainer by the U.S. Navy during World War I. The company opened a new plant on the west side of the Duwamish River, south of Seattle, to handle all this new business. This photo, taken in April 1918, shows the new…
ID Number:SHS17645
Date:1918