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Exterior of Alexander Hamilton Intermediate School, Seattle, circa 1927
This image of Alexander Hamilton Intermediate School, at 1610 N 41st Street in Seattle, was taken upon or near completion of construction in January 1927. Hamilton was the first school building in Seattle to be designed specifically for intermediate (grades 7-8) education. Hamilton continues to operate as a middle school (grades 6-8), and has changed little in its exterior appearance.…
ID Number:1991.22.2.22
Date:Circa 1927
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Paste-up for Sunny Jim peanut butter ad, circa 1940
Germanus Wilhelm Firnstahl founded Pacific Food Products in 1921 after the family moved to Seattle from Wisconsin. Germanus and his wife Cecilia chose their youngest son Lowell to be the face of Sunny Jim, their new peanut butter brand. Despite his untimely death in 1933 in a football accident, Lowell's image would be synonymous with Sunny Jim until the company…
ID Number:1996.55.23
Date:Circa 1940
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Emil Schanno standing on bridge near Alki Point, Seattle, 1890
Emil Sabastian Schanno (1872-1936) was born in The Dalles, Oregon, to Charles Francis Schanno (1833-1889), a brewer born in France, and Emma Hannah (Bartlett) Schanno (1848-1894). In 1904 in Walla Walla Emil married Alice May (Cameron) Schanno (1869-1952); by 1910 they were living near Alki Point in West Seattle, where they operated one of the area's first restaurants, at 2758…
ID Number:2000.52.21
Date:1890
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Kids riding bikes in Wallingford, Seattle, May 28, 1986
In this image Serih Zakalik and her friends wear helmets while riding their bikes in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. At the time a statewide campaign sponsored by health centers and bicycle groups was being promoted to get all Seattle children to wear helmets to prevent head injures. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, July 5, 1986, A7Caption information also derived from…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.02
Date:1986
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Sign for Bike Lane on East Green Lake Way North, Seattle, May 1976
In the 1970s, Seattle began to pay more attention to bicycle safety by increasing the number of signs and protected bike lanes. The intersection of East Green Lake Way N. and the two one-way branches of NE Ravenna Boulevard is a complicated one. Located near ballfields and playfields in Green Lake Park, as well as a beach, businesses, and settled…
ID Number:2000.107.021.21.03
Date:1976
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Vivian Caver, Seattle, September 9, 1975
Vivian Caver (1928-2021) was a civil rights activist from Seattle. She was born in Tennessee and grew up in Washington. While a student at the University of Washington, Caver worked for the Seattle Urban League as it fought to integrate department store workforces in Seattle. In the 1960s, she set up race relations councils in white neighborhoods to make housing…
ID Number:2000.107.033.27.01
Date:1975
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Vivian Caver at press conference, Seattle, February 1980
Vivian Caver (1928-2021) was a civil rights activist from Seattle. She was born in Tennessee and grew up in Washington. While a student at the University of Washington, Caver worked for the Seattle Urban League as it fought to integrate department store workforces in Seattle. In the 1960s, she set up race relations councils in white neighborhoods to make housing…
ID Number:2000.107.033.27.02
Date:1980
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Japanese lantern ceremony at Green Lake, Seattle, August 7, 1991
In this image, a volunteer from Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility helps launch Japanese lanterns to commemorate the U. S. dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II. The event, held near the Bathhouse Theatre on Green Lake and called "From Hiroshima to Hope," attracted more than 1,000 people. It was patterned after…
ID Number:2000.107.048.01.03
Date:1991
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Jesse Epstein signing off on Yesler Terrace project, February 27, 1941
Jesse Epstein (1910-1989) was the first director of the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) in 1939, having been a primary force in its creation. When the U.S Housing Act of 1937 was passed, subsidizing the construction of low-income housing, Epstein worked for legislation to enable the creation of a local housing authority in Seattle. Two housing bills, the Housing Authorities Law…
ID Number:2000.107.057.02.02
Date:1941
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Jesse Epstein receiving cup of punch from child after Yesler Terrace dedication, Seattle, June 16, 1942
Jesse Epstein (1910-1989) was the first director of the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) in 1939, having been a primary force in its creation. When the U.S Housing Act of 1937 was passed, subsidizing the construction of low-income housing, Epstein worked for legislation to enable the creation of a local housing authority in Seattle. Two housing bills, the Housing Authorities Law…
ID Number:2000.107.057.02.03
Date:1942