556 results for: Alaska
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Thelma Rydeen, Kathryn Tesack, and friend on sailboat, Puget Sound, August 1922
Kathryn Elizabeth Tesack (1906-1999) was born in Nome, Alaska, to John Anthony Tesack (1874-1960) and Mame Elizabeth Tesack (d. 1955). John owned a grocery store in Seattle from at least 1920-1940. Kathryn attended UW from 1926-1928, and in 1935 married Walter Henry Williams (1899-1992), in Nanjing, China, where their son John Walter Olding Williams was born in 1936. After Walter's…
ID Number:1974.5806.10
Date:1922
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Main entrance gate with car outside, looking northeast, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
This photograph shows the view through the main entrance gate into the Exposition. The George Washington statue is just visible through the right arch, with the U.S. Government building behind. Embossed on mount: HarwoodCaption on image: Main Gate of A.Y.P
ID Number:1974.5868.0
Date:1909
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Corner of University Way and 40th Street looking east, showing main gate of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Crowd scene at one of the entrances to the fair. Embossed on mount: HarwoodHandwritten on verso: 40th Street entrance to A.Y.P.E.
ID Number:1974.5868.8
Date:1909
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Whitman statue, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
This statute, commemorating Oregon Country missionary Marcus Whitman, in inscribed on its base: "Marcus Whitman, Missionary, Patriot, Pioneer" and "Killed by Indians near site of Walla Walla, Wash, November 29, 1847." The Education Building is visible to the left. Embossed on mount: Harwood
ID Number:1974.5868.14
Date:1909
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Vancouver, B.C. Daily World Headquarters, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The Vancouver B.C. Daily World headquarters was housed this reproduction of the Hudson Bay Company's Nanaimo Bastion. The original Bastion, in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, B.C., still exists today, and is the oldest original freestanding Hudson's Bay Company fort in North America. Although most of the Hudson Bay Company's Forts were established in for fur-trading, the Nanaimo Bastion is unique…
ID Number:1974.5868.26
Date:1909
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Two men seated at base of Alaska Monument, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska Monument was located at the top of the Cascades, in front of the U.S. Government Building. At its base, statues of three female figures (two of them visible in this image) symbolized Alaska, the Orient, and Pacific Rim Countries. Embossed on mount: Harwood.
ID Number:1974.5868.62
Date:1909
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Float in China Day parade, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The China Day celebration took place on September 13, 1909, funded by Seattle's Chinese American community. A parade with a Chinese dragon was a highlight of the festivities. This photo highlights a float in the parade. Embossed on mount: Harwood.Caption information source: "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle celebrates China Day and Montesano Day on September 13, 1909," by Phil Dougherty, HistoryLink.org…
ID Number:1974.5868.107
Date:1909
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Chinese dragon in parade for China Day, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The China Day celebration took place on September 13, 1909, funded by Seattle's Chinese American community. A parade with a Chinese dragon, shown here, was a highlight of the festivities. Embossed on mount: Harwood.Caption information source: "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle celebrates China Day and Montesano Day on September 13, 1909," by Phil Dougherty, HistoryLink.org Essay 8962.
ID Number:1974.5868.111
Date:1909
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Igorrote Village at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. One of the most popular attractions at the AYPE was the "Igorrote Village", a simulated village of the Igorot (previously spelled Igorrote), a diverse group of Indigenous peoples living in…
ID Number:1974.5868.125
Date:1909
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Visitor at Igorrote Village at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. One of the most popular attractions at the AYPE was the "Igorrote Village", a simulated village of the Igorot (previously spelled Igorrote), a diverse group of Indigenous peoples living in…
ID Number:1974.5868.129
Date:1909