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Image of Champion cow at Willowmoor Farm, Redmond, circa 1910
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Champion cow at Willowmoor Farm, Redmond, circa 1910

In 1904, Seattle banker James W. Clise bought land along the Sammamish Slough, near Redmond, Washington, and began to build a hunting lodge and summer retreat. During the next three years, the family greatly expanded the original building which they called Willowmoor. They moved there permanently in 1907. Over the years, Clise expanded the property and developed a model farm…
ID Number:1980.7158.2.6
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Horse on Willowmoor Farm, Redmond, circa 1910
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Horse on Willowmoor Farm, Redmond, circa 1910

In 1904, Seattle banker James W. Clise bought land along the Sammamish Slough, near Redmond, Washington, and began to build a hunting lodge and summer retreat. During the next three years, the family greatly expanded the original building which they called Willowmoor. They moved there permanently in 1907. Over the years, Clise expanded the property and developed a model farm…
ID Number:1980.7158.2.7
Date:Circa 1910
Image of President Taft at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
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President Taft at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909

United States President William H. Taft visited Seattle in 1909 and spoke at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. While in Seattle, he also played golf and made many other public appearances. Caption on image: F.H. Nowell, Official Fotografer, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Handwritten on mount: A.Y.P. Expo. Prest Taft & Troubador, AYPE 1909.
ID Number:1980.7158.2.8
Date:1909
Image of Charles and James Clise with puppies, Redmond, circa 1905
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Charles and James Clise with puppies, Redmond, circa 1905

This photo of Charles and James Clise Jr., sons of Seattle real estate developer and banker James W. Clise (1855-1939), shows the boys playing with puppies. Caption on label: Artist - Gail Clements, Battle Creek, Mich.Handwritten on mount: James & Charles.
ID Number:1980.7158.2.13
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Anna and Viola Brand with the family dog in backyard, Seattle, 1901
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Anna and Viola Brand with the family dog in backyard, Seattle, 1901

August Niklasson Brand (1862-1950) and Anna Amelia (Erlandson) Brand (1869-1952), were Swedish immigrants who married in 1893 in Seattle. In 1903, August and Anna bought the Western Hotel (aka, The Michigan), which was built around 1880 and located at the corner of Sixth Avenue and James Street. They renamed it the Hotel Kalmar, after Anna's home town in Sweden, and…
ID Number:1981.7328.66
Date:1901
Image of Bessie Hall Dempsey in costume holding two cats, Seattle, circa 1920<br />Walters Studio , Seattle
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Bessie Hall Dempsey in costume holding two cats, Seattle, circa 1920
Walters Studio , Seattle

Bessie (Hall) Dempsey (1914-1971) moved to Seattle as a child with her mother, seamstress Jessie (Des Champs) Hall, and her older sister, Irma Beatrice Hall. The sisters attended Broadway High School and the Cornish School of Fine Arts, where they studied classical ballet, folk dance, music theory, composition and choreography. Bessie was an excellent student and also studied physics, mathematics,…
ID Number:1982.172.58
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Carousel at entrance to Woodland Park, 1924
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Carousel at entrance to Woodland Park, 1924

In June 1919, George (1874-circa 1938) and Lucy Vincent (1893-1990) opened a carousel, Ferris wheel, and dance pavilion at 5501 Phinney Avenue, directly across the street from Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. Despite initial protests by neighbors and the Seattle Board of Park Commissioners, who objected to having the dance pavilion so close to Woodland Park, the Vincents operated the business…
ID Number:1983.10.316
Date:1924
Image of Cavalry at Fort Lawton, May 18, 1918
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Cavalry at Fort Lawton, May 18, 1918

In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:1983.10.1017
Date:1918
Image of Cattle show at Hollywood Farm, Woodinville, November 19, 1918
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Cattle show at Hollywood Farm, Woodinville, November 19, 1918

Hollywood Farm, in Woodinville, was built by the Frederick Stimson family. They used it as a weekend retreat and summer home. Milk and cream from the farm's prize-winning Holstein dairy herd was sent to Seattle by railroad. Seattleites visited by train and bought cream, ice cream, and sausages at the farm's ice cream parlor. Caption on image: Pacific Northwest Ice…
ID Number:1983.10.1343
Date:1918
Image of Ice cream manufacturers looking at prize bull, November 19, 1918
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Ice cream manufacturers looking at prize bull, November 19, 1918

Hollywood Farm, in Woodinville, was built by the Frederick Stimson family. They used it as a weekend retreat and summer home. Milk and cream from the farm's prize-winning Holstein dairy herd was sent to Seattle by railroad. Seattleites visited by train and bought cream, ice cream, and sausages at the farm's ice cream parlor. In this photo, taken in 1918,…
ID Number:1983.10.1344
Date:1918
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