3377 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Nurses and doctors during a surgery at Minor Private Hospital, circa 1920
Minor Private Hospital was founded in January 1906, and a two-story, brick hospital building constructed at 1420 Spring Street in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood. In September 1906, a school for nurses was established at Minor Hospital, with a three-year course of training. Minor Private Hospital closed in 1928, and the last nursing school class graduated in 1930. The nurses later…
ID Number:1954.683.151.1
Date:Circa 1920
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Minor Private Hospital nursing supervisor Lucy I. Pringle holding baby, circa 1925
Lucy I. Pringle, formerly of the Lakeside Hospital of Cleveland, was appointed head surgical nurse at Seattle's Minor Private Hospital upon it's opening in June 1906. The following year, Pringle became a nursing superintendent of the hospital, supervising nursing students from the Minor Hospital nurses training school.
ID Number:1954.683.153.1
Date:Circa 1925
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Music Library, Totem Broadcasters, Seattle, circa 1925
KJR in Seattle, begun by amateur radio operator Vincent I. Kraft in 1921, was the first radio station to be licensed in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly thereafter, in 1924, radio station KOMO began as KFQX operated by the American Radio and Telephone Company, under the ownership of Roy Olmstead (1886-1966) and Alfred M. Hubbard. In 1926 KOMO was relaunched under Birt F.…
ID Number:1954.745.9.13
Date:Circa 1925
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Master control room, Totem Broadcasters, Seattle, circa 1925
KJR in Seattle, begun by amateur radio operator Vincent I. Kraft in 1921, was the first radio station to be licensed in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly thereafter, radio station KOMO began as KFQX in 1924, operated by the American Radio and Telephone Company, under the ownership of Roy Olmstead (1886-1966) and Alfred M. Hubbard. In 1926 KOMO was relaunched under Birt F.…
ID Number:1954.745.9.15
Date:Circa 1925
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Sourdough Club on ship "Portland" during Golden Potlatch, Seattle, July 17, 1912
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. The appropriation of culture in order to market products or events is a common example of discrimination and marginalization faced by Indigenous peoples in the United States. In…
ID Number:1954.776.1
Date:1912
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Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) seated at Madrona Park, Seattle, circa 1892
Kick-is-on-lo Cud, or Kikisoblu (circa 1816-1896), was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle (Si'ahl), the leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish tribes. During her lifetime, she saw the coming of white settlers, the exile of her people from their traditional lands, and the growth of the new city named for her father. She didn't move to the Port Madison Reservation…
ID Number:1954.812.1
Date:Circa 1892
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Portrait of Robert Moran at Rosario Resort, Orcas Island, Washington, circa 1920
After working on ships for a number of years Robert Moran (1857-1943) opened a marine repair shop at Yesler's Wharf in 1882. Shortly thereafter he established Moran Brothers Marine and Sawmill Machinery Company (later Moran Brothers Company) with his brothers, Frank Moran (1860-1934) and Sherman Moran (1865-1929). In 1898, the firm built a fleet of 12 steamers and 10 barges,…
ID Number:1955.970.73a
Date:Circa 1920
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Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company, September 30, 1940
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company was established in Seattle in 1889, as a branch of the San Francisco Bridge Company. By the 1940s, the firm had developed into a large dredging and construction company on its own, with projects up and down the west coast. The company built air bases and ships for World War II.This photo, taken in…
ID Number:1955.970.500.1.1
Date:1940
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Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company, July 8, 1943
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company was established in Seattle in 1889, as a branch of the San Francisco Bridge Company. By the 1940s, the firm had developed into a large dredging and construction company on its own, with projects up and down the west coast. The company built air bases and ships for World War II.This photo, taken in…
ID Number:1955.970.500.1.2
Date:1943
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King County Courthouse construction, Seattle, September 11, 1915
This image of the King County Courthouse in Seattle was taken facing northeast during construction on September 11, 1915. Architect A. Warren Gould designed the five-story steel frame and reinforced concrete structure, built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company. The building sits at 516 Third Avenue, between Dilling Way and James Street, and was dedicated May 4, 1916,…
ID Number:1955.970.500.7.1
Date:1915