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Image of Busload of children from the Theodora Home, circa 1927
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Busload of children from the Theodora Home, circa 1927

The Volunteers of America founded the Theodora Home, in the northern part of Seattle, as a refuge for homeless women and their children. In this photo, taken around 1927, a group of children from the home are riding on a bus in downtown Seattle. Description in handwritten inventory: Theodora Home, Mayor Landes & KiddiesPhotographer's Reference Number: 120998
ID Number:1983.10.3427.3
Date:Circa 1927
Image of Women working inside Olympic Garment Co., Seattle, circa 1928
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Women working inside Olympic Garment Co., Seattle, circa 1928

The Olympic Garment Company was located on the third floor of the Sanitary Market Building on First and Pike Streets. Seattle had several clothing manufacturing businesses during the first half of the twentieth century. Handwritten on sleeve: Baxtey [sic] Dress Co. Int.Photographer's Reference Number: 129779
ID Number:1983.10.3518
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Wilson's Modern Business College, Seattle, circa 1928
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Wilson's Modern Business College, Seattle, circa 1928

Wilson's Modern Business College opened in Seattle in 1895. It was one of several schools in the city which prepared women and men for jobs in business. Daytime and evening classes included arithmetic, geography, and spelling, as well as bookkeeping, shorthand, and commercial law. Handwritten on sleeve: Wilsons Modern Business College.Photographer's Reference Number: 129321
ID Number:1983.10.4008.2
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Swimming pool at the Washington Athletic Club, September 13, 1932
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Swimming pool at the Washington Athletic Club, September 13, 1932

The Washington Athletic Club opened its 21-story building at Sixth Avenue and Union Street in 1930. By the end of the 1930s, Helene Madison and many other champion swimmers had trained in the club's modern swimming pool. This photo, taken in September 1932, shows a women's swimming group at the side of the Washington Athletic Club pool. Photographer's Reference Number:…
ID Number:1983.10.4412
Date:1932
Image of Coliseum Theatre, November 3, 1934
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Coliseum Theatre, November 3, 1934

By 1915, Seattle's downtown commercial core was booming. In March 1915, local lumber baron and businessman C. D. Stimson leased lots on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Pike Street to the newly-formed Coliseum Company to build a theater designed specifically for movies, then called photoplays. The Coliseum Photo Playhouse was designed by noted theater architect B. Marcus Priteca,…
ID Number:1983.10.4493
Date:1934
Image of Northwest Mutual Building, Seattle, May 6, 1935
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Northwest Mutual Building, Seattle, May 6, 1935

The United Shopping Tower at Third Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle was designed as a vertical shopping building for different retailers. In 1932, the shopping center closed and became the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Building. In 1974, Northwestern Mutual left the building and by 1980, the building was the headquarters of Olympic Savings and became known as the Olympic…
ID Number:1983.10.4524
Date:1935
Image of Frederick & Nelson window titled,
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Frederick & Nelson window titled, "Women at Work for Victory," 1942

During World War II, Seattle's Frederick & Nelson department store regularly supported the Allied war effort in its display windows.The window in this 1944 photo celebrated the women who built planes at Boeing and worked in other war industries. The mannequins wear the kind of clothing which women wore in the factories. On the back wall, posters push for higher…
ID Number:1983.10.14449.7
Date:1942
Image of Kenworth employees at lunch break, Seattle, June 15, 1944
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Kenworth employees at lunch break, Seattle, June 15, 1944

The Kenworth Motor Truck Company got its start building heavy-duty trucks for the timber industry. During World War II, the Seattle plant manufactured parts for the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and B-29 Super Fortress. The factory at Yale and Mercer streets was divided by a fence down the middle of the facility to separate the work being done for Boeing…
ID Number:1983.10.14851.10
Date:1944
Image of Worker inside Kenworth plant, Seattle, June 15, 1944
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Worker inside Kenworth plant, Seattle, June 15, 1944

The Kenworth Motor Truck Company got its start building heavy-duty trucks for the timber industry. During World War II, the company participated in many war-related production contracts. Beginning in 1943, Kenworth began making components for the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber and the B-29 "Super Fortress" at its Seattle plant. Three shifts of workers carried out subassembly work on the…
ID Number:1983.10.14851.14
Date:1944
Image of Kenworth workers posing with airplane part, Seattle, June 15, 1944
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Kenworth workers posing with airplane part, Seattle, June 15, 1944

The Kenworth Motor Truck Company got its start building heavy-duty trucks for the timber industry. During World War II, the company participated in many war-related production contracts. Beginning in 1943, Kenworth began making components for the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber and the B-29 "Super Fortress" at its Seattle plant. Three shifts of workers carried out subassembly work on the…
ID Number:1983.10.14851.16
Date:1944
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