608 results for: Seattle Daily Times
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Rose-themed Seafair float in the Lake City Parade, Seattle, July 28, 1962
While Seafair was originally intended to celebrate the centennial of Seattle’s 1851 founding, excited planners debuted the first Seafair a year early, in August 1950. Over the years, this summer festival has grown to include parades, boat races, royalty, community festivals, parades and more.Lake City, in northeast Seattle, celebrates Seafair with its Western Days, featuring a salmon bake and a…
ID Number:2024.12.6
Date:1962
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The Trianon Saturday Night, Vol. 8 No. 24, June 4, 1938
The Trianon Ballroom, located at Third Avenue and Bell Street, was an important entertainment venue in Seattle's musical history. One of several large dance clubs in the area which drew national Big Band talent, it was founded in 1927 by hotelier John Edward Savage (1879-1958) and had a 30 x 135-foot dance floor that accommodated more than 5,000 dancers. Operating…
ID Number:Lib1988.27.4
Date:1938
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Bob Young and radio announcer on stage at Trianon, Seattle, circa 1938
The Trianon Ballroom, located at Third Avenue and Bell Street, was an important entertainment venue in Seattle's musical history. One of several large dance clubs in the area which drew national Big Band talent, it was founded in 1927 by hotelier John Edward Savage (1879-1958) and had a 30 x 135-foot dance floor that accommodated more than 5,000 dancers. Operating…
ID Number:Lib1988.27.8
Date:Circa 1938
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Seattle Daily Press, June 8, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:Lib1989.19.2
Date:1889
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Seattle Daily Press, June 10, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:Lib1989.19.3
Date:1889
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Interior of G.H. Ando's Japanese dry goods store, Seattle, circa 1892
This image shows the interior of G. H. Ando's Japan Curio Company, located at 813 Second Avenue in Seattle from 1890-1893, and variously listed as a seller of dry goods, fancy goods, and notions. Visible in the image are items imported from Asia: porcelain, fans, silk, and what appears to be a suit of Samurai armor in the left foreground…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.61
Date:Circa 1892
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Seattle Police Department Band, 1915
Seattle’s Police Department Band started out by playing Sunday evening concerts at police headquarters. By the 1920s, they marched in city parades, played for city celebrations, played concerts in parks, and participated in funeral ceremonies for fallen comrades. This 1915 image shows the members of the Seattle Police Department Band posed on the sidewalk outside department headquarters. That year, the…
ID Number:Lib1991.21.1
Date:1915
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Valentine's Suburban Café menu, circa 1944
The menu pictured here calls Valentine's Suburban Café "the popular rendezvous of the highway" due to its location on Aurora Avenue at 96th Street. However, in 1944 the establishment was referred to as a "roadhouse" and charges of illegal gambling were brought against owner Robert Jacobs. The restaurant doesn't appear in Seattle directories before 1943 or after 1945, so the…
ID Number:Lib1991.38.9
Date:Circa 1944
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Hesse's Southern Barbecue menu, circa 1940
Hesse's Southern Barbecue restaurant was opened in 1933 at 139 North Broadway in Seattle by Leonard Leray Hesse (1890-1982) and his wife, Frances S (Burke) Hesse (b. 1898). They sold the restaurant in 1945, and it continued at the same location until about 1963. The menu pictured here still has the Hesses' name on it, and offers barbecued ham sandwiches…
ID Number:Lib1991.38.13
Date:Circa 1940
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Rainier Beach Baseball Team posing with equipment, Seattle, 1923
As in other states, development and expansion of baseball in Washington reflected the social and economic growth of the state itself. From the 1890s forward, professional, semi-pro, and amateur leagues abounded across the entire state, often sponsored and supported by the dominant industries of their particular region. In this image, members of the Rainier Beach Baseball Team stand together in…
ID Number:Lib1992.2.1
Date:1923