1892 results for: Washington (State). Office of the Secretary of State
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Suess Glass Co. receipt, September 8, 1915
The Suess Art Glass Company manufactured leaded, plate, and beveled glass and mirrors, as well as a variety of other products, including lenses for automobile headlamps. Headlamps were not issued standard on cars until 1912, and performance and quality varied wildly. John Suess patented two devices for the rib lenses he sold, which controlled the headlight beam and eliminated "glare…
ID Number:1982.200.26
Date:1915
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Pidduck-Ross Co. grocery receipt, July 7, 1904
Pidduck-Ross Co. grocery sold "high priced groceries and table delicacies" at 720 Second Avenue. The grocery opened in 1901 as Pidduck, Ross & Mehlhorn by George A. Pidduck, John T. Ross, and August F. Mehlhorn (Mehlhorn left the company in the first year). In just a few years, Pidduck-Ross Co. was declared bankrupt in April of 1905, after having been…
ID Number:1982.200.57
Date:1904
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Al Hostak and Freddie Steele boxing program, July 26, 1938
Seattle boxing champ Albert Paul "Al" Hostak (1916-2006), nicknamed "the Savage Slav," was born in Minneapolis to Czech immigrants who later moved to Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. He dropped out of Cleveland High School at 16 years old to pursue a career in boxing, and had his debut fight in 1932. He retired from boxing in 1949 with a record of…
ID Number:1982.216.115
Date:1938
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Al Hostak and Kid Matthews boxing program, September 29, 1942
Seattle boxing champ Albert "Al" Hostak (1916-2006), nicknamed "the Savage Slav," was born in Minneapolis to Czech immigrants who later moved to Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. He dropped out of Cleveland High School at 16 years old to pursue a career in boxing, and had his debut fight in 1932. He retired from boxing in 1949 with a record of 64…
ID Number:1982.216.135
Date:1942
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Police officer directing traffic at 4th and Pike, Seattle, circa 1920
In this image an unidentified Seattle Police officer directs pedestrian, automobile, and wagon traffic from the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Pike Street. On the right side of the frame, the menswear store Tailored Ready Co. is visible on the northwest corner of the intersection. The store sold "men's and boys' clothing, uniforms, hats, caps, trunks, and suit cases," at…
ID Number:1983.10.1089.2
Date:Circa 1920
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U.S. Army draftees parading through downtown, Seattle, May 10, 1918
On May 10, 1918, 62 men, conscripted from Seattle and King County through the new Selective Service system, paraded through downtown Seattle streets before entraining for Vancouver Barracks, where they would join the U.S. Army. The men assembled at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club, where they received packages of food, tobacco, and other useful items, then marched to King Street…
ID Number:1983.10.1091.1
Date:1918
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Exterior of The Nut House, Seattle, circa 1920
In 1909 Atlanta-born Anton Louis Delkin (1889-1974) arrived in Seattle from British Columbia with $40 cash and five barrels of peanuts. By 1918 Delkin, the "Chief Nut," was selling $1,350,000 worth of nuts per year through his company, The Nut House. After an attempt in the early 1920s to expand into additional cities, the board of trustees decided in 1923…
ID Number:1983.10.1287
Date:Circa 1920
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General strike participants leaving shipyards, Seattle, February 1919
The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions, including members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Industrial Workers of…
ID Number:1983.10.1347.3
Date:1919
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Customers shopping inside Co-operative Grocery Store No. 1, Seattle, circa 1918
The Co-operative Grocery was part of the South End Public Market operating at Washington Street and Third Avenue South. The union-run market's offerings included restaurants, fresh produce, fresh and cured meats, and free delivery. This photo shows men and women shopping at the grocery, with a cart full of Crescent Baking Powder in the middle, a sign explaining that "This…
ID Number:1983.10.1377
Date:Circa 1918
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View of Latona Bridge and Lake Union, Seattle, circa 1915
Seattle's first substantial bridge to cross Lake Union was the Latona Bridge, a pile-driven, fixed-span bridge linking the Eastlake neighborhood to the University District at Portage Bay. Constructed in 1891 for Seattle pioneer and investor David T. Denny (1832-1903) as an extension of his Rainier Power & Railway Co., the bridge was rebuilt in 1902 to allow pedestrian and vehicular…
ID Number:1983.10.1383.2
Date:Circa 1915