832 results for: Puget Sound
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Seattle Electric Company trip guide, 1909
In 1898 the Seattle Electric Company was granted a contract to consolidate the city's 22 separate streetcar lines and private street railways. The SEC was an arm of the national Stone & Webster utility cartel, which also controlled the city’s electrical grid and operated the Puget Sound Electric Railway (PSER), an interurban line linking Tacoma, Seattle, and Everett. Due to…
ID Number:2018.3.3.25
Date:1909
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Fly on the Flyer advertising leaflet, 1909
The Flyer was an American steamboat that served from 1891-1929 on Puget Sound, a time in which passenger traffic via boat was very high. The Flyer (later the Washington) was able to complete the 28 miles between Seattle and Tacoma in 77 minutes.This brochure lists the Flyer's departure times from both Seattle and Tacoma, and when opened forms the shape…
ID Number:2018.3.3.28
Date:1909
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Ballard-Ludlow Ferry Co. ferry schedule, 1939
The Ballard - Ludlow Ferry Co. was one of several auto and passenger ferry and steamer lines operating on Puget Sound. A subsidiary of Kitsap County Transportation Company, the company operated ferries between Seattle's Ballard neighborhood and Port Ludlow, at the time a logging and sawmill community on the Olympic Peninsula.
ID Number:2018.3.3.29
Date:1939
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Black Ball Line ferry schedule, 1933
The Black Ball Line began operating ferries on Puget Sound in 1928. In 1933, when this schedule was published, the company ran ferries between downtown Seattle's Colman Dock and both Bremerton and Port Orchard, and between Seabeck and Brinnon. The company still operates the M.V. Coho, a car and passenger ferry, between Port Angeles and Victoria, British Columbia. Caption information…
ID Number:2018.3.3.30
Date:1933
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Races at the Meadows program, August 3, 1906
Built in 1902 by the King County Fair Association, The Meadows was the premier venue in the Northwest for horse racing. The track was located just five miles south of downtown Seattle, between the south end of Beacon Hill and the Duwamish River, in what is now known as the Georgetown neighborhood. The grandstands seated 10,000 spectators, who had convenient…
ID Number:2018.3.3.51
Date:1906
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Reprint of "Puget Sound" from P-I, July 10, 1890
In June 1890, the First Assistant Postmaster General of the United States, James S. Clarkson (1842-1918) toured the Puget Sound region on behalf of the Postal Service. Appointed by President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), a Democrat, Mr. Clarkson, a Republican, served from 1891-1892 and immediately began firing Democratic fourth-class postmasters throughout the country. Mr. Clarkson was later chairman of the Republican…
ID Number:2018.3.3.72
Date:1890
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Denny Clay Company receipt, December 6, 1893
The Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company (also Denny Clay Company) was founded in 1892 by Seattle pioneer Arthur A. Denny (1822-1899) when he bought out predecessor company Puget Sound Fire Clay Company. Clay's popularity over wood as a building material grew substantially after the Great Seattle Fire in 1889. Raw material was extracted with hydraulic mining equipment from heavy glacial…
ID Number:2018.3.3.78
Date:1893
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D.T. Denny & Sons receipt, 1890
Seattle pioneer David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) came to the area in 1851 and with his wife, Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916), staked a claim to the future site of Seattle Center. Mr. Denny pursued a diverse career as a farmer, capitalist, streetcar operator, and developer. He was also a well-regarded civic leader, serving as probate judge, King County Commissioner, Seattle City…
ID Number:2018.3.3.79
Date:1890
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Schwabacher Bros. & Co. receipt, December 31, 1877
Schwabacher Brothers & Company, a San Francisco general store and wholesale house, expanded into Washington Territory when they opened a store in Walla Walla in 1860. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods and other materials to the logging camps, mill towns and farming communities. Their first Seattle store opened in…
ID Number:2018.3.3.95
Date:1877
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Luncheon program for Crown Prince Olav's visit, 1939
From May 23-28, 1939, Norway's Crown Prince Olav (1903-1991) and his wife, Princess Martha (1901-1954), visited Washington State during a West Coast tour on the eve of World War II. Among other activities, they spent a day skiing at Paradise on Mount Rainier and attended the dedication of the Stanwood monument honoring the first Norwegian settler on Puget Sound, Zakarias…
ID Number:2018.3.3.97
Date:1939