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Sick's Seattle Stadium, circa 1938
Businessman Emil Sick bought the Seattle Indians baseball team in 1937, and renamed it the Seattle Rainiers. He also started work on a new steel and concrete baseball stadium in Rainier Valley, south of downtown. Sick's Seattle Stadium opened in June 1938. For years, fans crowded the stadium or watched from the slopes overlooking the outfield. By the 1960s, fewer…
ID Number:1983.10.4858
Date:Circa 1938
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Seattle Rainiers player Dick Gyselman at batting practice in Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 1938
Nicknamed "The Needle", Dick Gyselman played third base for the Seattle Indians and Rainiers from 1935 to 1944 and in 1947. At a ballpark ceremony in 1954, Gyselman was one of nine former Seattle players inducted as an inaugural member of the Seattle baseball "Roll of Honor." Handwritten on image: Seattle Gyselman 1938.Handwritten on sleeve: Gyselman 1938.
ID Number:1983.10.4874
Date:1938
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Trailer truck and freighter at Seattle dock, 1935
Transferring freight between ships and land transportation has always been an important business in Seattle. In this 1935 photo, a crate of goods is being unloaded from the passenger liner "Ruth Alexander" to the Pacific Highway Transport truck standing nearby. The truck line delivered freight along the West Coast. Description in handwritten inventory: [Mack truck tractor & Pacific Highway Transport…
ID Number:1983.10.4963.17
Date:1935
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Passengers boarding a bus for Butte, Montana, 1935
In the 1920s, the Kenworth Motor Truck Corporation added passenger buses to its line of heavy-duty trucks. This 1935 photo shows Seattle passengers boarding a Kenworth bus which belongs to the Washington Motor Coach System. The company's Cross-State Route carried passengers to Butte, Montana, and other western cities. Riders could also make connections with buses going to Chicago and New…
ID Number:1983.10.4963.42
Date:1935
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Passengers on bus, Seattle, 1935
In the 1920s, the Kenworth Motor Truck Corporation added passenger buses to its line of heavy-duty trucks. This 1935 photo shows Seattle passengers on a Kenworth bus which belongs to the Washington Motor Coach System. The company's Cross-State Route carried passengers to Butte, Montana, and other western cities. Riders could also make connections with buses going to Chicago and New…
ID Number:1983.10.4963.43
Date:1935
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Entertainers wearing western clothing, 1935
A number of Seattle theaters featured both movies and live vaudeville acts. This 1935 photo shows a group of entertainers dressed in "western" costumes. The Chinese-style exit sign and lamps suggest that the photo was taken at Seattle's Fifth Avenue Theatre. Description in handwritten inventory: [Thirteen girls & two men dressed in western style]Photographer's Reference Number: W&S 35-305
ID Number:1983.10.4963.67
Date:1935
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Airplane near hangar, 1935
In the mid-1930s, the Washington Aircraft & Transport Company operated an aircraft sales and service facility and a flight school at Boeing Field, south of Seattle. In this photo, an unidentified man stands by a Stinson plane outside the Washington Aircraft hangar. Signs in image: Stanavo - Standard Oil Products. Stinson Kinner Sales & Service - Washington Aircraft & Transport…
ID Number:1983.10.4963.91
Date:1935
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Meves Cafeteria, Seattle, 1934
Located in the triangle-shaped Nestor Building at 1611 Westlake Avenue, Meves Cafeteria was a popular restaurant in Seattle. The cafeteria opened in 1917 at 1415 Third Avenue. It moved to Second Avenue and Seneca Street in 1920, and again to Fourth and Pine in 1926. In 1932, the cafeteria moved to this location on Westlake in 1932, and stayed here…
ID Number:1983.10.4964.23
Date:1934
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Bruen's 45th Street Theatre, Seattle, 1934
In the 1930s, Hugh W. Bruen owned the motion picture theater at 2115 N. 45th Street. Known later as Guild Forty-Fifth Street Theater, the Wallingford institution became part of Landmark Theatres in 1989, and closed in 2017. Signs in image: Bruen's 45th St. - Barbara Stanwyck, Ever in My Heart [...] Deluge. Bargain Nite.Webster & Stevens number: 34-217Caption information source:…
ID Number:1983.10.4964.30
Date:1934
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Workers inside Kenworth plant, Seattle, 1934
The Kenworth Motor Truck Company got its start building heavy-duty trucks for the timber industry. It later expanded its line to include moving vans, delivery trucks, fire trucks, and buses.This 1934 photo shows men working in the Seattle Kenworth factory, located at Yale and Mercer streets in Seattle. Kenworth is now a subsidiary of PACCAR. Webster & Stevens number: 34-341Caption…
ID Number:1983.10.4964.37
Date:1934