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Woman working on a tank, Pacific Car and Foundry company, Renton, 1943
The Pacific Car and Foundry Company got its start in Seattle in the early 1900s building railroad cars for the logging industry. The company expanded quickly and, in 1905, bought land in Renton for a new plant. Now known as PACCAR, the company has factories in five countries, making heavy-duty trucks and other vehicles, railcars, and mining equipment. During World…
ID Number:1986.5.6759.5
Date:1943
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Women building tank at Pacific Car and Foundry factory, Renton, 1943
The Pacific Car and Foundry Company got its start in Seattle in the early 1900s building railroad cars for the logging industry. The company expanded quickly and, in 1905, bought land in Renton for a new plant. Now known as PACCAR, the company has factories in five countries, making heavy-duty trucks and other vehicles, railcars, and mining equipment.This 1943 photo…
ID Number:1986.5.6759.11
Date:1943
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Workers building tanks at Pacific Car and Foundry factory, Renton, 1943
The Pacific Car and Foundry Company got its start in Seattle in the early 1900s building railroad cars for the logging industry. The company expanded quickly and, in 1905, bought land in Renton for a new plant. Now known as PACCAR, the company has factories in five countries, making heavy-duty trucks and other vehicles, railcars, and mining equipment. During World…
ID Number:1986.5.6759.15
Date:1943
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Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, arrives at airport, Seattle, June 11, 1954
The Emperor of Ethiopia arrived by plane on the morning of June 11. He was taken to the Boeing Company for a tour, then to Bremerton to inspect the naval shipyard. His entourage then returned to Seattle, checked into the Olympic Hotel and attended a reception at the Rainier Club. Typed on negative sleeve: Haile Selassie, Emp. Ethiopia, 6/11/54.
ID Number:1986.5.41687.9
Date:1954
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Boeing Marine Systems brochure, circa 1972
In the mid-twentieth century Seattle's aerospace giant, The Boeing Company, saw a market in fast ferries. The company began adapting many systems used in jet airplanes for passenger-carrying waterjet-propelled hydrofoils. Boeing Marine Systems (BMS) built their first hydrofoil at the Renton plant in 1960, and manufactured about 8 hydrofoils for the U. S. military, and 28 that were used in…
ID Number:1987.72.7
Date:Circa 1972
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Hammond Ashley in his workshop, Seattle, April 26, 1979
Hammond (“Ham”) Ashley studied to be a mechanical engineer, but music was always an important part of his life. He was also a skilled woodworker, doing fine interior woodwork and making reproductions of antique furniture. Ashley played banjo in a dance band while in college. In Europe with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he bought a double bass and…
ID Number:2000.107.009.31.01
Date:1979
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Hammond Ashley holding a treble violin, Seattle, April 26, 1979
Hammond (“Ham”) Ashley studied to be a mechanical engineer, but music was always an important part of his life. He was also a skilled woodworker, doing fine interior woodwork and making reproductions of antique furniture. Ashley played banjo in a dance band while in college. In Europe with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he bought a double bass and…
ID Number:2000.107.009.31.02
Date:1979
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Hammond Ashley and Dave Wilson working on a bass in their workshop, Seattle, July 18, 1989
Hammond (“Ham”) Ashley studied to be a mechanical engineer, but music was always an important part of his life. He was also a skilled woodworker, doing fine interior woodwork and making reproductions of antique furniture. Ashley played banjo in a dance band while in college. In Europe with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he bought a double bass and…
ID Number:2000.107.009.31.03
Date:1989
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Oscar Eason, Jr. speaking at NAACP chapter meeting, Seattle, August 25, 1986
Oscar Eason, Jr. (1930-2017) was a longtime civil-rights leader and community activist in Seattle, who broke down workplace barriers and fought for social justice. Eason moved to Seattle in 1958 from San Antonio, Texas, to work as a mechanical engineer at the Boeing Company, then in 1962 took a job working for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Eason served…
ID Number:2000.107.053.26.01
Date:1986
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Paul Koyne at a drill press making parts for Boeing at the United Cerebral Palsy machine shop, Seattle, October 1975
Sheltered workshops offer people with disabilities training opportunities and paid work. Starting around 1950, the Boeing Company began contracting with sheltered workshops to make some of its aircraft parts. These might range from simple clips to complex machine parts. Employees had 40-hour work weeks.In 1975, the United Cerebral Palsy Association ran one of the six workshops doing work for Boeing.…
ID Number:2000.107.082.13.05
Date:1975