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University of Washington four-oared crew team, 1903
William Jennings Coyle was born on March 18, 1888 in Sutter Creek, California. He moved to Seattle where he attended Seattle High School and joined the football team in 1904. He attended the University of Washington where he became well known as captain and quarterback of the football team. The William Jennings "Wee" Coyle collection chronicles Coyle's sports career and…
ID Number:1960.1821.50
Date:1903
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Canoe War during Junior Day event at University of Washington, circa 1910
The University of Washington crew teams hosted "Junior Day" events, held in the spring at the end of the season, and located on the shores of Lake Washington's Union Bay. Included in the water fun were log rolling and the canoe fights. Canoe war participants were given a ten foot pole and the object was to force your opponent out…
ID Number:1960.1821.59.1
Date:Circa 1910
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UW student activity at Denny Field, Seattle, circa 1910
Sometime around 1910, a group of people gathered at Denny Field, on the campus of the University of Washington, for an unidentified activity. Tightly-packed men and a few women have formed a human chain around a large hook, while others watch from the bleachers and sidelines. The number of men in the group wearing the beanie hats usually worn by…
ID Number:1960.1821.63
Date:Circa 1910
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Seattle High School Class of 1901
As the population of Seattle grew, so did the city's schools. The first school was called "Central School," a name that was applied to several different buildings as the original building was outgrown and a subsequent building burned down. In 1900, the older students of Seattle would have attended Seattle High School, located on the third floor of a building…
ID Number:1961.2387.1
Date:1901
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Seattle Senior Grammar School report card, April 2, 1896
In 1883, when Seattle's small schools were bursting with students, a building was built to consolidate students at one larger facility at Sixth Street and Madison Avenue. This school, now referred to as Central School II, housed Seattle High School (later Senior Grammar School) on the top floor while the younger students attended classes on the lower two floors. In…
ID Number:1961.2451.1
Date:1896
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U.S. Naval Training Station view, circa 1918
In 1917, a committee from the University of Washington offered campus facilities to the United States Navy, which decided to build a temporary Naval Training Station on campus grounds along Portage Bay on Lake Union (near the area now occupied by the UW Health Sciences Center). The station was established on August 1, 1917, and before the camp closed in…
ID Number:1963.3000.1
Date:Circa 1918
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High school student Lewis Haberly at the National Science Fair, Seattle World's Fair, May 1962
The National Science Fair took place at the Seattle World's Fair on May 3rd and 4th. Student Lewis Haberly from New York, pictured here, won a first place award for his project, "Investigation of the Hearing Ability of the Brown Bullhead." Handwritten on verso: High school exhibits Caption information source: Becker, Paula, and Alan Stein. The future remembered: The Seattle…
ID Number:1965.3598.14.7
Date:1962
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Dancers with fans, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
Gracie Hansen's Paradise International provided Las Vegas-style entertainment on Century 21's Show Street. Ms. Hansen noted in a Seattle Times article that the Show Street was the "adult-education section" of the fair.Here, women in the Paradise International revue dance with large fans under glittering chandeliers. Handwritten on verso: Gracie Hanson's [sic] Paradise International, 1962 - Show Street.Caption information from The…
ID Number:1965.3598.19.2
Date:1962
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Souvenir announcement of the 15th wedding anniversary of Professor and Mrs. Adolph Edgren, Seattle, November 17, 1915
On November 17, 1915, Professor and Mrs. Adolph Edgren celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary with a music festival and speeches at Seattle’s Good Templar Hall. Professor Edgren had previously operated a large music school in San Francisco, and in 1906 he founded the Edgren School of Music in Seattle at 811 East Howell Street.Inside the leaflet are images of the…
ID Number:1966.4024.1
Date:1915
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Lincoln High School graduating class, Seattle, 1919
In the fall of 1907, Lincoln High School opened in the Wallingford neighborhood, at Interlake Avenue North and North 43rd Street. It had thirty classrooms, a study hall, and a gymnasium. There were so many students in the area that the school was already too small when it opened. After several additions and 74 years of service, Lincoln High School…
ID Number:1967.4162.1
Date:1919