82 results for: European Immigrants
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Anti-Chinese riots, Seattle, 1886
During the mid-1880s, a nationwide economic depression led to widespread unemployment. Many white workers accused immigrants of taking their jobs. On the west coast, Chinese laborers were the targets of anger and mob violence.In the fall of 1885, anti-Chinese feelings in Seattle led to four months of riots aimed at driving the Chinese out of the city. Some Seattle citizens…
ID Number:2002.3.410
Date:1886
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Portrait of David Rodgers, circa 1918
David Rodgers was a master shipfitter who is credited with revolutionizing the shipbuilding industry. Born 1865 in Carrickfergus, Ireland, he worked for noted shipyards in the Great Lakes area, San Francisco, and Vancouver, B.C. In Seattle Rodgers worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station and then Moran Brothers Company (later Seattle Construction & Drydock Company), overseeing the building of the…
ID Number:2009.56.56
Date:Circa 1918
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Man and woman sitting at Italian Club, Seattle, circa 1953
An man and woman pose together while sitting at the Italian Club (now Italian Club of Seattle, Inc.), a social club for immigrants from Italy and their descendents.
ID Number:2014.49.010.062.0124
Date:Circa 1953
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Two couples at table at the Italian Club, Seattle, circa 1953
Two couples sit at a table in the Italian Club (now Italian Club of Seattle, Inc.). Both men are in suits and ties, the women in dresses.
ID Number:2014.49.010.062.0126
Date:Circa 1953
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Swedish Hospital, Seattle, circa 1925
Swedish immigrants to the Seattle area formed a large number of social, religious and business organizations in their new homeland. Swedish Hospital was organized in 1908 and moved into its location at Summit and Columbia Streets in 1912. This photo is part of an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work in the State of Washington" which was acquired by…
ID Number:2016.59.1
Date:Circa 1925
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Swedish Hospital interior, Seattle, circa 1925
Swedish immigrants to the Seattle area formed a large number of social, religious and business organizations in their new homeland. Swedish Hospital was organized in 1908 and moved into its location at Summit and Columbia Streets in 1912. This photo is part of an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work in the State of Washington" which was acquired by…
ID Number:2016.59.2
Date:Circa 1925
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Swedish Hospital, Seattle, circa 1920
Swedish immigrants to the Seattle area formed a large number of social, religious and business organizations in their new homeland. Swedish Hospital was organized in 1908 and moved into its location at Summit and Columbia Streets in 1912. This photo is part of an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work in the State of Washington" which was acquired by…
ID Number:2016.59.3
Date:Circa 1920
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Swedish Baptist Church, Seattle, circa 1920
The Ballard Baptist Church constructed this building in 1916 at the corner of 20th NW and NW 63rd Street. In 1893, members of the First Swedish Baptist Church of Seattle had ventured beyond the confines of downtown Seattle to make their home in Ballard, at that time a town of about six hundred people. As did most of the inhabitants…
ID Number:2016.59.5
Date:Circa 1920
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Adelphia College group, Seattle, circa 1920
Adelphia College was built in 1905 in the Interlaken area of north Capitol Hill. It was administered by the Swedish Baptist Church. In 1919 the campus was acquired by Seattle College (which later became Seattle University), and in 1930 this site became Seattle Preparatory School. This photo is included in an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work in the…
ID Number:2016.59.6
Date:Circa 1920
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Swedish Businessman's Association at Snoqualmie Falls Lodge, May 14, 1921
Between 1890 and 1930, a large number of Swedish organizations both secular and religious flourished, and many Swedish-owned businesses were established. The early Swedes flocked together, creating an array of clubs, singing societies, lodges, orders, churches, and newspapers. This photo documents a gathering of the Swedish Businessmen's Association at the Snoqualmie Falls Lodge. This photo is part of an album…
ID Number:2016.59.7
Date:1921