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Image of Yard workers and band celebrating launch at Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, June 1944
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Yard workers and band celebrating launch at Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, June 1944

Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.102
Date:1944
Image of U. S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1944
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U. S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1944

Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.103
Date:Circa 1944
Image of Panoramic view of U. S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1944
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Panoramic view of U. S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1944

Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.109a
Date:Circa 1944
Image of U.S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, August 1944
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U.S. Army and Navy boats docked at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, August 1944

Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.127
Date:1944
Image of Elliott Bay Shipbuilding Company on Harbor Island, Seattle, circa 1918
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Elliott Bay Shipbuilding Company on Harbor Island, Seattle, circa 1918

Elliott Bay Shipbuilding Company was located on Harbor Island in the Duwamish waterway in Seattle, at 1710 South Spokane Street. This view of the shipyard was taken between 1918-1919, and is facing northwest from Harbor Island so that the West Waterway is visible, with West Seattle beyond it in the distance.
ID Number:1972.5503.161.1
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Machinery on exhibit at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
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Machinery on exhibit at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909

Many companies and industries has displays at the fair. Embossed on mount: HarwoodHandwritten on verso: A.Y.P. 1909
ID Number:1974.5868.162
Date:1909
Image of Steam donkeys and other equipment on exhibit in Machinery Building at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
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Steam donkeys and other equipment on exhibit in Machinery Building at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909

The Machinery Building displayed all types of machinery, including a model foundry and timber and stone testing plants. Embossed on mount: Harwood.
ID Number:1974.5868.168
Date:1909
Image of Asphalt plant, possibly in Seattle, circa 1910
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Asphalt plant, possibly in Seattle, circa 1910

This view of an asphalt plant shows steam billowing from pipes, with eletrical power lines and a railroad track leading up to the plant. Embossed on mount: HarwoodHandwritten on verso: Asphalt Plant
ID Number:1974.5868.239
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Paul and Theiline M. Pigott with children, circa 1930
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Paul and Theiline M. Pigott with children, circa 1930

In 1934, Paul Pigott bought back the Pacific Car and Foundry Company, a rail car manufacturing business his father originally started in 1905 but sold to American Car Co. in 1924. He rebuilt the Seattle company with 125 employees into one of the top industrial corporations in the U.S. Under the leadership of his son, Charles M. Pigott, Pacific Car…
ID Number:1974.5923.376
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Sherman Printing & Binding Co. business card, circa 1936
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Sherman Printing & Binding Co. business card, circa 1936

The Sherman Printing & Binding Co. was founded in Seattle by Alonzo A. Sherman around 1911. Sherman had worked at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the late 1890s and then worked as a printer in Spokane from about 1900-1905. Returning to Seattle, he worked for the Metropolitan Press and the Seattle Daily Star before opening his own business around 1908, first…
ID Number:1976.6296.25
Date:Circa 1936
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