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Captain D. Fuchigami and another man on board ship, Seattle, circa 1925
This portrait of Captain D. Fuchigami was taken with an unnamed man in the mid 1920s. According to a 1916 issue of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Fuchigami was a captain on the Osaka Shosen Kaiska or OSK line from Japan, which regularly traveled from Japan to the West Coast.Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909…
ID Number:1974.5923.7
Date:Circa 1925
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Captain F.C. Green, Seattle, circa 1925
This portrait of an unknown Captain F.C. Green is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925, and McBride continued to operate…
ID Number:1974.5923.147
Date:Circa 1925
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Captain James Griffiths with his family, Seattle, 1938
Captain James Griffiths arrived in Tacoma in 1885 from England and opened an office under the name of James Griffiths & Company as ship brokers, commission merchants, and stevedores. Over the next several years, he created many partnerships and firms including the Tacoma Steam Navigation Company where he built the first seagoing tug in Tacoma. With Griffiths, Bridges and Stetson…
ID Number:1974.5923.391
Date:1938
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NOAA ocean survey ship Oceanographer, Seattle, 1974
NOAAS Oceanographer (R 101), originally USC&GS Oceanographer (OSS O1), was an American Oceanographer-class oceanographic research vessel in service in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1966 to 1970 and in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 to 1996. She served as flagship of both the Coast and Geodetic Survey and NOAA fleets. During her 30…
ID Number:1974.5946.1
Date:1974
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The ferry "Bainbridge" at the Port Blakely dock, circa 1925
When Port Blakely, Washington, was a bustling lumber mill and shipbuilding town, it had regular steamer and ferry service. Even after the shipyard moved in 1903 and the sawmill closed down in 1922, ferry service continued. The "Bainbridge," one of the area's first auto ferries, had the Seattle to Port Blakely run from 1924 to 1937.This photographic postcard, probably made…
ID Number:1977.6486.11
Date:Circa 1925
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Sternwheeler "W.K. Merwin" near Dawson, circa 1898
The sternwheeler "W.K. Merwin" carried passengers and freight up and down the Yukon River between St. Michael, on the Alaskan coast, and Dawson, near the Canadian Yukon gold fields. This photo, taken around 1898, shows the "W.K. Merwin" in the Yukon River near Dawson.
ID Number:1978.6557.11
Date:Circa 1898
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General office building, Pacific Coast Co., 77 Washington St., Seattle, circa 1907
The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co. and the Pacific Coast Railway. Handwritten on image: 11897. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/Seattle, USASigns in image: Steam Specialty and Supply Co.Typed on verso: General Office Building, 77 Washington St., Seattle.
ID Number:1978.6585.1
Date:Circa 1907
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Pacific Coast Steamship Company piers with Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad passenger depot and team tracks, Seattle, circa 1904
Pier B was located on the waterfront between Main and Jackson Streets. The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co. and the Pacific Coast Railway. The Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, originally the Seattle & Walla Walla, became part of the Pacific Coast Railway…
ID Number:1978.6585.2
Date:Circa 1904
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Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Pier B with steamer City of Seattle in dock, Seattle, 1913
The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co. and the Pacific Coast Railway. Handwritten on image: R3435. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/Seattle, USATyped on verso: Pier B, Seattle. Steamer "City of Seattle" in dock.
ID Number:1978.6585.4a
Date:1913
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Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad Pier C, with Steamers Gleaner and City of Seattle, Seattle, circa 1907
The Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, originally the Seattle & Walla Walla, became part of the Pacific Coast Railway in 1916. Handwritten on image: R3433. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/Seattle, USA.Signs in image: Pier C/ Columbia & Puget Sound R.R./Lilly's Dock, Gleaner Mt. Vernon, Schwabacher Hardware CompanyTyped on verso: Pier C, Seattle. Brick Warehouse in rear, fronting on Railroad Ave.…
ID Number:1978.6585.5a
Date:Circa 1907