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Arlington Docks at the Seattle waterfront, circa 1910
Sometime around 1900, the Northern Pacific Railroad built several piers along the Seattle waterfront. The Arlington Dock Company operated two of these at the foot of Seneca Street. The company was an agent for steamships traveling along the Pacific Coast to Alaska, Asia and Europe.This image of the Seattle waterfront shows Arlington Dock Piers 4 (right) and 5 (left), with…
ID Number:1971.5202.18
Date:Circa 1910
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Indigenous boat races on Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1912
This image of Elliott Bay faces east with spectators lining the docks and streets of downtown Seattle visible in the background. Two Indigenous wooden dugout canoes with 11 men each are racing south along the shoreline in front of Belltown. The event likely took place during one of the Golden Potlatch celebrations staged in the summers of 1911, 1912, and…
ID Number:1971.5202.73
Date:Circa 1912
Postcard
Ballard Beach, Seattle, circa 1909
This photo postcard features the beach at Ballard in the early twentieth century. Caption on image: Ballard Beach. Oakes Photo Co. Photographer's Reference Number: 649Postmarked May 26, 1909, from Seattle; one-cent stamp.Handwritten on verso: May 24 '09. Dear Lou: At last I have come out of my stupid humor. Hope it will never happen again. Went to the Farm Sunday…
ID Number:1971.5246.2
Date:Circa 1909
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Passengers boarding the Ferry Kalakala on Lake Union, Seattle, September 7, 1950
This image of passengers boarding the Ferry Kalakala at the U. S. Naval Marine Corps Armory (now MOHAI) on Lake Union is part of a series of photographs taken during the 37th biennial convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers, which took place in Seattle on September 4-7, 1950. Two boat rides were scheduled aboard the ferry Kalakala for…
ID Number:1972.5319.78
Date:1950
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Portrait of Squire Park residents, Seattle, 1918
Pictured here are five Seattlites who lived and/or worked on E. Jefferson Street in Seattle's Squire Park neighborhood. The individuals are identified on the verso of the photograph left to right as: Robert Ross "Bob" Hedges, born in Oklahoma in 1881, was a car operator at Puget Sound Traction Light & Power (PSTL&P); Vincent Amato, born in Italy in 1876,…
ID Number:1972.5373.20
Date:1918
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U. S. Navy YP-85 under way near Seattle, 1941
This photo shows U. S. Navy YP-85, which was converted from fishing vessel Nick C II by Olson & Winge Marine Works in Seattle. U.S. Navy YP (or "Yippee") boats of World War II were wooden fishing vessels, usually purse seiners or cannery tenders, converted for use as patrol craft and armed vessels. With ironbark sheathing on their hulls, the…
ID Number:1972.5503.30
Date:1941
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U.S. Army small boat J-258 under way, near Seattle, circa 1943
This photo shows U.S. Army small boat J-258, probably built by Olson & Winge Marine Works of Seattle. Three men are on board the boat; two are facing the camera, one is on the opposite side of the boat's cargo, with only his hat visible. Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882)…
ID Number:1972.5503.38
Date:Circa 1943
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U.S. Army boat Major Walter Board on Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1943
This photo of U.S. Army boat Major Walter Board, converted by Olson & Winge Marine Works of Seattle for Army use during wartime, shows the ship under way on Elliott Bay. Downtown Seattle is visible in the background, with Smith Tower directly behind the stern of the boat.Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b.…
ID Number:1972.5503.58
Date:Circa 1943
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CG-7214 under way near Seattle, circa 1943
The Coast Guard harbor patrol boat CG-7214, shown here, was built by Olson & Winge Marine Works in Seattle. In addition to Olson & Winge, five other Seattle yards received contracts to build 54 of these patrol boats beginning in 1943.Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956).…
ID Number:1972.5503.69
Date:Circa 1943
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Schooner King & Winge and crew amid Arctic ice floes, 1914
This image shows the schooner King & Winge signaling distress by flying its flag upside down, probably en route to rescue the crew of the Karluk, which sank in the Chukchi Sea in January 1914.The King & Winge was one of the most famous ships ever built in Seattle. Designed by Albert Winge, she was built by the King &…
ID Number:1972.5503.131
Date:1914