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Welder at launch of the USS Coronado at the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company shipyard, Seattle, July 1, 1966
Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.12.1j.4
Date:1966
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Employees dancing at Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle, January 19, 1944
Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.w545
Date:1944
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Women employees at Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle, January 19, 1944
Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.w546
Date:1944
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Woman with hop basket, circa 1900
From the late 1860s to the early 1890s, hop farming was an important activity in the valleys of the Puget Sound region, including Puyallup, White River, and Snoqualmie. Indigenous workers came from through the Pacific Northwest, Canada, and Alaska (but especially from regional tribes like the Puyallup, Snoqualmie, Muckleshoot, Duwamish, Sammamish, Lummi, and Nisqually) as a seasonal labor force to…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.139
Date:Circa 1900
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M. Seller Co. employees posing outside store, Seattle, 1910
This image of the employees of M. Seller Co. was taken outside the store located between 409-417 First Avenue South in Seattle. The store was a wholesaler of crockery, glassware, stoves, and ranges. The only individual identified is George Harvey Sharon (1878-1971), the man wearing a black bowler hat, who in the 1910 U. S. Census listed his occupation as…
ID Number:Lib1989.3.34
Date:1910
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C. M. Pessemier in doorway of his shoe store, Seattle, circa 1891
Belgium-born Camille M. Pessemier (1863-1947) first appears in a Seattle City Directory in 1891, living with his family above his shoe store at 912 Second Avenue. In 1905, "C. M.," as he was known, opened another shoe store in Tacoma with his brother, Henry J. Pessemier (1869-1940), a grocer. The Pessemier Bros. shoe stores grew to six locations in Seattle,…
ID Number:Lib1990.9.1
Date:Circa 1891
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Toklas, Singerman & Co. employees posing, Seattle, circa 1890
In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store. Originally located in Pioneer Square and named the San Francisco Store, it was later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co. In 1892 the founders sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.46
Date:Circa 1890
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Toklas, Singerman & Co. baseball team, Seattle, 1892
In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store in Pioneer Square. Originally called the San Francisco Store and later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co., the founders retired in 1892 and sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as MacDougall…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.48
Date:1892
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Glaziers Local 188 at Standard Furniture Building, Seattle, circa 1905
Otto Langstaff (1883-1969) was a amateur photographer and a long time member of the United Glass Union 188. Either Otto or his brother Clarence photographed the union members standing with their banner, probably ready for a parade in downtown Seattle. Glaziers are skilled tradesman responsible for cutting, installing, and removing glass. The brothers Clarence R. and Otto Langstaff were prolific…
ID Number:Lib1993.8.19
Date:Circa 1905
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Members of the Amalgamated Glass Workers Local Union 63 posing with banner, Seattle, circa 1900
The men in this photo are members of the Amalgamated Glass Workers, Local Union 63. Either Otto Langstaff or his brother Clarence Langstaff photographed the union members standing with their banner, probably ready for a parade in downtown Seattle about 1900. Glaziers are skilled tradespeople responsible for cutting, installing, and removing glass. Clarence R. and Otto Langstaff were prolific amateur…
ID Number:Lib1993.8.20
Date:Circa 1900