3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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Motorcycle policeman J.K. Weedin, Seattle, March 1928
In early 1910, the Seattle police department invested $1,329 in its first three motorcycles, with seven patrolman selected as the first members of the "motor cops" squad. At the time, speeding fines were paid to King County rather than the city of Seattle, and the city hoped to pass a traffic ordinance which would allow it to keep fines for…
ID Number:1986.5G.3172.1
Date:1928
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Eddie Hubbard and unidentified man in mail plane, Seattle, circa 1919
Local Seattle pilot and visionary, Eddie Hubbard, saw the value of using aviation to provide faster mail service. After convincing his boss, William Boeing, that people would pay for mail delivered by air, he completed the first international flight delivering mail on March 3, 1919 from Vancouver, British Columbia to Seattle, Washington. Active in many flight activities, he managed to…
ID Number:1986.5G.1145.1
Date:Circa 1919
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Bertha Knight Landes, circa 1927
Bertha Knight Landes was the first woman mayor of a major American city. Serving a single term from 1926 until 1928, she improved law enforcement, expanded the parks department programs, and improved the management of the City Light department. Active in many civic organizations, she viewed her community and mayoral activities as an extension of her home duties and well-justified…
ID Number:1986.5G.1424.1
Date:Circa 1927
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Elise and Roy Olmstead, Seattle, 1925
During Seattle's Prohibition years in the 1920s, Roy Olmstead became one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County. Learning how the trade operated from involvement in raids and arrests while serving as a Seattle Police Lieutenant, Olmstead noted the lack of organization of many bootleggers and began his own operation His operation eventually grew to include many…
ID Number:1986.5G.2261.1
Date:1925
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Olmstead residence, Seattle, circa 1925
During Seattle's Prohibition years in the 1920s, Roy Olmstead became one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County. Learning how the trade operated from involvement in raids and arrests while serving as a Seattle Police Lieutenant, Olmstead noted the lack of organization of many bootleggers and began his own operation. After an arrest and dismissal from the…
ID Number:1986.5G.2263.1
Date:Circa 1925
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Federal grand jury in Roy Olmstead bootlegging case, Seattle, 1926
During Seattle's Prohibition years in the 1920s, Roy Olmstead became one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County. Learning how the trade operated from involvement in raids and arrests while serving as a Seattle Police Lieutenant, Olmstead noted the lack of organization of many bootleggers and began his own operation. After an arrest and dismissal from the…
ID Number:1986.5G.2266.1
Date:1926
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Roy and Elise Olmstead with Roy's mother Sarah at courthouse, Seattle, 1926
During Seattle's Prohibition years in the 1920s, Roy Olmstead became one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County. Learning how the trade operated from involvement in raids and arrests while serving as a Seattle Police Lieutenant, Olmstead noted the lack of organization of many bootleggers and began his own operation. After an arrest and dismissal from the…
ID Number:1986.5G.2267.1
Date:1926
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Roy Olmstead in a boat arriving at a dock, Steilacoom, 1931
During Seattle's Prohibition years in the 1920s, Roy Olmstead became one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County. Learning how the trade operated from involvement in raids and arrests while serving as a Seattle Police Lieutenant, Olmstead noted the lack of organization of many bootleggers and began his own operation. After an arrest and dismissal from the…
ID Number:1986.5G.2269.1
Date:1931
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Elise Olmstead, Seattle, circa 1926
Elise Olmstead was the second wife of Roy Olmstead, one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County during the 1920s Prohibition years. Born in London, England in 1899 as Elsie Parsche, Elise originally immigrated to Vancouver, and after some back and forth across the border, by 1922 she was living full-time in Seattle as Elsie Campbell. At…
ID Number:1986.5G.2278.1
Date:Circa 1926
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Francis Renault in dressing room at Pantages Theatre, Seattle, January 17, 1927
Antonio Auriemma (1893-1955) was a vaudeville performer who used the stage name Francis Renault. Renault was most well known as a female imitator, using cosmetics and an extensive wardrobe to impersonate actresses and other famous women of the time. Renault was also a talented singer and his act included falsetto singing. Renault performed in Seattle at the Pantages Theatre in…
ID Number:1986.5G.2506.1
Date:1927