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My First Trip to Seattle, by Nora Leonard Vandeventer, circa 1938
In her story "My First Trip to Seattle," Nora Leonard Vandeventer (1863-1944) recounts the trip she made with her family, as a child of around 10, when they moved from Tumwater to Seattle. She recounts the perilous January trip on the Zephyr, a sternwheel steamer of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. Nora traveled with her parents Amy and Thomas Austin…
ID Number:MS.COLL.1523
Date:Circa 1938
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Aerial view of Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, March 1963
Washington's Evergreen Point Floating Bridge carries State Route 520 across Lake Washington, connecting Seattle with the growing area east of the lake. When it opened, the bridge's 7,578 foot floating span was the longest in the world. This was the second floating bridge to cross Lake Washington, and both bridges are overcrowded daily with commuters in their automobiles.//This photo shows…
ID Number:PI20478
Date:1963
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Girl Scouts on the ferry "Kalakala," August 1938
Girl Scouting started in Seattle in 1921. By 1997, the area's Girl Scout Council was serving nearly 17,000 members in ten western Washington counties. Troops of girls meet regularly to learn about health and handicrafts as well as science and technology, careers and leadership. During the summer, many of the scouts attend camp or go on outdoor field trips.This August…
ID Number:PI21221
Date:1938
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Western Union messengers on bicycles, Seattle, 1937
Before long-distance telephones, fax machines and the internet became so widespread in the late 20th century, the quickest way to send a message was by telegraph. Messages came in by wire to the local Western Union telegraph office, and uniformed messengers delivered written or printed copies to homes and businesses. In Seattle and other cities, Western Union messengers generally delivered…
ID Number:PI21632
Date:1937
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Group in front of school for children with disabilities, Seattle, 1948
Written on original envelope: Seattle - schools - spastic, with Charles A. Lawless, Mrs. Norman CleinSubject headings for envelope group: Handicapped children - educationWritten on negative: Spastic SchoolSubject headings for individual negative: TaxicabsOriginal title: Handicapped, Taxi cab drivers and children in front of school for handicapped, SeattleDate photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date…
ID Number:PI23207
Date:1948
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Full downtown parking lot during Christmas shopping season, Seattle, 1954
The day after Thanksgiving has always been a big shopping day in Seattle. Here at the intersection of Westlake Avenue and 7th Avenue shoppers have filled up the parking lots close to the downtown stores. Signs in image read: Mobilgas - Mobiltires, Mobilubrication - Parking Office - Two hours free parking with lubrication. Ready now! - Motorola Color TV. Olympia.…
ID Number:PI23269
Date:1954
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Indigenous berry pickers on Vashon Island, June 1943
The United States' entry into World War II in December 1941 created labor shortages as many men left civilian jobs to join the military. On the West Coast, the shortage was exacerbated by the forced removal of Japanese Americans, many of whom were farmers. In the summer of 1943, the Vashon Island Packing Company hired 80 First Nations people from…
ID Number:PI23856
Date:1943
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Indigenous workers in a strawberry field, Vashon Island, June 1943
The United States' entry into World War II in December 1941 created labor shortages as many men left civilian jobs to join the military. On the West Coast, the shortage was exacerbated by the forced removal of Japanese Americans, many of whom were farmers.In the summer of 1943, the Vashon Island Packing Company hired 80 First Nations people from British…
ID Number:PI23857
Date:1943
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Indigenous workers in berry field, Vashon Island, June 1943
The United States' entry into World War II in December 1941 created labor shortages as many men left civilian jobs to join the military. On the West Coast, the shortage was exacerbated by the forced removal of Japanese Americans, many of whom were farmers.In the summer of 1943, the Vashon Island Packing Company hired 80 First Nations people from British…
ID Number:PI23858
Date:1943
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Striking longshoremen blocking train tracks at Pier 40, Smith Cove, Seattle, July 19, 1934
In the early 1930s, the International Longshoremen's Association, led by San Francisco-based Harry Bridges, tried to unionize all West Coast dockworkers to improve pay and working conditions. In 1934, after employers refused to recognize the union, West Coast longshoremen went out on strike for 98 days, seriously disrupting trade. At Seattle's Smith Cove, picketing strikers blocked access to the piers…
ID Number:PI23998
Date:1934