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Boat Friendship sailing on opening Day of Boating Season, May 6, 1978
The Seattle Yacht Club's Opening Day is the nation's largest regional celebration of water, spring, and the opening of boating season. A tradition since 1920, the parade of boats starts at noon the first Saturday in May with a cannon blast, while spectators line both sides of the Montlake Cut to view the boats as they enter Lake Washington. In…
ID Number:1981.7263.5.1
Date:1978
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Cars being unloaded from train at King Street Station, Seattle, circa 1915
Seattle's King Street Station was built between 1904 and 1906 for the Great Northern Railroad. The St. Paul, Minnesota, architectural firm of Reed & Stem designed the station, patterning its tall clock tower after a famous bell tower in Venice, Italy. This mimicry of European architecture added a touch of tradition and heritage to Seattle's growing downtown area. Here, cars…
ID Number:1981.7265.11
Date:Circa 1915
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Schwabacher Bros. & Co. employees posing outside store, Seattle, 1889
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis Schwabacher (1837-1900), Abraham Schwabacher (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) Schwabacher (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods,…
ID Number:1981.7279.1
Date:1889
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Workers at Ames Drydock, Seattle, circa 1920
St. Louis native Edgar Ames (1868-1944) moved to Seattle from Chicago in 1895 and in 1916 founded the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Seattle. The modern plant he built on Harbor Island covered 20 acres and included a floating drydock. During World War I the yard produced 25 steel tankers and cargo steamships for the U.S. Shipping Board, and…
ID Number:1981.7286.1
Date:Circa 1920
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August and Anna Brand and children, Seattle, circa 1899
Swedish immigrants August and Anna Brand were married in 1893. In 1903 the Brands purchased a hotel on First Hill in Seattle, which they named the Kalmar after Anna's home town in Sweden. The children here are most likely Garfield, born around 1894, and Viola, born around 1895. Stamped on mount: Rothi, 713 Third Ave., Seattle, Wash.
ID Number:1981.7328.5
Date:Circa 1899
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Brand family children, Seattle, circa 1901
August and Anna Brand immigrated from Sweden in 1883 and had three children. This photo shows their older son Garfield with his sister Viola on the right, and a cousin, Frida Gabrielson on the left. Frida and Viola were roughly the same age, and Frida lived with the Brand family between 1900 and 1907. Stamped on mount: Ball & Sons,…
ID Number:1981.7328.12
Date:Circa 1901
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Anna Brand with son Leonard and other children reading a lesson, Seattle circa 1910
The Brand family ran the Kalmar Hotel on First Hill. They had three children, and the youngest Leonard is shown in this photo with a group of girls in white dresses. Leonard's mother Anna reads with the pupils. Stamped on photo: Johnson, 3rd and Union, Seattle
ID Number:1981.7328.18
Date:Circa 1910
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Anna and Viola Brand with the family dog in backyard, Seattle, 1901
August Niklasson Brand (1862-1950) and Anna Amelia (Erlandson) Brand (1869-1952), were Swedish immigrants who married in 1893 in Seattle. In 1903, August and Anna bought the Western Hotel (aka, The Michigan), which was built around 1880 and located at the corner of Sixth Avenue and James Street. They renamed it the Hotel Kalmar, after Anna's home town in Sweden, and…
ID Number:1981.7328.66
Date:1901
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Leonard Brand in his barber shop, Seattle, circa 1932
Leonard August Gabriel Brand (1902-1969) was born in Seattle to August Niklasson Brand (1862-1950) and Anna Amelia (Erlandson) Brand (1869-1952), both immigrants from Sweden. In 1903, August and Anna bought the Western Hotel (aka, The Michigan), which was built around 1880 and located at the corner of Sixth Avenue and James Street. They renamed it the Hotel Kalmar, after Anna's…
ID Number:1981.7328.68
Date:Circa 1932
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Hotel Kalmar, Seattle, June 1956
Swedish immigrants August and Anna Brand purchased this hotel on the corner of Sixth Avenue and James Street in 1903. They named it after Anna's home town in Sweden. The Kalmar served mostly working men, offering rooms by the day, week, and month. After August and Anna passed away in the early 1950s, the hotel was administered by their children,…
ID Number:1981.7328.137
Date:1956