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University Book Store textbook cover, Seattle, circa 1940
Two University of Washington students who had visited student bookstores at eastern colleges are credited with starting the University Book Store at UW. The original bookstore was located in a closet near the university president’s office. Financial challenges and increasing needs for space plagued the student-run organization, and a 1924 fire precipitated the bookstore’s move off campus to 4326 University…
ID Number:2014.81.56
Date:Circa 1940
Photograph
Graduates of Wilson's Modern Business College, Seattle, 1903
Wilson's Modern Business College opened in Seattle in 1895. It was one of several schools in the city which prepared women and men for jobs in business. Daytime and evening classes included arithmetic, geography, and spelling, as well as bookkeeping, shorthand, and commercial law.This photo collage is made up of 72 small oval black and white portraits of the members…
ID Number:2015.59.1
Date:1903
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Holiday card with photo of Ric Weiland in Pegasus costume, Seattle, 1983
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2016.10.25
Date:1983
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Ric Weiland in Pegasus costume worn at a Halloween party, Seattle, 1983
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2016.10.25.1
Date:1983
Photograph
Adelphia College group, Seattle, circa 1920
Adelphia College was built in 1905 in the Interlaken area of north Capitol Hill. It was administered by the Swedish Baptist Church. In 1919 the campus was acquired by Seattle College (which later became Seattle University), and in 1930 this site became Seattle Preparatory School. This photo is included in an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work in the…
ID Number:2016.59.6
Date:Circa 1920
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"Be there!" WTO protest flier, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO’s 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2018.3.3.8
Date:1999
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"Save your schools, vote "NO" on 64, vote "YES" on 69" flier, 1932
Two hotly contested initiatives were on the November 8, 1932 ballot in Washington State: The Washington 40-Mill Tax Levy Limit Initiative, also known as Initiative 64, was approved by 61% of voters, limiting property taxes to 2 percent of assessed value; and the Washington Income Tax for Schools Initiative, also known as Initiative 69, which won 71 percent of the…
ID Number:2018.3.3.13
Date:1932
Program
High school football program, November 21, 1903
The program pictured here is for a football game played between Seattle High School and Portland High School on November 21, 1903, at Seattle’s Athletic Park on Madison Street. The program highlights the coaches and players of each team and includes photos, line-ups, and score cards. Seattle won the game 28-0.The Seattle team was coached by Bruce C. Short. Players…
ID Number:2018.3.3.55
Date:1903
Cartographic material
Sea Gull's View of Seattle map, 1927
Clara P. Reynolds (1875-1961) created this colorful pictorial map to be distributed by the National Education Association, with quotations on each border of the map stressing the importance of art education in schools. Clara P. Reynolds was an art educator in the Seattle Public Schools after arriving in Seattle in 1905, via New York and Europe. She taught at Franklin…
ID Number:2018.3.8.6
Date:1927
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Free U Summer Registration, Seattle, circa 1968
On October 10, 1966, the Free University of Seattle (FUS) began offering off-campus uncredited courses for University of Washington students in a variety of counterculture topics and other subjects not traditionally offered in universities. Founded during the turbulent campus atmosphere of the mid-1960s, FUS was the largest free university in the country during its first year, serving about 400 students…
ID Number:2018.3.6.53
Date:1968