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Seattle Police Department motorcycle corps, Seattle, August 1941
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:PI24808
Date:1941
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Women training in wartime class at Rainier branch of Edison Technical School, Seattle, 1943
The Edison Technical School provided a broad range of practical training in full and part-time classes. During World War II, women trained in production related work, such as in this photo taken at the Building Trades Unit located in the old Rainier School at 23rd South and King Street. Note from MOHAI records: Rainier School opened three years after its…
ID Number:PI25831
Date:1943
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Youth hockey teams playing at Civic Ice Arena, Seattle, March 1948
Here, two teams in the Midget Division of Seattle's Junior Hockey League face off at the Civic Ice Arena. Six members of the King Court Mixers, at left, attempt to get the puck past the defenders of the Andy Planart Skate Shop team during a March 1948 game. Written on negative: Kid hockey, 3/13/48
ID Number:PI26803
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Madrona air raid wardens drilling with gas masks, August 1942
On August 2, 1942, Seattle staged a city-wide air raid drill to test its wartime emergency preparedness. Sirens wailed and army and navy planes roared low over the city as 58,000 civil defense workers handled traffic, dealt with imaginary fires, gave first aid and evacuated people from areas where bombs had supposedly landed. During the drill one theoretical bomb landed…
ID Number:PI27965
Date:1942
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Mr. and Mrs. Moji in back of military truck, March 30, 1942
On March 30, 1942, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that the removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, Washington, went off with only one hitch. Mr. and Mrs. Moji had arranged with Filipino American neighbors to look after their berry farm and their Alaskan husky dog, King. When it was time for the Mojis to leave their home, King jumped into…
ID Number:PI28046
Date:1942
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Jackson Studio store window after exclusion of Japanese Americans, Seattle, May 1942
The exclusion of Seattle's Japanese families by the federal government during World War II changed the city in numerous ways. Among the more obvious signs were the shuttered and boarded up Japanese businesses along Main, Jackson and upper King Streets. Many of the families who managed or worked in the stores and shops never returned to the city after they…
ID Number:PI28066
Date:1942
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Boarded up window displays on Jackson Street after forced removal of Japanese Americans, Seattle, 1942
The exclusion of Seattle's Japanese families by the federal government during World War II changed the city in numerous ways. Among the more obvious signs were the shuttered and boarded up Japanese businesses along Main, Jackson and upper King Streets. Many of the families who managed or worked in the stores and shops never returned to the city after they…
ID Number:PI28067
Date:1942
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Vacant stores after exclusion of Japanese Americans, Seattle, 1942
The exclusion of Seattle's Japanese families by the federal government during World War II changed the city in numerous ways. Among the more obvious signs were the shuttered and boarded up Japanese businesses along Main, Jackson and upper King Streets. Many of the families who managed or worked in the stores and shops never returned to the city after they…
ID Number:PI28068
Date:1942
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Vacant stores after exclusion of Japanese Americans, 1942
The exclusion of Seattle's Japanese families by the federal government during World War II changed the city in numerous ways. Among the more obvious signs were the shuttered and boarded up Japanese businesses along Main, Jackson and upper King Streets. Many of the families who managed or worked in the stores and shops never returned to the city after they…
ID Number:PI28069
Date:1942
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Boarded up storefronts on 6th Ave. S after forced removal of Japanese Americans, Seattle, June 1942
The exclusion of Seattle's Japanese families by the federal government during World War II changed the city in numerous ways. Among the more obvious signs were the shuttered and boarded up Japanese businesses along Main, Jackson and upper King Streets. Many of the families who managed or worked in the stores and shops never returned to the city after they…
ID Number:PI28071
Date:1942