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Boarded up storefronts in Chinatown - International District 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:PI28074
Date:1942
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Closed businesses on S. Main St. 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:PI28075
Date:1942
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Japanese American incarcerees preparing to leave the Puyallup Assembly Center for concentration camps, Puyallup, 1942
By August 1942, the United States Army was ready for the large scale removal of Japanese and Japanese Americans from Seattle, King County and the rest of western Washington state. The Puyallup Assembly Center, euphemistically named "Camp Harmony," was a processing facility at the Puyallup Fairgrounds and accommodated 8,000 people at a time. In the rush to process so many…
ID Number:PI28078
Date:1942
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Japanese Americans leaving the Puyallup Assembly Center for incarceation, ca. August 9, 1942.
By August 1942, the United States Army was ready for the large scale removal of Japanese and Japanese Americans from Seattle, King County and the rest of western Washington State. The Puyallup Assembly Center, euphemistically named "Camp Harmony," was a processing facility at the Puyallup Fairgrounds and accommodated 8,000 people at a time. In the rush to process so many…
ID Number:PI28080
Date:1942
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Draft registration at Jefferson Street car barn, October 16, 1940
World War II began in Europe in 1939. Starting October 16, 1940, all young men in the United States between the ages of 21 and 35 had to register for the military draft. King County officials set up 100 draft registration centers in schools, fire stations, and other buildings. Over 70,000 men registered in the first 24 hours.This photo, taken…
ID Number:PI28229
Date:1940
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Sailors looking at V-E Day newspaper, May 1945
May 8, 1945, called V-E Day, marked the victory of Allied forces in Europe, although World War II still raged in the Pacific. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published an special addition, with the giant headline "It's over in Europe!" This photo shows a group of sailors and a woman in King Street Station excitedly reading the newspaper. Handwritten on negative: V-E…
ID Number:PI28287
Date:1945
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King County Courthouse courtroom, circa 1885
In 1882, the government of King County occupied a wood frame courthouse at Third Avenue, between Jefferson Street and Yesler Way in downtown Seattle. In 1890, the county moved its offices up the hill to a new courthouse near the present site of Harborview Hospital and sold the old building to the city of Seattle.This photo by J.C. Haines shows…
ID Number:SHS215
Date:Circa 1885
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City of Seattle Health Office, Yesler Way, circa 1900
The Seattle City Council created the position of City Health Officer in 1877. The Health Officer had the responsibility to abate nuisances affecting the public health and to prevent the spread of contagious disease, especially smallpox. Between 1877 and 1890, ten different local doctors served in the role. An amended City Charter in 1908 replaced the Board of Health with…
ID Number:SHS218
Date:Circa 1900
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King County Hospital, Georgetown, circa 1900
The Seattle City Council created the position of City Health Officer in 1877. The Health Officer had the responsibility to abate nuisances affecting the public health and to prevent the spread of contagious disease, especially smallpox. Between 1877 and 1890, ten different local doctors served in the role. An amended City Charter in 1908 replaced the Board of Health with…
ID Number:SHS222
Date:Circa 1900
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City Hall at 3rd and Jefferson, Seattle, circa 1900
In 1876, King County purchased a lot from Henry Yesler for the price of $3,500 and built the first King County building on county owned property. The two-story wood, stone and brick structure occupied the corner of Third Avenue and Jefferson Street (the present site of City Hall Park) and cost $17,000 to build. It housed the jail in the…
ID Number:SHS250
Date:Circa 1900