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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
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Striking longshoremen with locomotive leaving 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:PI24006
Date:1934
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Amphibious vehicle carrying newspapers, Seattle, March 1, 1948
This amphibious "duck" vehicle carried newspapers across Puget Sound during a stoppage in ferry service. Handwritten on negative: Leonard Handson - Marshall Minig - H.K. Millls, M. Boles, Duck carries P.I. to islands; 3-1-48.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - P.I. Circulation (Duck loading P.I. During ferry stoppage).Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may…
ID Number:PI24588
Date:1948
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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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Garfield students weighing donated waste paper, March 21, 1947
During and after World War II, many of Seattle's school children collected newspapers to help the war effort, and to alleviate later paper shortages caused by the war. Here, a group of enthusiastic Garfield High School students weigh bundles of newspapers being uploaded from a student's car. The school had collected 114 tons of paper in 5 days, and more…
ID Number:PI25518
Date:1947
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Seattle Bicycle Club outing, Seattle, 1947
Bicycles have been popular in the Seattle area since their introduction in the 1890s. The region's many cycling groups regularly sponsor outings along roads and bicycle trails. In this photo, taken in 1947, male and female members of the Seattle Bicycle Club cycle along an unidentified Seattle road. Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - clubs - Seattle Bicycle Club.Date photograph was…
ID Number:PI26749
Date:1947