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Image of Puppet show, Seattle, circa 1925
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Puppet show, Seattle, circa 1925

This photo of an unknown puppet show is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925, and McBride continued to operate a…
ID Number:1974.5923.334
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Traveler's aid desk at Oregon-Washington Station, Seattle, circa 1925
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Traveler's aid desk at Oregon-Washington Station, Seattle, circa 1925

The Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company was formed from several smaller companies in 1896. The Union Pacific Railroad bought a majority stake in the company in 1898 and built its Beaux-Arts style main depot, the Oregon-Washington Station, in Seattle in 1910 and 1911. The station's name was later changed to Union Station. Passenger rail service continued at the station until…
ID Number:1974.5923.343
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Child with dahlias, Seattle, 1936
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Child with dahlias, Seattle, 1936

This photograph was probably taken for Mrs. Alta M. Wheeler, who ran a dahlia farm and store called Dahlialand Gardens on Boyer Avenue East in the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle. The Wheelers raised the dahlias on a large tract of land located where St. Demetrious Greek Orthodox Church and the Montlake Playfield are now located.The image is part of a…
ID Number:1974.5923.360.1
Date:1936
Image of Aerial of Hollywood Chicken Farm, Woodinville, 1940
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Aerial of Hollywood Chicken Farm, Woodinville, 1940

Hollywood Farm, in Woodinville, was built by the Frederick Stimson family. They used it as a weekend retreat and summer home. Milk and cream from the farm's prize-winning Holstein dairy herd was sent to Seattle by railroad. Seattleites visited by train and bought cream, ice cream, and sausages at the farm's ice cream parlor.This aerial photo is part of a…
ID Number:1974.5923.361.1
Date:1940
Image of Aerial of Hollywood Chicken Farm, Woodinville, 1940
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Aerial of Hollywood Chicken Farm, Woodinville, 1940

Hollywood Farm, in Woodinville, was built by the Frederick Stimson family. They used it as a weekend retreat and summer home. Milk and cream from the farm's prize-winning Holstein dairy herd was sent to Seattle by railroad. Seattleites visited by train and bought cream, ice cream, and sausages at the farm's ice cream parlor.This aerial photo is part of a…
ID Number:1974.5923.361.3
Date:1940
Image of Toy shop display, Seattle, circa 1940
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Toy shop display, Seattle, circa 1940

This photo of an unnamed toy shop display is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925, and McBride continued to operate…
ID Number:1974.5923.363
Date:Circa 1940
Image of Toy shop display, Seattle, circa 1940
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Toy shop display, Seattle, circa 1940

This photo of an unnamed toy shop display is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925, and McBride continued to operate…
ID Number:1974.5923.364
Date:Circa 1940
Image of Junior League members with children at Sacred Heart Orphanage, Seattle, 1938
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Junior League members with children at Sacred Heart Orphanage, Seattle, 1938

In 1903, Reverend Mother Francesca Xaviera Cabrini, founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, arrived in Seattle. She was sent by the Pope Leo XII to help poor Italians immigrants settling on the continent. On Beacon Hill, a working-class Italian neighborhood, she set up the Sacred Heart Orphanage and a church. Due to Seattle's regrading, the orphanage moved…
ID Number:1974.5923.365.2
Date:1938
Image of Blethen child, Seattle, circa 1935
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Blethen child, Seattle, circa 1935

The Seattle Times started as the Seattle Press-Times in 1891. Seattle attorney Alden J. Blethen bought the newspaper in 1896 and renamed it the Seattle Daily Times. The Blethen family continues to own the paper today. This photo of an unnamed Blethen child in the mid-1930s is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella…
ID Number:1974.5923.366
Date:Circa 1935
Image of Horse-drawn wagon in front of store, probably in Seattle, circa 1915
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Horse-drawn wagon in front of store, probably in Seattle, circa 1915

This photo of an unnamed store or house with a horse and buggy in front is a copy negative and part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee…
ID Number:1974.5923.369.2
Date:Circa 1915
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