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Image of Invitation to Denny School program, February 20, 1903
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Invitation to Denny School program, February 20, 1903

Seattle was a fast-growing community in the 1880s and an elementary school was needed to serve the families in Seattle's north end (now the Belltown neighborhood). In 1884 the school board opened a two-story wooden building adorned with a bell tower located at Battery Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. They named the new school Denny School in honor…
ID Number:1970.4875.1
Date:1903
Image of Our Afternoon Trip, April 17, 1906
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Our Afternoon Trip, April 17, 1906

Inga Caroline Hoffield (1894-1945) was born in Iowa to Norwegian-immigrant parents Benjamin Kornelius Hoffield (1865-1949) and Ellen B. (Strom) Hoffield (1872-c. 1905). The family moved to Seattle before 1900, and Inga and her two younger sisters attended Salmon Bay School at 26th Avenue W and W Prospect Street.The manuscript pictured here is an essay that Inga wrote while a student…
ID Number:1970.4879.1
Date:1906
Image of Helene Madison McGiver with teacher and students at Lincoln High School, Seattle, February 1952
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Helene Madison McGiver with teacher and students at Lincoln High School, Seattle, February 1952

Helene Madison began swimming in early childhood, first at Green Lake, one block from her home in Seattle, and later in Seattle Parks Department swim programs. Catching the eye of local coach Ray Daughters in 1928, Madison began swimming competitively on his team at the Crystal Pool, and later at Washington Athletic Club. Between 1930 and 1932, Madison broke all…
ID Number:1970.5051.83
Date:1952
Image of School teacher May de Crane, Seattle, 1914
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School teacher May de Crane, Seattle, 1914

May de Crane taught at eighth grade at Seattle's West Woodland School in 1913-1914. One of her students was Nathalia Jensen, daughter of Rasmus Peter Jensen, who came to Seattle from Denmark in 1889 and homesteaded in the West Woodland area. Caption information source: Seattle Public Schools Quarterly Report, January 1914.
ID Number:1971.5068.36
Date:1914
Image of Report card for Nathalia Jensen, 1914
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Report card for Nathalia Jensen, 1914

Rasmus Peter Jensen immigrated to Seattle in 1889 and homesteaded in the West of Woodland Park district (now the West Woodland neighborhood). He was a carpenter by trade and operated both a construction business and a general store out of his home. Mr. Jensen married Marie E. D. Hansen in 1892 and they had two children, Anna C. Jensen (1894-1912)…
ID Number:1971.5068.37
Date:1914
Image of Mary Ann Wells School of the Dance festival program, Seattle, June 4, 1927
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Mary Ann Wells School of the Dance festival program, Seattle, June 4, 1927

Mary Ann Wells founded the dance department at Seattle's Cornish School of the Arts (now Cornish College of the Arts) and taught there for seven years. Sometime around 1920, she started her own dance school, which operated until 1958. Robert Joffrey and many other prominent dancers graduated from the Mary Ann Wells School of the Dance.The School's Eleventh Annual Dance…
ID Number:1971.5234.17
Date:1927
Image of Brochure for The Cornish School, Mary Anne Wells, Head of Dance, 1921
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Brochure for The Cornish School, Mary Anne Wells, Head of Dance, 1921

Mary Ann (Wells) King (1894-1971) was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and moved to Seattle in 1915. Ms. Wells was a charter member of the Soroptimist Club and in 1916 founded the ballet department at the Cornish School (now Cornish College of the Arts). From 1923 until her retirement in 1958 Ms. Wells ran her own studio, the Mary Ann Wells…
ID Number:1971.5234.20
Date:1921
Image of Announcement for The Mary Ann Wells School of Dance, September 3, 1923
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Announcement for The Mary Ann Wells School of Dance, September 3, 1923

Mary Ann (Wells) King (1894-1971) was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and moved to Seattle in 1915. Ms. Wells was a charter member of the Soroptimist Club and in 1916 founded the ballet department at the Cornish School (now Cornish College of the Arts). From 1923 until her retirement in 1958 Ms. Wells ran her own studio, the Mary Ann Wells…
ID Number:1971.5234.21
Date:1923
Image of Cora Dollart's report card, Roslyn, Washington, 1900
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Cora Dollart's report card, Roslyn, Washington, 1900

Cora Dollart's report card from Roslyn Public Schools. She was in second grade at the time. Cora's parents were Russian immigrants of German heritage who settled in Roslyn, Washington where Cora and her brother Henry were born. The family moved to Seattle in 1907, where Cora and Henry attended public schools.
ID Number:1972.5567.116.10.1
Date:1900
Image of Henry Dollart's report card, Roslyn, Washington, 1900
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Henry Dollart's report card, Roslyn, Washington, 1900

Henry Dollart's report card from Roslyn Public Schools. He was in grade A3 at the time.Henry Dollart was the brother of the donor of the collection. He was born in Roslyn, Washington in 1890 to Russian immigrant parents of German heritage. The family lived in Roslyn until 1907, when they moved to Seattle.
ID Number:1972.5567.116.10.2
Date:1900
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