408 results for: Seattle High School
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West Seattle High School office, Seattle, circa 1921
Like many high schools in the 1920s, West Seattle High School taught what were called "Commercial Subjects." Students learned how to staff an office, manage supplies, type memos, and take care of routine administrative matters. Both boys and girls participated in this type of vocational educational classes. Handwritten on sleeve: West Seattle High Interiors.Webster & Stevens number: 87357
ID Number:1983.10.2404.9
Date:Circa 1921
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John Marshall Intermediate School, circa 1928
Seattle had no junior high schools until the late 1920s. Students in the seventh and eighth grades stayed in small, neighborhood grade schools. John Marshall Intermediate School, one of the city's first two junior high schools, opened in September 1927 at East 68th Street and Ravenna Boulevard. It served the University and Green Lake areas. This photo shows John Marshall…
ID Number:1983.10.3609
Date:Circa 1928
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Helene Madison leaving for a national swim meet, July 24, 1929
Helene Madison started swimming at Green Lake at age 12. At 19, she swept the women's freestyle swimming events in the 1932 Olympics. That year, she held all 16 women's world freestyle records and 56 American records. When she returned to Seattle, the city presented her with a car, a Navy and police escort, and a huge tickertape parade.This photo,…
ID Number:1983.10.4066.3
Date:1929
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Garfield High School, Seattle, December 15, 1934
In 1917, the Seattle School Board authorized the purchase of property at 24th Avenue and East Jefferson Streets for a new high school. A 12-room wooden structure was constructed in 1920, followed by the three-story brick building shown here. As the 1920s progressed, Garfield's student body increased to over 1,500. A bond issue passed in 1929 provided funds for an…
ID Number:1983.10.4496
Date:1934
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West Seattle School, Seattle, circa 1905
The small community of West Seattle constructed this impressive castle-like structure in 1893 to serve all of its school-age residents. The first year only a single classroom was used for 20 pupils. By 1902 high school classes began and enrollment continued to grow. This photo shows the West Seattle School as it looked prior to an addition constructed in 1909.…
ID Number:1983.10.6603
Date:Circa 1905
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Interlake School, Seattle, 1911
When the Interlake School was constructed in 1904, the Wallingford neighborhood was growing very rapidly. The architect designed an addition in the central rear section that was built four years later. The name of the school refers to its location midway between Lake Union and Green Lake. In the 1920s, Interlake was the largest elementary school in Seattle. It closed…
ID Number:1983.10.6843
Date:1911
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Summit School, Seattle, circa 1905
This architecturally distinctive school building was designed by James Stephen. Summit School opened with a full house of elementary and high school students in 1905, but the older classes moved the following year to their own building, known as Franklin School. As the surrounding neighborhood became more commercial, the school population declined, but Summit was used for a variety of…
ID Number:1983.10.7457
Date:Circa 1905
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Holy Names Academy, circa 1909
A group of Roman Catholic Sisters of the Holy Names arrived in Seattle from Portland in 1880. They started a convent and an academy for girls. In 1907, The Academy of the Holy Names moved to a new building on Capitol Hill. In the early years, the school taught all grades through high school and also trained teachers. By the…
ID Number:1983.10.8238.1
Date:Circa 1909
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Lincoln Park baseball, circa 1915
In 1900, Seattle's original Lincoln Playfield was built on Eleventh Avenue East between Pine Street and Denny Way. The popular baseball field was located south of the reservoir, near Broadway High School. By 1908, the park board reported that neighbors had started to complain about the players' bad language and "undesirable loafing."This photo shows a crowd of fans watching a…
ID Number:1983.10.8628.2
Date:Circa 1915
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Boys playing baseball on Queen Anne High School playfield, Seattle, circa 1914
Handwritten on sleeve: Queen Anne H.S. Playfield & Baseball.Photographer's Reference Number: 16555
ID Number:1983.10.8918.2
Date:Circa 1914