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Dancers Betty Myers and Donald Craft, Seattle, circa 1927
Mary Ann Wells King (1894-1971) was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, and moved to Seattle in 1915. Wells founded the ballet department at the Cornish School and directed the dance department for seven years. She later formed her own studio, the Mary Ann Wells School of the Dance at 804 1/2 Pine Street. Wells retired and closed the studio in 1958…
ID Number:SHS15643
Date:Ciirca 1927
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Firland Sanatorium, Richmond Highlands, circa 1911
In 1911, Firland Sanatorium began accepting patients suffering from highly infectious tuberculosis (TB). The hospital's country setting in Richmond Highlands, well north of Seattle, isolated patients from the healthy populace and provided the fresh air which doctors considered essential. In 1948, Firland housed nearly 1,050 patients. It closed in 1968 after new antibiotic treatments allowed patients to live at home.This…
ID Number:SHS17247
Date:Circa 1911
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Alfred M. Hubbard, Seattle, circa 1924
During Seattle's Prohibition years in the 1920s, Roy Olmstead became one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County. Learning how the trade operated from involvement in raids and arrests while serving as a Seattle Police Lieutenant, Olmstead noted the lack of organization of many bootleggers and began his own operation. His operation eventually grew to include many…
ID Number:SHS17299
Date:Circa 1924