3378 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Frank Herbert interviewing Roy Prosterman, Seattle, September 19, 1969
Tacoma-born author Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr. (1920-1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel "Dune" and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and university lecturer. At the time this image was taken, Herbert was a reporter for the…
ID Number:1986.5.51074.29
Date:1969
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Frank Herbert signing books, Seattle, December 5, 1971
In this image, Tacoma-born author Frank Herbert (1920-1986) signs copies of "Dune" and other books at the Balcony Book Store at the Pacific Science Center. Though he became famous for writing science fiction, Herbert was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and university lecturer; he was a reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1969…
ID Number:1986.5.55465.23
Date:1971
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Radio station KFQX in Olmstead home, Seattle, 1924
Roy and Elise Olmstead purchased a large home in the Mount Baker neighborhood in 1924. They started a commercial radio station called KFQX, based in a spare room of their residence. After Prohibition agents raided the home and arrested Roy Olmstead, they speculated that the couple used the radio broadcasts of children's stories to send coded messages to rumrunners, who…
ID Number:1987.30.1
Date:1924
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Gorst Air Transport seaplane with ferry in background, Seattle, circa 1933
Vernon C. Gorst, who previously had founded Pacific Air Transport in 1926, (which provided the first airmail service between Los Angeles and Seattle), established Gorst Air Transport sometime in the late 1920s. This photo shows the Keystone-Loening Amphibious "Air Yacht" provided service between Seattle and Bremerton. Gorst's "Air Ferry Line" provided hourly commuter flights between Seattle and Bremerton for two…
ID Number:1987.45.15
Date:Circa 1933
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Gorst Air Transport seaplane on dock, Seattle, circa 1933
Vernon C. Gorst, who previously had founded Pacific Air Transport in 1926, (which provided the first airmail service between Los Angeles and Seattle), established Gorst Air Transport sometime in the late 1920s. This photo shows the Keystone-Loening Amphibious "Air Yacht" provided service between Seattle and Bremerton. Gorst's "Air Ferry Line" provided hourly commuter flights between Seattle and Bremerton for two…
ID Number:1987.45.16
Date:Circa 1933
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Gorst Air Transport seaplanes at Pier 3, Seattle, circa 1933
Gorst Air Transport "Air Ferry" service used amphibian planes which would land in the water and then move up onto the ramp for safe and convenient passenger loading. There were various amphibious commuter biplanes used, manufactured by Boeing (the B-1E, the 204 and later the larger Model 80 and 80A tri-motors), by Keystone-Loening (the Amphibian Air Yacht), by Ryan (the…
ID Number:1987.45.17
Date:Circa 1933
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U.S. Science Pavilion arches at night, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
"In the middle of the six-acre U.S. Science Pavilion are fountains and pools bridged by raised platforms leading to the buildings. The Science Arches establish the square gothic architectural theme and serve as a distinctive landmark to visitors to the Seattle World's Fair."After the fair closed, the Science Pavilion became the Pacific Science Center. Quote in caption from Seattle World's…
ID Number:1987.59.145.3
Date:1962
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Fashion show model on runway, Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, 1962
This photograph was taken at the daily fashion show staged in the Fashion Pavilion during the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). The image depicts a model dressed in white slacks and striped sweater posing for the photographer on the “stepping stone” runway above a perfumed pool, with audience in the background. Brand names of sponsoring apparel and cosmetic companies…
ID Number:1987.59.145.11
Date:1962
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Abbie Ewart in nurse's rain outfit on the roof of the Irving Hotel, New York, May 1918
Kentucky-born Abbie Ewart (1889-1977) moved to Seattle with her family in 1907. She graduated from Queen Anne High School and then trained as a nurse. After caring for tuberculosis patients for two years at Firland Sanatorium, she and another nurse opened a single-day surgery clinic in Seattle. When the United States entered World War I in 1918, Ewart trained with…
ID Number:1987.60.18
Date:1918
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Army nurse Abbie Ewart in uniform, Germany, 1919
After graduating from Queen Anne High School, Abbie Ewart trained as a nurse at Seattle General Hospital School of Nursing. Ewart cared for tuberculosis patients for two years at Firland Sanatorium, then, with another nurse, opened a single-day surgery clinic in Seattle. When the United States entered World War I in 1918, Ewart trained with other nurses at Fort Lewis,…
ID Number:1987.60.19
Date:1919