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Image of University of Washington football players rolling snowball, Seattle, 1947
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University of Washington football players rolling snowball, Seattle, 1947

Handwritten on negative: Marshall Dallas, Bruce Rehn, Jim Foster, Harold Lloyd. Handwritten on sleeve: Dallas, Marshall (football). Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): September 5, 1947.
ID Number:PI27285
Date:1947
Image of Football action at the University of Washington, 1934
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Football action at the University of Washington, 1934

The University of Washington Huskies had a successful football season in 1934, finishing second in college football's Far West Division. This 1934 photo shows the team in action during a home game at Washington Field, now Husky Stadium. Written on original envelope: University of Washington football action 1934 season
ID Number:PI27314
Date:1934
Image of Houses under construction in Bellevue, May 1946
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Houses under construction in Bellevue, May 1946

At the end of World War II, the United States Congress passed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, called the G.I. Bill of Rights. The G.I. Bill provided $13 billion to returning military personnel for medical treatment, education and vocational training, and other needs. The bill offered home buyers government-guarantied, low-interest loans on new homes, with no down payment. New…
ID Number:PI27850
Date:1946
Image of Elizabeth M. Ordway, circa 1865
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Elizabeth M. Ordway, circa 1865

A shortage of women in Seattle in the 1860s inspired Asa Mercer to travel to the east coast to find women who might want to resettle in the new city. Elizabeth M. Ordway, nicknamed Lizzie, was a native of Lowell, Massachusetts. She arrived in Seattle in 1864, along with ten other so-called "Mercer Girls." Miss Ordway had a long career…
ID Number:SHS126
Date:Circa 1865
Image of Great Seattle Fire burning at waterfront, June 6, 1889
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Great Seattle Fire burning at waterfront, June 6, 1889

The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the City. The fire started at 2:30 p.m. in a paint and woodwork shop at Front and Madison and over the course of the next 18 hours swept a southward across 100 acres of Seattle's business…
ID Number:SHS708A
Date:1889
Image of Men posing in front of tent near Jacob Furth home, 1889
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Men posing in front of tent near Jacob Furth home, 1889

The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the City. In this image men pose in front of a tent set up after the fire during regrading operations, in which streets were raised up to 22 feet in places, helping to level the hilly…
ID Number:SHS1359
Date:1889
Image of University of Washington graduating class, Seattle, 1898
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University of Washington graduating class, Seattle, 1898

In 1858 one of Seattle's founders, Arthur A. Denny (1822-1899), successfully petitioned the Washington Territorial Legislature to select Seattle as the location for a new university. Seeing this as a chance to add to the city's potential and prestige, a site was chosen on Denny's Knoll that now houses the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. The Territorial University of Washington opened in…
ID Number:SHS1514
Date:1898
Image of Industrial Boarding School buildings on the Puyallup Reservation, circa 1885
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Industrial Boarding School buildings on the Puyallup Reservation, circa 1885

The Puyallup people are a Coast Salish group whose historic lands are along the Puyallup River Valley. They call themselves “Spuyalepabs” in their native language of Lushootseed, meaning “people from the bend at the bottom of the river.” Before settlers arrived, the Puyallup lived in villages that spread from the Cascade foothills to the shores of Puget Sound. In 1854,…
ID Number:SHS3491
Date:Circa 1885
Image of Exterior of Yesler School, circa 1893
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Exterior of Yesler School, circa 1893

Yesler School opened in the early 1890s in the new lumber mill town of Yesler, on Lake Washington's Union Bay. The school was located across from the sawmill on Thirty-sixth Avenue NE, just above NE Forty-seventh Street. The school closed in 1918 and the student body moved to Bryant School.In this photo, taken around 1893, the students and teachers of…
ID Number:SHS5568
Date:Circa 1893
Image of Harborview Hospital and Harborview Hall, Seattle, circa 1932
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Harborview Hospital and Harborview Hall, Seattle, circa 1932

Harborview Hospital's large, Art Deco building has dominated Seattle's skyline since it opened in 1931 on Seattle's First Hill. Harborview was modeled after large teaching hospitals in the east and was intended to be both a public city hospital and a statewide health center. It has also served as a primary center for medical and nursing education.This photo shows Harborview…
ID Number:SHS7359
Date:Circa 1932
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