774 results for: Smith, A. J.
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Jacqueline "Jackie" Lawson, August 15, 2015 and March 15, 2017
This interview with Jacqueline "Jackie" E.A. Lawson (1928-2021) was conducted by Al "Butch" Smith Jr. for the Al Smith: Seattle on the Spot Oral History Project and jointly created with the Black Heritage Society of Washington State. Lawson was the past President of the Black Heritage Society of Washington State at the time of her interview, and she talks about…
ID Number:2018.104.3
Date:2015
Scrapbook
"Mass Meeting," Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer, November 6, 1885
Seattle's earliest Chinese residents are believed to have arrived in the early 1860s, and while welcomed at first for the role they played in the region's development, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and were subjected to numerous laws that restricted their rights. In the mid-1870s and early 1880s the national economy took a downturn, increasingly leading white workers…
ID Number:2022.3.3.9.3
Date:1885
Photograph
Tidal flats south of downtown Seattle, October 27, 1923
This photograph of the tidal flats taken from south is facing northwest towards the area south of downtown Seattle. Smith Tower is dimly visible in the distance. This area was made up of tidal flats where people and companies were allowed to dig canals and deposit the spoils to make new land. The new buildings, plank roads, and boardwalks were…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.7.2.112
Date:1923
Photograph
Firemen posing outside Seattle Fire Department, November 1889
The creation of the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) can be traced back to July 6th, 1876, when the all-volunteer Seattle Engine Company No.1 was organized. In 1883, the City Charter was amended to create and fund equipment, but not staff, for a centralized municipal fire department. The volunteer-based system persisted until pressure from the insurance industry and citizens after the…
ID Number:SHS700
Date:1889