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Briscoe School student in pile of apples, Kent, circa 1925
The Briscoe School for Boys in Kent, Washington, operated from 1909 to 1970 as a Catholic orphanage and boarding school for boys around the Puget Sound region. This photo of a boy from the school hiding in a pile of apples is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the…
ID Number:1974.5923.257
Date:Circa 1925
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Briscoe School students, Kent, circa 1925
The Briscoe School for Boys in Kent, Washington, operated from 1909 to 1970 as a Catholic orphanage and boarding school for boys around the Puget Sound region. This photo of boys playing is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward…
ID Number:1974.5923.267
Date:Circa 1925
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Children saluting flag at Junior League Convalescent Home, Seattle, 1934
The Junior League of Seattle was formed in 1923 by a group of young women initially to support the Seattle Day Nursery. The Seattle League volunteered at Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Sacred Heart Orphanage, and other charities. They also established a convalescent home and orphanage at 4646 36th Avenue West.This photo is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers.…
ID Number:1974.5923.269.2
Date:1934
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Seattle Children's Home residents eating outdoors, Seattle, 1933
The Seattle Children's Home was founded as an orphanage, and with the help of a group of progressive women became a substantial institution dedicated to the care of children in need. A large building with room for 70 children opened in 1905 on Queen Anne, at Tenth Avenue W. and W. McGraw Street. In 1932 the old building was replaced…
ID Number:1974.5923.271.2
Date:1933
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Frederick & Nelson interior, Seattle, circa 1925
The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century, but closed in the 1990s.This interiror photo is part of a…
ID Number:1974.5923.306
Date:Circa 1925
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Frederick & Nelson interior, Seattle, circa 1925
The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century, but it closed in the 1990s.This interior photo is part of…
ID Number:1974.5923.308
Date:Circa 1925
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Puppet show, Seattle, circa 1925
This photo of an unknown puppet show is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925, and McBride continued to operate a…
ID Number:1974.5923.334
Date:Circa 1925
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Traveler's aid desk at Oregon-Washington Station, Seattle, circa 1925
The Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company was formed from several smaller companies in 1896. The Union Pacific Railroad bought a majority stake in the company in 1898 and built its Beaux-Arts style main depot, the Oregon-Washington Station, in Seattle in 1910 and 1911. The station's name was later changed to Union Station. Passenger rail service continued at the station until…
ID Number:1974.5923.343
Date:Circa 1925
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Child with dahlias, Seattle, 1936
This photograph was probably taken for Mrs. Alta M. Wheeler, who ran a dahlia farm and store called Dahlialand Gardens on Boyer Avenue East in the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle. The Wheelers raised the dahlias on a large tract of land located where St. Demetrious Greek Orthodox Church and the Montlake Playfield are now located.The image is part of a…
ID Number:1974.5923.360.1
Date:1936
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Aerial of Hollywood Chicken Farm, Woodinville, 1940
Hollywood Farm, in Woodinville, was built by the Frederick Stimson family. They used it as a weekend retreat and summer home. Milk and cream from the farm's prize-winning Holstein dairy herd was sent to Seattle by railroad. Seattleites visited by train and bought cream, ice cream, and sausages at the farm's ice cream parlor.This aerial photo is part of a…
ID Number:1974.5923.361.1
Date:1940