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Waterfront from Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1920
This photo of the Seattle waterfront is a copy negative and 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…
ID Number:1974.5923.372.1
Date:Circa 1920
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Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) fountain, Seattle, circa 1920
Seattle sculptor James A. Wehn designed this fountain and copper statue of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) that stands in Tilikum Place at the corner of Denny Way, Cedar Street, and Fifth Avenue. Tilikum is a Chinook term meaning "greeting," and Chief Si'ahl stands with hand raised to welcome the white settlers who landed at Alki Point in 1851. Wehn based…
ID Number:1974.5923.373.2
Date:Circa 1920
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Roy Chapman Andrews and Wilhelmina Christmas Andrews, Seattle, June 1936
Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960) was a naturalist who led expeditions through the Gobi Desert and Mongolia, and later became director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is shown here with this second wife Wilhelmia Christmas Andrews in 1936.This photo is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the…
ID Number:1974.5923.374
Date:1936
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Paul and Theiline M. Pigott with children, circa 1930
In 1934, Paul Pigott bought back the Pacific Car and Foundry Company, a rail car manufacturing business his father originally started in 1905 but sold to American Car Co. in 1924. He rebuilt the Seattle company with 125 employees into one of the top industrial corporations in the U.S. Under the leadership of his son, Charles M. Pigott, Pacific Car…
ID Number:1974.5923.376
Date:Circa 1930
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Struson children, Seattle, 1938
This portrait of the Struson children 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 studio…
ID Number:1974.5923.377
Date:1938
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Captain James Griffiths with his family, Seattle, 1938
Captain James Griffiths arrived in Tacoma in 1885 from England and opened an office under the name of James Griffiths & Company as ship brokers, commission merchants, and stevedores. Over the next several years, he created many partnerships and firms including the Tacoma Steam Navigation Company where he built the first seagoing tug in Tacoma. With Griffiths, Bridges and Stetson…
ID Number:1974.5923.391
Date:1938
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Julius Harold Bloedel, Seattle, 1937
Julius Harold Bloedel (1864-1957) was a lumberman and businessman. This portrait of Bloedel 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,…
ID Number:1974.5923.393
Date:1937
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Portrait of Jessie Stewart, Seattle, circa 1905
Jessie M. Stewart (1879-1960) was born in Ontario and went to homestead near Shelton in 1887 with her parents Malcolm Donald Stewart (1827-1914) and Ann (Nicholson) Stewart (1835-1929). She was a bookkeeper and amateur actress. Her older sister Mary Stewart (1876-1960) was a teacher for 49 years at B. F. Day Elementary School in Seattle. Caption information source: The Seattle…
ID Number:1978.6598.2
Date:Circa 1905
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Seattle High School Class of 1897
As the population of Seattle grew, so did the city's schools. The first school was called "Central School," a name that was applied to several different buildings as the original building was outgrown and a subsequent building burned down. In 1900, the older students of Seattle would have attended Seattle High School, located on the third floor of a building…
ID Number:1980.7070.47
Date:1897
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Studio portrait of Florence Denny Heliker, Seattle, August 1898
Florence Denny Heliker (1878-1962) was born to Seattle pioneer Rolland Herschel Denny (1851-1939) and Alice Martha Kellogg (1857-1940, daughter of Whidbey Island pioneer Dr. John Coe Kellogg). After attending Seattle High School, Florence and Dr. Mabel Seagrave were the first Seattle women to attend Wellesley College, graduating in 1904. Florence married skating rink proprietor Winthrop G Heliker (b.1878) in 1904,…
ID Number:1990.45.88
Date:1898