82 results for: European Immigrants
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Wallin & Nordstrom shoe store, Seattle, circa 1920
John W. Nordstrom immigrated from Sweden in 1887 and joined the Klondike Gold Rush ten years later. After earning a healthy profit from his claim in Alaska, Nordstrom returned to Seattle eager to invest his money. He reunited with Carl Wallin, a friend from his Alaska days who owned a shoe-repair shop in downtown Seattle. In 1901, they opened Wallin…
ID Number:2016.59.62
Date:Circa 1920
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Swedish-American family on porch of house, circa 1925
Between 1890 and 1910, large numbers of Swedes immigrated to the greater Seattle area. Swedes worked in the woods around Preston and High Point, in the Ballard mills, on the railroads building tunnels and laying tracks, in construction (contributing both labor and architectural skills), in the mines at Coal Creek, on the docks on Seattle's waterfront, and as farmers around…
ID Number:2016.59.66
Date:Circa 1925
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Swedish-Americans having a picnic, circa 1925
By 1910, nearly 150,000 Scandinavians had immigrated to the Pacific Northwest. Those coming from Sweden settled in cities like Seattle, as well as smaller towns throughout Washington state. This photo shows a group of Swedish-Americans, probably an extended family, having a picnic on a warm spring day. It is part of an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work in…
ID Number:2016.59.78
Date:Circa 1925
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Oral history interview with Fred Danz, June 10, 2005
Interview with Fred Danz of Sterling Reality Organization conducted by Lorraine McConaughy for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on June 10, 2005. Topics discussed include his paternal and maternal familes, living in Seattle, his family's relationship with Judaism, and the history of the family businesses in radio and movie theaters, including drive-ins. Copyright agreement: YesDigitized: Yes, CD with…
ID Number:2019.35.1.15
Date:2005
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Oral history interview with William Danz, March 22, 2005
Interview with William Danz about his life in Seattle, conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on March 22, 2005. Topics discussed include his family background, his childhood, his education at Garfield High School and the University of Washington and the family business, Sterling Realty Organization (SRO), and the theaters they owned. Copyright agreement: Yes;…
ID Number:2019.35.1.16
Date:2005
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Oral history interview with Lydia Offman, September 20, 1987
This interview with Lydia Pearl Offman (1912-2012) was conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Winter Holidays Oral History Project on September 20, 1987. Offman discusses her childhood in Seattle, including Jewish traditions, her family's immigration to Seattle, and living in an "international" neighborhood near Providence Hospital.
ID Number:2019.35.2.7
Date:1987
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Bailey Gatzert School PTA officers, Seattle, 1946
The leaders of the Parent Teacher Association at Bailey Gatzert School reflected the diverse backgrounds of the student body. In the late 1940s, the school children were 10 percent Chinese American, 20 percent African American, 5 percent Filipino American, 27 percent Japanese American, and 35 percent European American, with 3 percent Native American. Caption slip identified officers as Minnie Beach,…
ID Number:PI25782
Date:1946
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Collier Brothers Saloon, Seattle, circa 1900
The Collier family immigrated from Belgium in about 1885, and moved to Seattle about 1890, living at 3103 First Street, above what would become the Collier Brothers Saloon. The family included father Francis and mother Rosalie (Wyberg) Collier, sons Louis and Constance (Con), and daughters Romanie (Collier) Van der Mark and Stephania. Brothers Louis and Con ran the saloon (pictured…
ID Number:SHS44
Date:Circa 1900
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August Wenzel in front of his blacksmith shop at 7th and Pike, Seattle, 1889
August Joseph Wenzel (1856-1945) was born in Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, and moved to Seattle in 1888 with his wife Maria and their 8 children. He opened a blacksmith and cooper shop on Pike Street between Fourth Avenue and Fifth Avenue. Next door to the blacksmith shop he owned a wagon works shop and next to that a meat market.…
ID Number:SHS2303
Date:1889
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Vincent and Josephine Amato and their daughters, 1910
A wave of immigrants from southern Europe came to the United States between the 1880s and 1914. Vincent Amato was part of this group. He was born in Sicily in 1875, came to the United States in 1890, and ran a barbershop in Seattle from 1900 to 1949. Mr. Amato died in 1952.In this 1910 family portrait, Vincent Amato, his…
ID Number:SHS8017
Date:1910