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Family in front of their cabin, Seattle, circa 1910
Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.927
Date:Circa 1910
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Two men in front of ship hull holding flag, probably in Seattle, circa 1910
Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.928
Date:Circa 1910
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Girl in double negative, Seattle, circa 1910
Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.931
Date:Circa 1910
Correspondence
Louisa Denny's letter to Harold Denny, February 26, 1916
Early Seattle settler Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916) was born in Illinois and arrived in what was to become Seattle on November 13, 1851. She was the wife and step-sister of fellow pioneer David Thomas Denny (1832-1903), and the sister of Carson Dobbins Boren (1824-1912) and Mary Ann (Boren) Denny (1822-1910). David and Louisa married in 1853 in city's first non-Indigenous…
ID Number:1980.6891.29
Date:1916
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Campbells and others at Chautauqua log cabin, 1890
Members and friends of the Campbell and Corliss families spent part of the summer of 1890 at Chautauqua (now Ellisport) on Vashon Island. They may have been members of the Puget Sound Chautauqua Assembly which met on the island at that time. Inspired by the year-around educational activities of the Chautauqua Assembly in New York State, a local group started…
ID Number:1980.7025.15
Date:1890
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Campbell and Corliss families near tents at Chautauqua, 1890
Members and friends of the Campbell and Corliss families spent part of the summer of 1890 at Chautauqua (now Ellisport) on Vashon Island. They may have been members of the Puget Sound Chautauqua Assembly which met on the island at that time. Inspired by the year-around educational activities of the Chautauqua Assembly in New York State, a local group started…
ID Number:1980.7025.16
Date:1890
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Group of people and tents on Vashon Island, 1885
Members and friends of the Campbell and Corliss families spent part of the summer of 1890 at Chautauqua (now Ellisport) on Vashon Island. They may have been members of the Puget Sound Chautauqua Assembly which met on the island at that time. Inspired by the year-around educational activities of the Chautauqua Assembly in New York State, a local group started…
ID Number:1980.7025.19
Date:1885
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Campbell and Corliss families with tree stump, 1890
Members and friends of the Campbell and Corliss families spent part of the summer of 1890 at Chautauqua (now Ellisport) on Vashon Island. They may have been members of the Puget Sound Chautauqua Assembly which met on the island at that time. Inspired by the year-around educational activities of the Chautauqua Assembly in New York State, a local group started…
ID Number:1980.7025.21
Date:1890
Document
Paul Bunyan's Cookbook and Stories, circa 1962
Featuring an image of Paul Bunyan on the front, this small cookbook was published by Seattle Restaurant Food Supply, led by Walter F. Clark. Clark was a Seattle restauranteur and nationally acclaimed for putting Seattle on the food map. The legendary Paul Bunyan inspired the recipes in this booklet, and also had a prominent place at the Seattle World's Fair,…
ID Number:1980.7051.122
Date:Circa 1962
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Group riding in carriage at Willowmoor Farm, Redmond, circa 1910
In 1904, Seattle banker James W. Clise bought land along the Sammamish Slough, near Redmond, Washington, and began to build a hunting lodge and summer retreat. During the next three years, the family greatly expanded the original building which they called Willowmoor. They moved there permanently in 1907. Over the years, Clise expanded the property and developed a model farm…
ID Number:1980.7158.2.4
Date:Circa 1910