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Image of Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company shipyard, Seattle, September 20, 1917
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Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company shipyard, Seattle, September 20, 1917

This view of the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company shipyard, taken on September 20, 1917 shows a four-masted schooner and other vessels under construction. The yard is filled with stacks of heavy milled lumber from the Pacific Northwest's huge trees. Shipyard workers used the hoists (left center) to lift the lumber and move it from one place to another.…
ID Number:1995.37.19.2.5
Date:1917
Image of Sponsor Gertrude Van Doren Hardenberg at launch of Blakeley, Seattle, November 7, 1918
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Sponsor Gertrude Van Doren Hardenberg at launch of Blakeley, Seattle, November 7, 1918

This portrait of Gertrude Van Doren Hardenberg was taken November 7, 1918 at the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company shipyard at the launch of the steamship Blakeley. The Blakeley was a 4,000 ton wooden steamship, the first ship contracted with PSB&DC by the U. S. government. Gertrude Van Doren Hardenberg was the sister of George E. Hardenberg, secretary of…
ID Number:1995.37.19.2.39
Date:1918
Image of Launch of the steamer Snoqualmie at the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company shipyard, Seattle, August 11, 1919
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Launch of the steamer Snoqualmie at the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company shipyard, Seattle, August 11, 1919

This image was taken on August 11, 1919 during the launch of the steamer Snoqualmie at the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company's shipyard in Seattle on Harbor Island. The vessel was named for the Snoqualmie Tribe, in honor of its friendship with pioneer settlers and its war record in service to the United States. Many Snoqualmie Tribe members traveled…
ID Number:1995.37.19.2.46
Date:1919
Image of Kate Borst christening the steamer
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Kate Borst christening the steamer "Snoqualmie," August 11, 1919

In August 1919, the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company launched the steamer "Snoqualmie" at its Seattle shipyard on Harbor Island. The vessel was named for the Snoqualmie Tribe, in honor of the aid they gave the settlers against other Indigenous groups in the war of 1855-1856, now referred to as the Puget Sound War. Many tribal members traveled to…
ID Number:1995.37.19.2.54
Date:1919
Image of Snoqualmie woman and girls at the launching of the steamer
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Snoqualmie woman and girls at the launching of the steamer "Snoqualmie," 1919

On August 11, 1919, the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company launched the steamer "Snoqualmie" at its Seattle shipyard on Harbor Island. The vessel was named for the Snoqualmie Tribe, in honor of the aid they gave the settlers against other Indigenous groups in the war of 1855-1856, now referred to as the Puget Sound War. This photo shows some…
ID Number:1995.37.19.2.62
Date:1919
Image of Building Owners and Managers Conference delegates outside New Washington Hotel, Seattle, April 1920
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Building Owners and Managers Conference delegates outside New Washington Hotel, Seattle, April 1920

In this photo, delegates at the Second Pacific Northwest Conference of Building Owners and Managers pose outside of the New Washington Hotel, the meeting headquarters. The convention opened April 23, with delegates from San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, B.C., Spokane, Tacoma, and Seattle attending. The delegates discussed the costs of operating commercial properties, zoning regulations, and the need for "alert, efficient…
ID Number:1998.31.1
Date:1920
Image of Seattle Elks band at Boys Picnic, Woodland Park, 1923
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Seattle Elks band at Boys Picnic, Woodland Park, 1923

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) hosted an annual picnic for boys at Woodland Park in Seattle, and on July 27, 1923, they had a special guest. President Warren G. Harding was on a Western tour across the United States, in what he called his "Voyage of Understanding." He gave a speech at Woodland Park for 30,000 assembled…
ID Number:1998.44.1
Date:1923
Image of Guests around table at Arctic Club dinner, Seattle, April 27, 1916
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Guests around table at Arctic Club dinner, Seattle, April 27, 1916

Fred H. Hayner (1869-1920) and his wife Marguerite M. "Minnie" (Sharrock) Hayner (b. 1870) moved from New York State to Seattle sometime before they hosted the 1916 dinner party pictured here. The lavish dinner was part of a dinner dance at the Arctic Club, an event described in the Society Pages of the April 28, 1916, edition of the Seattle…
ID Number:1999.9.1
Date:1916
Image of King Street Station, Smith Tower, and Oregon-Washington Station from south, Seattle, circa 1915
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King Street Station, Smith Tower, and Oregon-Washington Station from south, Seattle, circa 1915

These three buildings still remain Seattle landmarks. To the left, the Great Northern and Northern Pacific's King Street Station, with its clock tower, was constructed in 1906. On the right, the Union Pacific completed the Oregon and Washington Station, later known as Union Station, in 1911. In the center is the L. C. Smith Building, later Smith Tower. At the…
ID Number:2002.48.684
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Empty chamber in Ballard Locks, Seattle, circa 1917
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Empty chamber in Ballard Locks, Seattle, circa 1917

For years, there was no easy or cheap way to move logs, coal, and other resources directly from the east side of Lake Washington to Elliott Bay. There were many plans and several attempts to build a canal via Lake Union. However, none was successful until the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built in 1911 to 1917. The Hiram Chittenden…
ID Number:2002.48.947
Date:Circa 1917
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