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Photograph
Main entrance gate with car outside, looking northeast, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
This photograph shows the view through the main entrance gate into the Exposition. The George Washington statue is just visible through the right arch, with the U.S. Government building behind. Embossed on mount: HarwoodCaption on image: Main Gate of A.Y.P
ID Number:1974.5868.0
Date:1909
Photograph
Pay Streak at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Visitors to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition crowded to the concessions on the Pay Streak. Here they could enjoy exciting rides, visit a reconstruction of the Streets of Cairo, buy snacks at the Tokio Cafe, and look at Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines in a reconstructed village. The Pay Streak was named after concentrated streaks of gold or other valuable ore.This photo…
ID Number:1974.5868.184
Date:1909
Photograph
Cast of the Junior League children's play "The Golden Ball," Seattle, May 1934
For more than a century, Junior League members have confronted society’s most pressing issues and tackled its toughest problems, leaving an unrivaled legacy of reform. Since its inception in 1923, members of the Junior League of Seattle (JLS) have worked to improve our community through mission-driven projects and hands-on work with many Community Partners.Some JLS projects included entertainment for children.…
ID Number:1974.5923.26.1
Date:1934
Photograph
Arthur and Constance Houlahan with children, Seattle, 1931
In 1931, Arthur C. Houlahan is listed as Vice President and Treasurer of Builders Brick Co., the family business. The family lived at 2147 Shelby Street, and several other Houlahans, including the artist Kathleen, lived on the same block. This photo of the family is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began…
ID Number:1974.5923.55
Date:1931
Photograph
Holsum Baking Co. employees pose in front of factory, Seattle, circa 1914
The Holsum Baking Company of Seattle incorporated in 1912, but went bankrupt just four years later amid allegations of fraud. The company was bought out by Seattle Baking Company, who ran a series of advertisements in 1921 called, "A Trip Through the Largest Modern Bakery in the Pacific Northwest." The Seattle Baking Company manufactured "Queenann," "Butter-Nut" and "Holsum" breads, and…
ID Number:1975.6000.1
Date:Circa 1914
Poster
Cole Brothers Circus and War Bonds poster, August 1943
William Washington Cole (1847-1915) began "W. W. Cole's Colossal Circus" in 1871 in Quincy, Illinois. In 1904 Cole sold his circus to Canadian showman Martin Downs and his son, James, the name became "Cole Bros. Circus." The show almost shut down during the Depression, but in 1934 two veteran circus managers -- Jesse Adkins (1886–1940) and Zack Terrell (1879–1954) --…
ID Number:1975.6159.3.11
Date:1943
Poster
Cole Brothers Circus and War Bonds poster, August 1943
William Washington Cole (1847-1915) began "W. W. Cole's Colossal Circus" in 1871 in Quincy, Illinois. In 1904 Cole sold his circus to Canadian showman Martin Downs and his son, James, the name became "Cole Bros. Circus." After the Depression almost shut it down, in 1934 two veteran circus managers -- Jesse Adkins (1886–1940) and Zack Terrell (1879–1954) -- teamed up…
ID Number:1975.6159.3.12
Date:1943
Music, notated
On Our Way to Paradise
Mount Rainier National Park, in Washington state, opened in 1899. It was the nation's fifth national park and the first to allow cars. The road to the Paradise section of the park was built in 1910. This 1915 sheet music, published five years later, shows several cars passing through the park entrance on their moonlit way up Mount Rainier to…
ID Number:1976.6292.1
Date:1915
Ephemera
Peterson Men's Shop advertisement, circa 1935
Joseph A. Peterson (circa 1877-1951) and George W. Blanchard (1877-1956) both worked at Edward C. Cheasty's men's clothing shop on Second and James in Seattle in the early 1900s, where they got to know dozens of customers and their clothing preferences, and provided personalized attention based on individual style. Blanchard left after 18 years to go into the neckwear business,…
ID Number:1976.6296.26
Date:Circa 1935
Document
Lillie Pauline White teaching certificate, King County, August 29, 1896
Lillie Pauline White (1858-1944) was a teacher in Washington until 1922, when she retired after 34 years of service. She taught at Denny School, the South School, Rainier School, and Jefferson School, among others. Ms. White was well-regarded and remembered in the Seattle community even after her retirement. In 1935 she was nominated by former pupils as Seattle's "Grand Old…
ID Number:1976.6362.230
Date:1896