81 results for: Vallentyne, John
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Memorial Stadium refurbishment for the Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, circa 1962
This photograph was taken circa 1962, during the refurbishment of Memorial Stadium for the Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair). The stadium was the venue for much of the opening ceremonies for the Fair, which was attended by nearly 10 million people and ran from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962. This site, previously known…
ID Number:2009.23.610
Date:Circa 1962
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NCR employees and exhibit at the Century 21 Exposition site, Seattle, 1962
The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. This photograph was taken in the days before the fair opened and shows NCR employees setting up exhibits of their 310 and 315 electronic data processing systems. The model 315 included the CRAM…
ID Number:2009.23.634
Date:1962
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Ski school students and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.910
Date:Circa 1961
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Ski school student at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.911
Date:Circa 1961
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Skier at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.912
Date:Circa 1961
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Ski school student and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.918
Date:Circa 1961
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Ski school students and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.919
Date:Circa 1961
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Ski school student and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.920
Date:Circa 1961
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Seattle Rainiers baseball team at Sick's Stadium, circa 1961
Sick's Stadium, also known as Sick's Seattle Stadium and later as Sicks' Stadium, first opened on June 15, 1938, as a baseball stadium in Seattle, Washington, located in Rainier Valley, at the corner of S. McClellan Street and Rainier Avenue S. It was the longtime home of the Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League, and was named after Emil…
ID Number:2009.23.933
Date:Circa 1961
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Yacht Fantome at Ballard locks, Seattle, circa 1962
The Fantome was a steel-hulled sailing yacht built for Great Britain’s Duke of Westminster in 1927, and later acquired by beer baron Ernest Guinness. It sailed into Seattle in 1939 and became stranded by the outbreak of World War II. After the war, King County blocked its departure in an effort to recover property taxes from Guiness. The vessel ended…
ID Number:2009.23.1048
Date:Circa 1962