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Image of Publisher Al Salisbury, Seattle, 1968
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Publisher Al Salisbury, Seattle, 1968

Albert P. "Al" Sailsbury (1904-1994) overaw Seattle's Superior Publishing Co., who published many Pacific Northwest books in the 1950s through 1970s. This portrait of Salisbury was taken by photographer Josef Scaylea.Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the Pacific Northwest. He…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.223
Date:1968
Image of Seattle High School graduation program, June 4, 1886
Program

Seattle High School graduation program, June 4, 1886

Public education began in Seattle in 1854, and the University of Washington was founded as the Territorial University in 1861. In the early years of the college, 1861-1867, most of the students were Seattle school children, with very few students at the collegiate level. By 1882 the student population had outgrown a number of temporary housing situations, and what is…
ID Number:MS.COLL.1214
Date:1886
Image of Sign outside Millionair Club offering free Sunday supper, Seattle, circa 1925
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Sign outside Millionair Club offering free Sunday supper, Seattle, circa 1925

In 1921, Seattle businessman Martin G. Johanson founded The Millionair Club to help the city's unemployed help themselves. Johanson managed the organization which provided nourishing meals and acted as a clearinghouse for temporary jobs. He gave the organization its name because he said that helping others made him feel like a millionaire. He dropped the "e" in the organization's name…
ID Number:PI22381
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Independence Day parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, July 4, 1938
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Independence Day parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, July 4, 1938

Over 6,000 people marched in Seattle's 1938 Independence Day parade. Military units and civic groups marched down Second Avenue to Yesler Way, then up to Fourth Avenue and back to Virginia Street. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer estimated that tens of thousands of spectators crowded the downtown area, standing 10 to 20 deep along the parade route.Here, American flags hang from the…
ID Number:PI23277
Date:1938
Image of Children watching Independence Day parade, July 4, 1947
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Children watching Independence Day parade, July 4, 1947

Seattle's 1947 July 4th holiday began with a military parade and a flyover of B-29 bombers and naval planes. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer estimated that the crowd of spectators numbered in the tens of thousands as the parade wound its way south along Second Avenue and north again on Third Avenue. The 1947 holiday also celebrated the new independence of the…
ID Number:PI23314
Date:1947
Image of Indigenous women making baskets, Olympic Peninsula, 1926
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Indigenous women making baskets, Olympic Peninsula, 1926

The women from coastal Washington's Indigenous tribes are known for their basketry. They made twined, coiled, and plaited baskets for gathering clams and berries, storing and serving food, and many other purposes. Basketry techniques were also used for hats and other clothing. At the start of the 20th century, Indigenous artists in the Pacific Northwest were making baskets specifically for…
ID Number:PI23768
Date:1926
Image of Naturalization ceremony at Woodland Park, Seattle, July 4, 1939
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Naturalization ceremony at Woodland Park, Seattle, July 4, 1939

Assembled in Woodland Park, a group of foreign-born residents of Seattle received citizenship papers as part of a Fourth of July ceremony arranged by Seattle Post No. 1 of the American Legion. John S. Robinson, associate justice of the State Supreme Court, gave the main address; a parade and elaborate nighttime fireworks show over Green Lake were also part of…
ID Number:PI24518
Date:1939
Image of Woman receiving citizenship at Woodland Park ceremony, Seattle, July 4, 1939
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Woman receiving citizenship at Woodland Park ceremony, Seattle, July 4, 1939

Assembled in Woodland Park, a group of foreign-born residents of Seattle received citizenship papers in a Fourth of July ceremony arranged by Seattle Post No. 1 of the American Legion. John S. Robinson, associate justices of the State Supreme Court gave the main address; a parade and elaborate nighttime fireworks show over Green Lake were also part of the "Americanization"…
ID Number:PI24519
Date:1939
Image of Group taking oath of citizenship, Seattle, July 31, 1944
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Group taking oath of citizenship, Seattle, July 31, 1944

On July 31, 1944, 61 people took the oath of citizenship before Judge Lloyd L. Black at the U.S. District Court building in Seattle.This photo shows the naturalization ceremony in the courtroom, with the court clerk administering the oath as the new citizens raise their right hands. Handwritten on negative: Naturalization group 1944Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer…
ID Number:PI24525
Date:1944
Image of Naturalization ceremony at Woodland Park, Seattle, July 4, 1946
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Naturalization ceremony at Woodland Park, Seattle, July 4, 1946

In this photo, a group of foreign-born residents of Seattle are administered the oath of citizenship in front of a large crowd in a naturalization ceremony at Woodland park, a part of the city's annual Fourth of July celebration. The program's main address was given by U. S. Navy Fleet Admiral William Frederick "Bull" Halsey, Jr. (1882-1959), who earlier in…
ID Number:PI24526
Date:1946
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