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Clock made by Joseph Mayer & Bros. for Crown Prince Hirohito, 1916
Joseph Mayer and Bros. jewelry business was founded in Seattle in 1897. The company also manufactured a number of street clocks during the first few decades of the 1900s. In 1916, Japanese residents of Washington, Montana, and Alaska commissioned a clock from Joseph Mayer & Bros. to present as a gift to Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan. The clock had…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.58
Date:1916
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Clock made by Joseph Mayer & Bros for Arctic Club, Seattle, circa 1913
Joseph Mayer and Brothers jewelry business was founded in 1897. Two of the brothers, Albert and Marcus, also ran a jewelry business in the Klondike. They, along with brother Joseph, were memebrs of the Alaska Club, which in 1908 became the Arctic Club. The Arctic Building at 3rd and Cherry was built in 1913 and became the hub for Alaskans…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.66
Date:Circa 1913
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Financial district, 2nd Ave. and Columbia St., Seattle, 1925
This view of the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Columbia Street in downtown Seattle includes several buildings that remain standing. In the center of the frame The Seattle National Bank Building (now the United Way Building), built in 1921, stands at 720 Second Avenue. Moving south on Second Avenue, the 15-story Dexter Horton building is at 710 Second Avenue,…
ID Number:1980.6877.32
Date:1925
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Boys wearing hats from Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a world's fair on the grounds of the University of Washington, was a popular destination in the summer of 1909. In this photo, Ed Moen and another boy are wearing hats from the fair.Ed's brother Carl took this photo. Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times…
ID Number:1980.6880.62
Date:1909
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Seattle waterfront from Elliott Bay, circa 1910
This image, looking east from Elliott Bay, features the working docks of Seattle's waterfront. Prior to the Great Fire in 1889 the piers had generally been constructed perpendicular to the waterfront. They were rebuilt according to the northeast-southwest angle, prescribed by City Engineer Reginald Thomson and Assistant City Engineer George Cotterill in the 1897 tidelands replat, which allowed more ships…
ID Number:1980.6923.96
Date:Circa 1910
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Golden Potlatch Carnival March and Two Step
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:1980.7097A.1
Date:1912
Music, notated
I'll Meet You in Seattle 19 and 9
Seattle held its first world's fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. The fair promoted the region's growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. "I'll Meet You In Seattle '19 and 9'" was but one of the songs written at the time to promote the AYPE.Only the covers of the…
ID Number:1980.7097A.10
Date:1909
Music, notated
Come Out West and Be Our Guest
Seattle held its first world’s fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. The fair promoted the region’s growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. The lyrics to "Come Out West And Be Our Guest" invite people from all sections of the country to visit the AYPE. The cover shows Mount…
ID Number:1980.7097A.14
Date:1909
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The Boosters
The words and music for "The Boosters," a march and two-step dedicated to the officials of the A. Y. P. E., were written by Axel Gylfe, a photographer and musician who lived in Aberdeen. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in 1909 on the campus of Seattle's University of Washington to promote the growth and prosperity of…
ID Number:1980.7097A.21
Date:1908
Music, notated
The City of Progress
The lyrics for "The City of Progress," a march dedicated to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, were written by Alvin L. Snow, and the music was composed by prominent local musician and educator Adolph Edgren. The song was written for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world's fair held in 1909 on the campus of Seattle's University of Washington to promote…
ID Number:1980.7097A.23
Date:1909