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Washington Sheet Metal Works receipt, October 28, 1913
Washington Sheet Metal Works was founded in 1907 by W. H. Perry, Oscar Witt, and G. L. Long. The company manufactured metal heating and ventilating equipment, along with cornices, skylights, and windows. By 1911, George J. Long and Isaac A. McVay would take over as president and treasurer, respectively, and would remain so for most of the company's history. Long…
ID Number:1982.200.20
Date:1913
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Suess Glass Co. receipt, September 8, 1915
The Suess Art Glass Company manufactured leaded, plate, and beveled glass and mirrors, as well as a variety of other products, including lenses for automobile headlamps. Headlamps were not issued standard on cars until 1912, and performance and quality varied wildly. John Suess patented two devices for the rib lenses he sold, which controlled the headlight beam and eliminated "glare…
ID Number:1982.200.26
Date:1915
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Campbell Shingle Mill, Seattle, circa 1924
The Campbell Mill on Shilshole Bay was opened around 1900 by Napoleon Campbell (1858-1928), who moved to Seattle in 1897. This photo of the mill, which manufactured shingles, was taken around 1924. Handwritten on sleeve: N. Campbell Shingle Mill.Webster & Stevens number: 104505Caption information source: "Campbell Mill Pioneer, Passes," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 7, 1928, p. 10.
ID Number:1983.10.328
Date:Circa 1924
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Lake Washington Shipbuilding Co., Houghton, circa 1925
In 1924, the Lake Washington Shipyards Corporation opened a yard in Houghton, on the eastern shore of Lake Washington between Bellevue and Houghton. In this photo, two men walk through the shipyard. The boats being built may be lifeboats or fishing boats. Handwritten on sleeve: Lake Wn Ship Bldg Co Bldg.Webster & Stevens number: 111399
ID Number:1983.10.384.5
Date:circa 1925
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Workers at the Lighthouse Broom Company, circa 1925
The Lighthouse for the Blind was one of Seattle's early community service organizations. It provided work for people with impaired vision so they could support themselves and their families. Employees made brooms, wove rags into rugs, and cane fiber into chair seats. In this photo, a woman weighs a finished broom. Bunches of broom straw sit on the floor in…
ID Number:1983.10.433.1
Date:Circa 1925
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Stacks of lumber drying at the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company's mill in Ballard, circa 1919
The Seattle Cedar Mill, located just west of the Ballard Bridge, was the largest in Ballard. At the mill, logs were cut into lumber which was then dried for at least nine months before being sold. The stacks of drying lumber were over 50 feet high. In 1958, these stacks caught fire and burned. Ballard residents remembered the huge blaze…
ID Number:1983.10.1692.2
Date:Circa 1919
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View of Lake Union from south, Seattle, 1919
In this view of Lake Union, Estep & Kimball's machine shop can be seen just beyond the large fishing vessel APEX. In 1919, the firm of Estep & Kimball sold its machine shop at Fisherman's Terminal and moved to the Lake Union Drydock Company on the eastern shore of Lake Union. The dock is also filled with fishing vessels, and…
ID Number:1983.10.2126
Date:1919
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Stetson-Ross Machine Works equipment, Seattle, circa 1921
The firm of Webster & Stevens was often hired to take pictures for Seattle businesses and industries. In this case, their client was the Stetson-Ross Machine Works. This photo shows a Stetson-Ross machine used for an unidentified purpose. Handwritten on sleeve: Stetson Ross Machine Co.Photographer's Reference Number: 85700
ID Number:1983.10.2207.4
Date:Circa 1921
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Barge being built at Anderson Shipyard, Houghton, circa 1921
In 1907, Captain John Anderson joined with the owners of the Bartsch & Tompkins shipyard at Houghton, Washington to found Anderson Shipbuilding Corporation. With the outbreak of World War I in Europe in 1914 and the opening of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in 1917, Anderson modernized the yard and started building larger ships. In 1918, the shipyard built four…
ID Number:1983.10.2530.3
Date:Circa 1921
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Finishing machinery at Kirkland woolen mill, circa 1921
Edward Eyanson organized Washington state's first woolen mill at Kirkland in 1892. George Matzen, the owner of the Seattle Skirt & Suit Manufacturing Company later bought the mill, and the business flourished supplying goods during the gold rush days of the late 1890s and early 1900s. Business boomed again during World War I, but the mill burned in 1924. After…
ID Number:1983.10.2990.3
Date:Circa 1921