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Ames Log, Issue 21, November 24, 1919
St. Louis native Edgar Ames (1868-1944) moved to Seattle from Chicago in 1895 and in 1916 founded the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Seattle. The modern plant he built on Harbor Island covered 20 acres and included a floating drydock. During World War I the yard produced 25 steel tankers and cargo steamships for the U.S. Shipping Board, and…
ID Number:1981.7373.1
Date:1919
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Launching of the Steamship "Bellata," Seattle, April 17, 1918
Patterson-McDonald Shipbuilding Co. was founded during World War I by Adam Patterson and Alex M. McDonald. According to the Seattle Daily Times, the company went into bankruptcy in 1920 due to protracted legal battle with the Government of Australia over the cancellation of part of a contract to build nine steamships. The shipping company was also idle during the Seattle…
ID Number:1982.34.1
Date:1918
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West Seattle Naval Training Camp, Seattle, circa 1918
In 1918 the U. S. government chartered the steamships Chippewa and Iroquois for service in World War I as school ships to be based at the Seattle Yacht Club buildings in West Seattle. The yacht club had recently been purchased by the U. S. government for $3,000. William Jacob Grambs (1862-1943), previously an engineer at the Puget Sound Traction, Light…
ID Number:1983.10.66
Date:Circa 1918
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Sailors in the Naval Training Station bowling alley, circa 1918
During World War I, the University of Washington had a U.S. Navy training station on the shores of Lake Union. Before the camp closed in 1919, over 5,000 men had been trained there for both naval and naval aviation units.In this photo, sailors at the Naval Training Center bowl during their off-duty hours. At the far end of the alleys,…
ID Number:1983.10.68
Date:Circa 1918
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Sailors peeling potatoes at naval training camp, Seattle, circa 1918
During World War I, the U.S. Navy had a training station on the University of Washington campus. The Navy buildings were on the shore of Lake Union, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. This image shows sailors at the training station peeling potatoes. Handwritten on sleeve: U.S.N.T. Camp Spud PeelingWebster & Stevens number: 66157
ID Number:1983.10.69
Date:Circa 1918
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Sailors training at naval training camp, Seattle, circa 1918
During World War I, the University of Washington had a U.S. Navy training station on the shores of Lake Union. Before the camp closed in 1919, over 5,000 men had been trained there for both naval and naval aviation units.In this image, taken on the deck of a moored ship, four sailors use an unidentified training apparatus. They may be…
ID Number:1983.10.74
Date:Circa 1918
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Workers in galley of steamship President Jackson, probably in Seattle, circa 1923
The "President Jackson" carried passengers and freight between Seattle and Asian ports in the 1920s and 1930s. One of its most important cargoes was Japanese raw silk, headed for mills in the eastern United States. The workers in the galley shown in this photo are probably from the Philippines. Handwritten on sleeve: Admiral Oriental Line Co., President Jackson, storage quarters,…
ID Number:1983.10.123.2
Date:Circa 1923
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Pier 6, Seattle, circa 1915
Pier 6 (now Pier 57) was built in 1902 by John B. Agen and acquired by the Milwaukee Road railroad company in 1912. Known as Milwaukee Pier, it was used by shipping lines and other companies until the Port of Seattle bought the pier in 1968. Hal Griffith Jr. obtained the pier in 1989 and turned it into the attraction…
ID Number:1983.10.196.1
Date:Circa 1915
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Longshoremen transferring cargo at dockside, circa 1925
Longshoremen load and unload ships in ports around the world. This photo was taken in Seattle, probably in the mid-1920s. The longshoremen are loading the steamship "Manukai" of San Francisco with barrels, crates, and lumber. Some of the crates are padded with straw to cushion them from bumps. Photographer's number: 103,989
ID Number:1983.10.209.1
Date:Circa 1925
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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