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Image of Engine of Ajax Motor Car, Seattle, 1914
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Engine of Ajax Motor Car, Seattle, 1914

The Parker Motor Car Company of Seattle operated an automobile showroom on Broadway from about 1913-1928. Run by Frank Loyal Parker (1884-1954), the company also promoted the Ajax model, which was designed by Frank's brother, Charles Leslie Parker (1882-1959), and manufactured by the Ajax Motors Company, run by another brother, George Clyde Parker (1886-1953). The brothers had moved from Colorado…
ID Number:1995.78.1
Date:1914
Image of Men sitting in an Ajax Motor Car, Seattle, 1914
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Men sitting in an Ajax Motor Car, Seattle, 1914

The Parker Motor Car Company of Seattle operated an automobile showroom on Broadway from about 1913-1928. Run by Frank Loyal Parker (1884-1954), the company also promoted the Ajax model, which was designed by Frank's brother, Charles Leslie Parker (1882-1959), and manufactured by the Ajax Motors Company, run by another brother, George Clyde Parker (1886-1953). The brothers had moved from Colorado…
ID Number:1995.78.2
Date:1914
Image of Chassis of Ajax Motor Car, Seattle, 1914
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Chassis of Ajax Motor Car, Seattle, 1914

The Parker Motor Car Company of Seattle operated an automobile showroom on Broadway from about 1913-1928. Run by Frank Loyal Parker (1884-1954), the company also promoted the Ajax model, which was designed by Frank's brother, Charles Leslie Parker (1882-1959), and manufactured by the Ajax Motors Company, run by another brother, George Clyde Parker (1886-1953). The brothers had moved from Colorado…
ID Number:1995.78.3
Date:1914
Image of Malmo & Company Nursery building, 1925
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Malmo & Company Nursery building, 1925

Norwegian immigrant Charles Malmo (1862-1938) established the Malmo Seed and Nursery Company in Seattle in 1893. Malmo propagated nursery stock of ornamental shrubs, which previously had to be imported from Japan, Holland, and England. In the 1920s, Malmo sold seeds and nursery stock from a store at 6th Avenue and Stewart Street at Westlake, and at his Georgetown rhododendron fields…
ID Number:1997.4.3
Date:1925
Image of C. Malmo Nursery building, November 3, 1939
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C. Malmo Nursery building, November 3, 1939

Norwegian immigrant Charles Malmo (1862-1938) established the Malmo Seed and Nursery Company in Seattle in 1893. Malmo propagated nursery stock of ornamental shrubs, which previously had to be imported from Japan, Holland, and England. In the 1920s, Malmo sold seeds and nursery stock from a store at 6th Avenue and Stewart Street at Westlake, and at his Georgetown rhododendron fields…
ID Number:1997.4.5
Date:1939
Image of Landscaping under construction at the Garden Court building, Seattle, circa 1929
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Landscaping under construction at the Garden Court building, Seattle, circa 1929

Malmo & Company Nursery in Seattle sold seeds and nursery stock, and also ran a successful landscaping business. Some of the mature yards surrounding historic Seattle homes were once the work of the Malmo Company. This photo shows the Garden Court building at 1631 Sixteenth Avenue in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, built in 1929. Its garden courtyard, under construction here,…
ID Number:1997.4.26
Date:Circa 1929
Image of Landscaping at Garden Court building, circa 1929
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Landscaping at Garden Court building, circa 1929

Malmo & Company Nursery in Seattle sold seeds and nursery stock, and also ran a successful landscaping business. Some of the mature yards surrounding historic Seattle homes were once the work of the Malmo Company. This photo shows the Garden Court building at 1631 Sixteenth Avenue in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, built in 1929. Its garden courtyard, shown here, was…
ID Number:1997.4.27
Date:Circa 1929
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Landscaping at Garden Court building, ca. 1929

Malmo & Company Nursery in Seattle sold seeds and nursery stock, and also ran a successful landscaping business. Some of the mature yards surrounding historic Seattle homes were once the work of the Malmo Company. This photo shows the Garden Court building at 1631 Sixteenth Avenue in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, built in 1929. Its garden courtyard, shown here, was…
ID Number:1997.4.33
Date:Circa 1929
Image of Seattle Photo-Engravers Union engravers picnic, Lake Wilderness, 1938
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Seattle Photo-Engravers Union engravers picnic, Lake Wilderness, 1938

In the summer of 1938, members of the Seattle Photo-Engravers Union and their families gathered at Lake Wilderness for their annual picnic, and posed for this informal panoramic group photo. The men, women, and children show a variety of ages and clothing styles.Lake Wilderness, near Maple Valley, Washington, became a popular resort area in the 1920s. Handwritten on verso: Photo…
ID Number:1997.18.99
Date:1938
Image of Seattle Photo-Engravers Union picnic, August 3, 1941
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Seattle Photo-Engravers Union picnic, August 3, 1941

On August 3, 1941, members of the Seattle Photo-Engravers Union and their families gathered at an unidentified park for their annual picnic. Seattle photographer Joseph J. Kneisle took this panoramic informal photo of the group. The men, women, and children show a variety of ages, clothing styles, and moods. Handwritten on negative: Annual Picnic * Seattle Photo-Engravers * August 3d,…
ID Number:1997.18.100
Date:1941
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