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HDIR band preparing to perform, Seattle, circa 1942
The Home Defense Infantry Regiment, or HDIR, was organized from the state guards during World War II after the National Guard was federalized and called into service. In Washington State about 2,500 civilian men were issued a billy club, gas mask, utility belt, and white civil defense helmet, and tasked with protecting and supporting the state in times of civil…
ID Number:1947.24.17.3
Date:Circa 1942
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Home Defense Infantry Regiment recruitment poster, Seattle, 1941
The Home Defense Infantry Regiment, or HDIR, was organized from the state guards during World War II after the National Guard was federalized and called into service. In Washington State about 2,500 civilian men were issued a billy club, gas mask, utility belt, and white civil defense helmet, and tasked with protecting and supporting the state in times of civil…
ID Number:1947.24.39.1
Date:1941
Ephemera
Seattle Choral - Symphony Society season ticket, 1907-1908
In 1906, music educator and conductor James Hamilton Howe (d. 1934) proposed the formation of a permanent choral-symphony society in Seattle. Many local musicians took an interest, and the venture was backed by the Ladies Musical Club, the Schubert Society, the Chamber of Commerce, and other local organizations. Howe planned to present at least six concerts a season, with Sunday…
ID Number:1953.641.1c
Date:1907-1908
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Music Library, Totem Broadcasters, Seattle, circa 1925
KJR in Seattle, begun by amateur radio operator Vincent I. Kraft in 1921, was the first radio station to be licensed in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly thereafter, in 1924, radio station KOMO began as KFQX operated by the American Radio and Telephone Company, under the ownership of Roy Olmstead (1886-1966) and Alfred M. Hubbard. In 1926 KOMO was relaunched under Birt F.…
ID Number:1954.745.9.13
Date:Circa 1925
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Master control room, Totem Broadcasters, Seattle, circa 1925
KJR in Seattle, begun by amateur radio operator Vincent I. Kraft in 1921, was the first radio station to be licensed in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly thereafter, radio station KOMO began as KFQX in 1924, operated by the American Radio and Telephone Company, under the ownership of Roy Olmstead (1886-1966) and Alfred M. Hubbard. In 1926 KOMO was relaunched under Birt F.…
ID Number:1954.745.9.15
Date:Circa 1925
Poster
Julia Rochester concert poster, Seattle Theatre, December 27, 1893
Julia Gwynn (Smith) Rochester (1860-1931) was born in Missouri and came to Seattle in 1889 with her husband, George A. C. Rochester (1855-1929), a prominent lawyer, judge, and Librarian of the Seattle Public Library from 1907. An accomplished vocalist, Julia Rochester organized the Capitol Hill Unit of the Music and Art Foundation and represented the Ladies' Musical Club of Seattle…
ID Number:1957.1344.1
Date:1893
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Wagner's Band with Seattle Lodge at Elks at National Convention, Portland, July 1912
In 1912 the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) held their annual national convention in Portland, Oregon. The Seattle Lodge 92 attended the event en masse, and in this image, pose together wearing matching white suits. Posing with them at the left edge of the frame and wearing dark suits are the members of Seattle's most popular band at…
ID Number:1963.3018.1
Date:1912
Music, notated
The Potlatch Bug: A Ragtime Song of the Golden Potlatch
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:1963.3018.3
Date:1912
Ephemera
Admission ticket for Gracie Hansen Presents Barry Ashton's "A Night in Paradise," Seattle World's Fair, April 21-October 21, 1962
"A Night in Paradise" was an adults-only Vegas-style vaudeville show held at Gracie Hansen's Paradise International Theatre on Show Street. It ran for the duration of the fair, and although it was a financial failure, the combination of showgirl glitz, fancy costumes and jewlery, acrobats, ventriloquists, and other variety acts, made this show one of the most memorable attractions of…
ID Number:1963.3119.52o
Date:1962
Program
Program for the Pacific Northwest Tour of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Seattle World's Fair, August 15-16, 1962
This program for Mormon Tabernacle Choir's 1962 Seattle World's Fair events includes conductor and commentator credits, a list of hymns performed during each of the five acts, and a mini-schedule of previous and remaining tour dates. Lyrics for two favorite Mormon hymns, "O, My Father" and "Come, Come, Ye Saints" are printed on program verso.
ID Number:1963.3119.100i
Date:1962