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Thirty-six secret knock-out blows without the use of fists, Seattle, 1938
In 1926, Seattle Police Patrolman S.J. Jorgensen was a nationally-known pistol champ and jiu-jitsu instructor. In 1930, he published this booklet for police departments, filled with images showing knock-outs, headlock breaks, and other self-defense techniques. Also included are testimonial letters for his earlier book, "American Police Jiu-Jitsu," as well as ads for books on health, body building, and civil service…
ID Number:1976.6296.23
Date:1938
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Group of schoolchildren at Port Blakely, 1925
From early in its history, Port Blakely had a strong immigrant population. The Port Blakely Mill, established by Captain William Renton in 1864, attracted many immigrant workers, and the Japanese and Scandinavian populations in particular began to increase in the 1890s. Many of these immigrants settled and began families on the island, and this heritage was reflected in the diversity…
ID Number:1977.6486.35
Date:1925
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Girls wearing Dutch costumes in tulip display, Seattle, circa 1930
These two girls, dressed in traditional Dutch costumes, pose amid a tulip display for Van de Kamp's bakeries. Under a sign in the center of the photo sits a model of the trademark Van de Kamp's windmill store. The sign reads, "Miniature of windmill stores soon to be erected in neighborhood centers. Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakeries, Seattle. Los…
ID Number:1980.6877.93
Date:Circa 1930
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Group in Ballard backyard, Seattle, circa 1910
This group was photographed in the backyard of a house at 6521 32nd Avenue NW in Ballard. The people are identified as Ole Moen, Edward Nolan, Laura (no last name given), and Elmer Morris.Carl Henry Moen took the photo. Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up,…
ID Number:1980.6880.3
Date:Circa 1910
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Ed and Harold Moen at Fort Lawton, Seattle, circa 1910
The photographer, Carl Henry Moen, snapped this shot of his brothers among the ferns at Fort Lawton, which was later turned into Discovery Park.Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the…
ID Number:1980.6880.20
Date:Circa 1910
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Moen family outside their house, Seattle, circa 1910
Ole and Anna Moen, both immigrants from Norway, met in Minnesota in the 1880s. She was a waitress at a hotel and he played cornet in the hotel band. He moved to Seattle in 1889 and she followed two years later; they were married the day she arrived. Ole and Anna are shown here with their seven children - Carl…
ID Number:1980.6880.42
Date:Circa 1910
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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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Refreshment stand on streetcar line, Seattle, circa 1910
This photo of a man running refreshment stand with an unknown child was taken by Carl Henry Moen around 1910. The stand was at the end of the streetcar line on the northwest corner of 36th Avenue and 64th Street in Ballard.Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as…
ID Number:1980.6880.175
Date:Circa 1910
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Glen Bigelow and Ed Moen on camping trip, circa 1910
Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.237
Date:Circa 1910
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Carl Henry Moen playing cards with himself in a double exposure, Seattle, circa 1910
Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.255
Date:Circa 1910