Scope and content: A sailor using a megaphone to increase the loudness of a bugle to wake recruits at U.S.Naval Training Camp, Seattle, Washington in 1947 General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 455 when o More
During the Seattle General Strike in 1919, union members refused to report to their jobs. Businesses and stores were closed, and streetcars didn't run. Union members met the city's basic and emergency needs, h More
As early as 1910, inventors and businessmen believed that a monorail would solve Seattle's downtown traffic problems. The Universal Elevated Railway Company tried to convince the city to build monorails on Four More
In July of 1914, aviator Silas Christofferson performed a variety of stunts as part of the city’s Potlatch celebration. Mayor Gill agreed to go for his first plane ride after learning that San Francisco’s mayor More
In 1917, a committee from the University of Washington offered campus facilities to the United States Navy, which decided to build a temporary Naval Training Station on campus grounds along Portage Bay on Lake More
Tthis house typifies the so-called decorated box style of home that was very popular in Seattle neighborhoods during the first decade of the twentieth century. Handwritten on sleeve: [McSternus] [Pe.] Ext. Subj More
Handwritten on sleeve: Queen Anne H.S. Playfield & Baseball. Subjects (LCTGM): Baseball players--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle; Students--Washington (State)--Seattle; Athletic More
Sign in image: Boy Scout Party 1 p.m. - All Scouts Invited. Handwritten on sleeve: Washington Mutual Savings Bank. Subjects (LCTGM): Children--Washington (State)--Seattle; Banks--Washington (State)--Seattle; B More
During World War I a temporary Naval Training Station was set up on the University of Washington campus, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. The training camp was active from 1917 More