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Photograph album
including images of razor clams and clam digging; The collection contains photographs of the clamming industry in
Washington State including cars parked on the beach, people digging for razor
clams, cleaned clams, and...
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Labor union
official of Seattle, Washington; Between 1910 and 1930, a wave of Filipino immigrants came to the
United States. Instead of better opportunities, many encountered
discrimination, poor living conditions, and oppressive labor...
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Photographs made
by John W. Tollman and Frank H. Canaris depicting canneries and salmon fishing
along the Washington side of the Columbia River in the 1890s.; Frank Canaris; Frank Henry Canaris was born in Prussia on February 4, 1854, and...
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Administrative
papers of a Seattle company involved primarily in acquiring, processing,
marketing and trading of seafood; The New England Fish Company (NEFCO) was founded in 1868 when eleven
wholesale fish dealers met in Boston,...
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Labor union of
Seattle, Washington; Founded in 1933 as the Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local
18257 of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), it represented Alaska salmon
cannery workers and farm workers. In 1937, the...
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Administrative papers of a labor union representing several dozen local units.; Union composed of several dozen local units. Two predecessors of the
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union were the United Fishermen's Union of
the Pacific,...
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T.C. Power was a Montana merchandise, transportation,
mining, ranching, banking, and real estate magnate; and U.S. Senator from Montana from 1890
to 1895. Collection (1868-1950) includes personal, business, and political...
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Photographs of Native Americans (almost
all Makah people), ships, and logging taken by or collected by James G.
McCurdy; Biographical Note; James G. McCurdy was born in Port Townsend in 1872. His father,
William McCurdy, came to the...
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Photographs of various projects undertaken by the Puget Sound Bridge and
Dredging Company, including shipbuilding, bridges, dams, and buildings, plus scrapbooks of clippings, and
blueprints; Historical Note:; Founded in 1889, the Puget...
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Scrapbooks, correspondence, and other
materials documenting the work of the Moran Brothers Company, a Seattle
shipbuilder.; Biographical Note:; Robert Moran was born in New York City on January 26, 1857. He came to
Seattle in 1875, and...
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Photographs and clippings from a Seattle shipbuilding company, primarily
concerning the construction, repair and adaptation of ships for use by the government in World War II.; Historical Note; Oscar E. Olson and Carl B. Winge first met in...
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Record books of a Seattle shipbuilding
company; Historical Note:; Edgar Ames founded the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in
Seattle in 1916, with a modern plant on West Waterway and 26th Avenue SW on
Harbor Island. With a floating...
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Photograph album showing Pacific Coast
Company mining, steamship and rail operations in Washington, California, Oregon
and Alaska. Includes images of piers, coal bunkers, coal and passenger rail
depots, warehouses and other buildings...
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The collection consists of an album of photographs by Anders Beer Wilse taken in
August 1899 of the 3rd U.S. Cavalry preparing to embark for the Philippines during the Philippine American War,
including images of transport ships, horses,...
1988-08-01
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The collection consists largely of
photographs of sailing ships, tugboats and steamships related to Ross's career
as Chief Engineer on various vessels.; Biographical Note:; Robert B. Ross was born in Adelaide, Australia in 1867. In 1870...
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Photographs and publications of the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company and
its successor, the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, documenting shipbuilding and construction projects
in the Pacific Northwest, including...
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Scrapbooks of materials about marine
casualties and maritime history in the Pacific Northwest from the 16th century
to the 1960s.; Biographical Note; Hazel (Wood) Niendorff (1898-1991) worked in the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce in the...
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Photographs of ships built by the Blanchard Boat Company in Seattle, including
work boats, sailboats, rowboats and motor yachts, as well as boat plans, brochures and clippings; Historical Note:; This background of the Blanchard Boat Company...
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Photographs of early 20th century Seattle scenes, including Seattle parks and
recreation, landmark buildings, construction projects including Ballard locks, logging, railroads, streetcars, Pioneer
Square celebrations, downtown parades,...
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Photographs and publications related to the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging
Company in Seattle.; Biographical Note:; James G. McCurdy II was born in Seattle in 1923. He was a star football player at the University of Washington
and went on...
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Photographs, clippings, and other materials documenting the work of the Moran
Brothers Company, a Seattle shipbuilder, between 1893 and 1906.; Historical Note:; After working on ships for a number of years, Robert, Sherman, and Frank Moran...
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Photographs, newspaper clippings and papers related to the career of Northwest
shipbuilder Henri A. Andersen; Biographical Note; Henri Aldof Andersen was born in San Francisco, California on July 19, 1891, to Norwegian parents Bernard and...
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Materials relating to Dr. Randolph Pillow’s involvement in hydroplane racing in
Seattle, plus postcards of Washington State; Biographical Note:; Dr. Randolph P. Pillow was a longtime hydroplane racing enthusiast and Seafair supporter. Between...
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Photographs, both loose and in albums, as well as newspaper articles and
correspondence relating to David Rodgers and his career as manager of Skinner and Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle,
Washington; Biographical Note:; David Rodgers...
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Photographs, scrapbooks, albums, journals and clippings documenting the Norman
C. Blanchard family and the history of Blanchard Boat Company; Biographical Note; Norman C. Blanchard was born in 1911, the third generation in a family of mariners...
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