Billy Garfield holding a rifle, Taholah, Washington, December 17, 1938.
Unidentified Women’s Volunteer Unit, Washington, DC. US Civil War, never saw active service.
Japanese-American boy standing near a soldier with a rifle, Seattle area, 1942. Photo from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, courtesy of the Museum of Science & Industry.
SOLDIER ON A HARLEY — “During World War I, all branches of the military used motorcycles for carrying messages. In this photo, a soldier poses outside the Times Square Building in downtown Seattle on a brand new Harley-Davidson motorcycle. It was taken for the Hirsch Cycle Company around 1918.” Photo by Webster & Stevens. Courtesy of Seattle Museum of Science & Industry.
Your Great-grandfathers were some of the coolest fucks ever.
They don’t seem quite as hip when you factor in trench warfare, influenza epidemics, and so forth. On the other hand, our great grandchildren will ride hoverboards and live on Mars, which won’t be that much fun once the HAL-9000 goes haywire and Skynet takes over.
SOLDIER ON A HARLEY — “During World War I, all branches of the military used motorcycles for carrying messages. In this photo, a soldier poses outside the Times Square Building in downtown Seattle on a brand new Harley-Davidson motorcycle. It was taken for the Hirsch Cycle Company around 1918.” Photo by Webster & Stevens. Courtesy of Seattle Museum of Science & Industry.
Policeman reading book by Wilson County bookmobile in Washington, D.C., July 23, 1946.
Kentucky Mountain Bill Goes to Washington:
A delegation of Navajo representatives who traveled to Washington, D.C., in 1874 to discuss the provisions of the 1868 treaty with President Ulysses S. Grant. In actuality however, the purpose was to effect a land exchange by ceding the northern portion of the reservation bordering the San Juan River, where gold seekers were beginning to stake claims, for parcels of arid lands to the east and west.
President Grant met with the delegation on December 19, 1874, but the land exchange fell through, due mainly to the efforts of Thomas Keam, who had travelled to Washington at his own expense and shared the Navajos’ desire to hold onto their lands.
The delegation consisted of (left to right, front row): Carnero Mucho, Mariano, Juanita (Manuelito’s wife), Manuelito, Manuelito Segundo, and Tiene-su-se.
Standing: “Wild” Hank Sharp (Anglo), Ganado Mucho, Barbas Hueros, Agent Arny, Kentucky Mountain Bill (Anglo), Cabra Negra, Cayatanita, Narbona Primero, and Jesus Arviso, interpreter.
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Seatle Post-Intelligencer. September 27, 1970.
African-American servicemen at Naval Air Station Seattle, Washington, United States, 1944.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington
First president of US (1732 - 1799)
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Kodak Moment for a Revolutionary — A Black Panther stands on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial holding a banner for the Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention.
Scanned article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 28, 1968. There are a few points in this piece that remind me of the current debate about guns in America. The part about people entering schools with guns is little eerie.
Black Panther Aaron Dixon on the cover of Seattle Magazine, October 1968. The source provides a PDF you can download for the full article.
A scene of civil rights strife in Seattle. From the Black Panther photo collection of Aaron Dixon housed at the Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project.
Super Bowl Flashback — Parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., celebrating the Redskins’ victory in football’s Super Bowl XXII. Photo by Carol Highsmith.
