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The
pictures seemed odd, next to the figurines.
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The
ship in a bottle was one of the items in a beautiful Maritime display.
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Another
room was filled with magnificent photographs. Here's old Seattle.
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Doesn't
Marilyn Monroe look happy and relaxed?
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An
old photo of probably a Lumber Camp was taken in the days when one
had to sit still for a while, to wait for the camera shutter to
click.
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Here's
a closeup of part of the previous picture, showing that not everyone
kept still. :)
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I
thought this old picture of farmers was magnificent.
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This
one was called Women in a Field Of Daffodils and it made me smile.
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Old
Seattle and on the left, Pike Place Market.
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The
opening of Sea-tac Airport in 1949.
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One of the
dioramas showed the Denny party, one of the first settlers in
the Northwest.
Click here to see
a larger version.
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In
the World War 2 room was a wall devoted to Japanese Internment during
World War 2.
Click here to see a
larger version..
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Click
here to see a larger
version of part of the Memory Wall.
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Click
here to see a larger
version of another part of the Memory Wall.
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Part
of a diorama of a Salmon Cannery.
Click here
to see a larger version.
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A very impressive
Abraham Lincoln exhibition was the current focus, but no pictures
were allowed in that exhibit.
There was
so much to see and to do at the Museum of History and Industry
that I could have stayed there all day. I can't believe we have
lived here for so long and never been. I look forward to going
again.
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