Tag Archives: NE 95th Street

Aretha Curtis and Maple Leaf Gardens

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

In the years 1915 to 1945 the lives of Americans were bracketed by two world wars with an economic depression in the middle. For a few years in the 1920s, after the First World War and before the stock market … Continue reading →

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The Mock Family and Maple Leaf School

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

During the hot-weather week of August 12, 1910, The Seattle Daily Times newspaper carried reports of fires across the State of Washington, and one fire which struck closer to home, to the northeast just outside of the Seattle City limits. … Continue reading →

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From Wedgwood to Meadowbrook

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

In the 1920s and 1930s the (future) Wedgwood area lacked a strong name association in part because it lacked a school to give the neighborhood an identity.  But just to the north, on NE 100th Street at the corner of … Continue reading →

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