Seattle's Best Kept Secret

A History of the Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. Celebrating Ninety Years

Junius Rochester

Copyright 2004, Tommie Press. All rights reserved. First printing: 2000

805 Thirty-second Avenue Seattle, Washington 98122 ~boobus

ISBN 0-9648950-3-x

With special support from

2501 South Plum Street Seattle, Washington 98114

Designed by Laura Clark Seattle, Washington

Printed in Canada

Cover Images taken from photographs of brooms and canteen caps.

To EMPLOYEES & VOLUNTEERS Past, Present and Future The Heart and Soul of The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

7 Dedication 13 Foreword 21 Introduction 31 Chapter 1 An Author's Primer 43 Chapter 2 Seattle Genesis 53 Chapter 3 Matrons & Clubs 71 Chapter 4 National Focus 81 Chapter 5 Wings of Boeing 93 Chapter 6 Mergers & Beyond 111 Chapter 7 On Hood Canal 121 Chapter 8 Hardware & Software 135 Chapter 9 From Broomcorn to New Horizons 151 Acknowledgments 157 Lighthouse Board of Trustees (2004) 159 Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind Foundation 163 Bibliography 167 Index

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