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Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910, "15th Ave N.West 27"
Seattle had its first cable car line in 1887 that went from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park via Yesler Way and Jackson Street. More lines were built around the city and, by 1892, there were 48 miles of streetcar track and 22 miles of cable railways. Most of the early lines were independent and privately-owned. In 1918, voters approved of…
ID Number:1956.1114.p
Date:Circa 1910
Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910, "Jeff. Park 12"
Seattle had its first cable car line in 1887 that went from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park via Yesler Way and Jackson Street. More lines were built around the city and, by 1892, there were 48 miles of streetcar track and 22 miles of cable railways. Most of the early lines were independent and privately-owned. In 1918, voters approved of…
ID Number:1956.1114.q
Date:Circa 1910
Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910, "Ballard 28th N. West 28"
Seattle had its first cable car line in 1887 that went from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park via Yesler Way and Jackson Street. More lines were built around the city and, by 1892, there were 48 miles of streetcar track and 22 miles of cable railways. Most of the early lines were independent and privately-owned. In 1918, voters approved of…
ID Number:1956.1114.r
Date:Circa 1910
Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910, "Phinney 21"
Seattle had its first cable car line in 1887 that went from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park via Yesler Way and Jackson Street. More lines were built around the city and, by 1892, there were 48 miles of streetcar track and 22 miles of cable railways. Most of the early lines were independent and privately-owned. In 1918, voters approved of…
ID Number:1956.1114.s
Date:Circa 1910
Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910, "Wallingford 18"
Seattle had its first cable car line in 1887 that went from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park via Yesler Way and Jackson Street. More lines were built around the city and, by 1892, there were 48 miles of streetcar track and 22 miles of cable railways. Most of the early lines were independent and privately-owned. In 1918, voters approved of…
ID Number:1956.1114.t
Date:Circa 1910
Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910, "Summit 13 / 9 26th South"
Seattle had its first cable car line in 1887 that went from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park via Yesler Way and Jackson Street. More lines were built around the city and, by 1892, there were 48 miles of streetcar track and 22 miles of cable railways. Most of the early lines were independent and privately-owned. In 1918, voters approved of…
ID Number:1956.1114.u
Date:Circa 1910
Model of Bellanca Pacemaker airplane, ca. 1950
This model was built by Albert Kotzerke of Renton, Washington. It is an exact scale replica of, and contains parts from, the original 6 place Bellanca Pacemaker flown in the first commercial round trip from Anchorage to Seattle, piloted by Steve Mills in June 1934. Mills founded Star Air Service in Alaska in 1932, which was one of several air…
ID Number:1956.1120
Date:Circa 1950
Northern Pacific Railway lantern, ca. 1890s
The Northern Pacific Railway (NP), completed in 1883, had about 6,800 miles of track that stretched across the northern section of the western US, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. The NP eventually merged with other lines to form the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970, and then became the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway in 1996.
ID Number:1957.1183.2
Date:Circa 1890
Bicycle, "Rambler,"1901
This 1901 bicycle was made by Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Company in Chicago. In 1878, Thomas Jeffery created the "Rambler" brand and it was the predecessor to his Rambler Automobile. The bike has five small license plates on it: one (upside down) on the front from Spokane in 1905, one on the top tube with only numbers (no location or…
ID Number:1958.1477.1
Date:1901
Fourth (4th) order light from West Point Light Station, Discovery Park, 1881-1926
The West Point Light Station was the first manned light station on Puget Sound. It began operation in 1881 and, though it is automatic today, it is still in use in its Discovery Park location, which now includes a visitor center.
ID Number:1958.2153.1
Date:1881-1926