22 results for: Pierson Photo Co.
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Seattle waterfront from Elliott Bay, 1917
The panoramic image shown here was taken from Elliott Bay, facing east towards the Seattle waterfront. Magnolia and Queen Anne Hill are visible at the left edge of the frame, and Capitol Hill and First Hill can be seen behind the Pioneer Square area near the right edge of the frame. Handwritten on image: The Seattle Waterfront, Pierson & Co.…
ID Number:1966.3862.1
Date:1917
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Aurora Avenue Bridge construction, Seattle, circa 1931
Construction on the George Washington Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Aurora Bridge, began in 1929, and the bridge was opened to traffic on February 22, 1932. The nearly 3,000-foot long, cantilever and truss structure spans Lake Union between the Fremont and Queen Anne neighborhoods and completes the final link of U.S. Highway 99 from Canada to Mexico. Designed for…
ID Number:1980.6877.4.83
Date:Circa 1931
Postcard
J.E. Standley and young girl in front of a totem pole, Seattle, circa 1925
Ohio-born curio collector Joseph Edward "Daddy" Standley (1854-1940) came to Seattle in 1899 and opened Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on Second Avenue and Pike Street. He moved the shop to the Colman Dock on the waterfront in 1904, and since 1988 the shop has been located at Pier 54. Still a family-run business after five generations, the store attracts about…
ID Number:1980.6877.4.85
Date:Circa 1925
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Man and woman with chicken and eggs at J.F. Jappe's Farm, Alderwood Manor, circa 1925
The community of Alderwood Manor, Washington, was established in 1917 and soon after became one of the largest egg producing regions in the United States. This photo highlights the production at J.F. Jappe's farm. Caption on image: Half weeks egg production at J.F. Jappe's Farm Alderwood Manor. Pierson & Co., PhotoPhotographer's Reference Number: 24Caption information source: Alderwood Manor Heritage Association…
ID Number:1980.6877.4.115
Date:Circa 1925
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Street clock in front of Albert Hansen jeweler, Seattle, circa 1918
Albert Hansen opened a jewelry business in 1883 and continued for about thirty years in various locations in downtown Seattle. This photo shows his store at 1010 Second Avenue, which was in the Leary Building on the northeast corner of Madison and Second. Joseph Mayer and Brothers manufactured many street clocks during the early twentieth century. The photographer Austin Seward…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.41
Date:Circa 1918
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Street clock in front of Theo Wolfe Watchmaker, Seattle, circa 1907
Street clocks such as this one were popular during the first two decades of the 1900s and were often found in front of jewelry and watchmaking shops. Jos. Mayer and Bros. began in 1897 in Seattle and manufactured many clocks during the first two decades of the 1900s. Joseph Mayer and Bros. assembled this street clock and many others in…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.45
Date:Circa 1907
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Street clock in front of Albert Hansen jeweler, Seattle, circa 1910
Albert Hansen was one of Seattle's first jewelers, beginning in 1883 and continuing in various locations for thirty years. This photo shows the street clock in front of Hansen's store at 624 First Avenue, on the southeast corner of Cherry and First Avenue. Street clocks such as this one were manufactured by Joseph Mayer and Brothers and often stood in…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.56
Date:Circa 1910
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Clock made by Joseph Mayer & Bros for Arctic Club, Seattle, circa 1913
Joseph Mayer and Brothers jewelry business was founded in 1897. Two of the brothers, Albert and Marcus, also ran a jewelry business in the Klondike. They, along with brother Joseph, were memebrs of the Alaska Club, which in 1908 became the Arctic Club. The Arctic Building at 3rd and Cherry was built in 1913 and became the hub for Alaskans…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.66
Date:Circa 1913
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Pipe organ with clock at the Elks Club, Seattle, circa 1914
Jos. Mayer and Bros. began in 1897 in Seattle and manufactured many clocks during the first two decades of the 1900s. This clock is part of a pipe organ stand at the Elks Club in Seattle, Washington. The organ was built by the W.W. Kimball Co. of Chicago in 1914 and was located on the seventh floor of the Elks…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.77
Date:Circa 1914
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Financial district, 2nd Ave. and Columbia St., Seattle, 1925
This view of the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Columbia Street in downtown Seattle includes several buildings that remain standing. In the center of the frame The Seattle National Bank Building (now the United Way Building), built in 1921, stands at 720 Second Avenue. Moving south on Second Avenue, the 15-story Dexter Horton building is at 710 Second Avenue,…
ID Number:1980.6877.32
Date:1925