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Image of Map Showing Buildings Along Waterfront Between Marion Street & Yesler Avenue, Seattle, circa 1895
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Map Showing Buildings Along Waterfront Between Marion Street & Yesler Avenue, Seattle, circa 1895
Seattle in the late nineteenth century was a rapidly growing city, aided in no small part by the 1883 connection with the Northern Pacific Railway Company (NPRR). In 1890 the city's population doubled from the previous year to 40,000, boosted by the influx of people who saw opportunity in rebuilding after Seattle's Great Fire. Expansion led to conflicts over the…
ID Number:2019.3.9
Date:Circa 1895

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