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Pond in Denny Blaine Park, Seattle, circa 1912
The origins of Denny Blaine Park are linked to the promotion of real estate undertaken by Elbert F. Blaine and Charles L. Denny. By creating attractive parks and supporting the trolley or cable car lines to bring people to them, these men typified the enterprising spirit. Blaine was also Park Commissioner from 1902-1908. The two men named their subdivision at…
ID Number:1983.10.7870.1
Date:Circa 1912
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Maple School, circa 1907
Maple School was built sometime around 1865 south of Seattle on land donated by Samuel Maple. The original one-room schoolhouse was replaced in 1900 by a much larger wooden building with a tall bell tower. Because the school was located near a railway station named for Henry Van Asselt, some people called the building Van Asselt School, causing no end…
ID Number:1983.10.7872.1
Date:Circa 1907
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Children on the carousel at Luna Park, circa 1907
Charles I. Looff, a German immigrant, built a huge amusement park at Alki in 1907. He named it Luna Park. The carousel was manufactured at his factory in Rhode Island and then sent to Seattle. A wooden covering protected the merry-go-round and its riders from the weather.In this photo, taken around 1907, children ride the painted horses on the carousel…
ID Number:1983.10.7883
Date:Circa 1907
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Luna Park roller coaster, Seattle, circa 1912
West Seattle's Luna Park was named for Luna, the Roman goddess of the moon. The amusement park was a popular place for Seattleites to swim, dance, and have fun. They could ride on a giant water slide, a roller coaster, or a carousel, or have a drink at what was advertised as "the longest bar on the bay." They could…
ID Number:1983.10.7884
Date:Circa 1912
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Kirkland from Lake Washington, 1906
In 1888, Seattle investors convinced British industrialist Peter Kirk to open a steel mill in Kirkland, named in his honor. They hoped that the Moss Bay Iron and Steel Works, reorganized in 1890 as the Great Western Iron and Steel Company, would turn Kirkland into the Pittsburgh of the West. The city boomed as speculators subdivided land and built substantial…
ID Number:1983.10.7887
Date:1906
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Rolland H. Denny residence living room, Seattle, circa 1912
In 1907, Rolland H. Denny and his wife Alice M. Denny purchased 50 acres of land in what is now Windermere and developed it. They built a home overlooking Lake Washington and named it Lochkelden ("kel" for Alice's maiden name of Kellogg and "den" for Denny). This photograph of the interior of the home shows the type of furnishings favored…
ID Number:1983.10.7888
Date:Circa 1912
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Organ loft at St. James Cathedral, circa 1907
The pipe organ at Seattle's St. James Cathedral was installed for the opening of the cathedral in 1907. With its 2,875 pipes in 47 ranks, the organ was the largest in the city at that time, and also one of the largest on the West Coast.This photo, probably taken in 1907, shows a view of the pipe organ and organ…
ID Number:1983.10.7905
Date:Circa 1907
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The intersection of Fourth and Westlake Avenues, circa 1909
In the early 1900s, Westlake Avenue ran from Lake Union through what is now Westlake Park in downtown Seattle. Fourth Avenue ran up a steep hill, but it was later regraded to the same level as Westlake. The Plaza Hotel stood at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Westlake.This photo, probably taken in 1909, shows the intersection of Fourth and…
ID Number:1983.10.7917
Date:Circa 1909
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White woman buying baskets from an Indigenous woman, Seattle, circa 1911
At the turn of 19th to 20th centuries, Indigenous artists in the Pacific Northwest were making baskets and carvings specifically for the tourist trade and were experimenting with form and design. Making baskets for sale became an import income source for many Indigenous families. In this photo, taken around 1911 outside a downtown Seattle store, a woman bends to ask…
ID Number:1983.10.7929
Date:1911
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Jefferson Park, Seattle, circa 1911
Handwritten on sleeve: Jefferson Park Pan.Photographer's Reference Number: 8095
ID Number:1983.10.7940.1
Date:Circa 1911