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Clarance B. Blethen residence, Seattle, circa 1912
The residence in the center of this view belonged to Clarance B. Blethen and his family and was located at 500 West Comstock Street in Queen Anne. Handwritten on sleeve: C.B. Blethen Home.Photographer's Reference Number: 8114
ID Number:1983.10.7943.2
Date:Circa 1912
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Clarance B. Blethen residence, Seattle, circa 1912
Clarance B. Blethen, the son of Seattle Times founder Alden Blethen, lived in this house at 500 West Comstock on Queen Anne Hill. In 1903, C. B. Blethen became Managing Editor and developed a strong interest in news photography. Handwritten on sleeve: C.B. Blethen Home.Photographer's Reference Number: 8115
ID Number:1983.10.7944
Date:Circa 1912
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Cowen Park, Seattle, circa 1911
Cowen Park is located on the west end of Ravenna Park. Charles Cowen deeded the property to the city for park purposes in 1906. Both parks once supported huge old-growth trees, but these disappeared in a series of controversial logging efforts through the years. Handwritten on sleeve: Cowan [sic] Park.Photographer's Reference Number: 8124
ID Number:1983.10.7951
Date:Circa 1911
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Man with large tree in Ravenna Park, Seattle, circa 1911
Handwritten on sleeve: Ravenna Park.Photographer's Reference Number: 8140
ID Number:1983.10.7952.1
Date:Circa 1911
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Inuit or Alaska Native women in furs, Seattle, 1911
This image shows three Indigenous women, probably Inuit or Alaska Native, wearing traditional furs. Handwritten on sleeve: Eskimo - 1911.Webster & Stevens number: 8199
ID Number:1983.10.7961
Date:1911
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Children brushing their teeth in a children's home, circa 1911
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a number of Seattle women started organizations to care for orphans and other children in need. In this photo, taken around 1911, a group of children at the Seattle Children's Home are brushing their teeth in a large bathroom. Their drying washcloths hang over the sinks. Webster & Stevens number: 8204
ID Number:1983.10.7964
Date:Circa 1911
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Actors from "The Alaskan," circa 1907
Seattle's Moore Theatre opened in December 1907, with an original musical comedy, "The Alaskan." According to the program, the story was set in Nome, and the characters included two prospectors, an heiress, her chaperone, a ladies' maid, a mailman, and an art scholar. The eighteen musical numbers included choruses by "Sextette Girls," "Eskimo Girls," "Show Girls," and "Alaskan Miners."In this…
ID Number:1983.10.7971
Date:Circa 1907
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Seattle City Hall, circa 1911
In 1890, Seattle's City Hall moved into King County's old courthouse at Third Avenue and Jefferson Street. Seattle's population grew very fast during the next eighteen years. As the city boomed, the city government kept adding on to the old building. The building looked so strange that people nicknamed it the "Katzenjammer Castle" after a popular comic strip of the…
ID Number:1983.10.7972
Date:Circa 1911
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Alki Beach, Seattle, circa 1911
Long a site for Native encampments, Alki Beach in West Seattle became a popular Sunday outing for Seattleites after the installation of ferry service to the beach in 1888. By 1902, it was so well-visited that it became the destination for a new electric street railway line from Seattle. This view looks north and shows the muddy roadway alongside the…
ID Number:1983.10.7978
Date:Circa 1911
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Interior of the Virginia Street Dock warehouse, circa 1911
Northwest Fisheries caught and canned red salmon in Alaska. The cans were packed into wooden crates and shipped to Seattle. The crates were then stored in warehouses until they could be sent to buyers in the United States and other countries.This photo was taken around 1911. It shows men loading crates of Northwest Fisheries' canned red Alaska salmon onto a…
ID Number:1983.10.7984
Date:Circa 1911