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Hotel Seattle, Seattle, circa 1909
The Hotel Seattle was located near Pioneer Square, which was then the heart of Seattle's business district. The five-story brick and stone building had 200 rooms. It was close to the railroad depots, the docks, and the point where most of the city's streetcar lines started. The hotel was torn down in 1962 to make room for a parking garage.…
ID Number:1983.10.8235
Date:Circa 1909
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Holy Names Academy, circa 1909
A group of Roman Catholic Sisters of the Holy Names arrived in Seattle from Portland in 1880. They started a convent and an academy for girls. In 1907, The Academy of the Holy Names moved to a new building on Capitol Hill. In the early years, the school taught all grades through high school and also trained teachers. By the…
ID Number:1983.10.8238.1
Date:Circa 1909
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Women in the chorus at the Lyceum Theatre, circa 1909
Seattle's 1909 City Directory lists 27 theaters. Seven featured plays and thirteen showed movies. Six theaters, including the Lyceum, featured vaudeville shows, with singers, dancers, and comedy acts.This photo shows a group of women performing at the Lyceum Theatre in about 1909. A piano sits in front of the stage. Its front panel has been removed to make the music…
ID Number:1983.10.8246
Date:Circa 1909
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Alhambra Theatre, Seattle, circa 1909
The Alhambra Theatre opened on July 12, 1909 at the southwest corner of Fifth and Pine Streets. As a home for vaudeville, stock, and movies, the Alhambra stayed in business for many years, for a time renamed the Wilkes. The building later became Best's Apparel and then Nordstrom's. Handwritten on sleeve: Alhambra Theatre.Webster & Stevens number: 9797
ID Number:1983.10.8251
Date:Circa 1909
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William L. Rhodes home on Capitol Hill, circa 1909
A number of Seattle businessmen worked downtown and owned homes on Capitol Hill. The house in this photograph belonged to William L. Rhodes and his wife Claudia. Rhodes was the president and manager of the Rhodes 10-cent Stores.This photo, taken around 1909, shows the William L. Rhodes home on Belmont Place at Bellevue Place. Webster & Stevens number: 9862
ID Number:1983.10.8267.1
Date:Circa 1909
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Crescent Manufacturing Co., Seattle, circa 1904
During the first decade of the 20th century, the Crescent Manufacturing Company occupied the ground floor of a building at the corner of Jackson Street and Occidental Avenue, near Pioneer Square. The firm imported coffee, tea, and spices and also manufactured flavorings and ingredients for baking. Maring & Blake, a photoengraving and printing company, occupied the second floor of the…
ID Number:1983.10.8269
Date:Circa 1904
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University of Washington canoe house, Seattle, circa 1910
Handwritten on sleeve: U of W Shell House [sic].Photographer's Reference Number: 9935
ID Number:1983.10.8277
Date:Circa 1910
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Luna Park, circa 1909
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 rollercoaster, or a carousel, or have a drink at what was advertised as "the longest bar on the bay." They could even…
ID Number:1983.10.8281.2
Date:Circa 1909
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Cowboy doing rope tricks, 1909
Cheyenne Bill's Wild West Show and Congress of Rough Riders opened in Seattle's Madison Park on July 17, 1909. The show featured Indigenous performers dancing, trick ropers, cowpunchers, bucking horses, and recreations of frontier battles.This photo shows one of the trick ropers in the 1909 Wild West Show. The Seattle Times reported that the audience was awed by the whirling…
ID Number:1983.10.8298
Date:1909
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Cowboy trick rider, 1909
Crowds flocked to Cheyenne Bill's Wild West Show and Congress of Rough Riders in July 1909. This photo shows a cowboy trick rider in the 1909 Wild West Show. The Seattle Times reported that rider Jim Kennedy did somersaults on the galloping horse's back, hung by his heels, and ended his performance with a headstand in the saddle as his…
ID Number:1983.10.8328.1
Date:1909