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Storeroom at Pacific American Fisheries salmon canning factory, 1910
Bellingham Bay's first commercial salmon cannery opened in Fairhaven, Washington in 1895. By 1901, Whatcom County was home to twelve of the nineteen canneries on Puget Sound. That year, the county's 5,500 cannery workers packed 935,000 cases of salmon. At 48 one-pound cans per case, that's 44,880,000 cans.This 1910 photo, taken at the Pacific American Fisheries salmon cannery on Bellingham…
ID Number:1983.10.8341
Date:1910
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Retorts at Pacific American Fisheries salmon canning factory, 1910
Pacific American Fisheries, in Bellingham, Washington, was one of the largest salmon canning companies in the Pacific Northwest. During each salmon run, PAF fishers caught tons of fresh salmon for the cannery. Cannery workers gutted and cleaned the fish and then packed the meat into cans. The cans were then heated in huge steam retorts to cook and preserve the…
ID Number:1983.10.8342
Date:1910
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City Hall, Georgetown, circa 1909
Georgetown, located north of Boeing Field, was once a separate city connected to Seattle by streetcar. After Georgetown became part of Seattle in 1910, its old city hall remained a hub of community activity. The police department had a branch in the front of the building, and the Seattle Fire Department had a fire station in the rear. Handwritten on…
ID Number:1983.10.8344
Date:Circa 1909
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Looking up the counterbalance, Queen Anne Avenue, circa 1900
Cable cars were well suited to Seattle's steep hills. The North Seattle Cable Railway Company began construction on the Queen Anne cable car line in 1890. On Queen Anne Avenue, the car was linked by cable to a 16-ton counterbalance weight. As the weight slid down the hill in its underground tunnel, it pulled the cable car up. When the…
ID Number:1983.10.8356
Date:Circa 1900
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Family in Winton Six automobile, probably in Seattle, 1910
Photographer's Reference Number: 10632
ID Number:1983.10.8357
Date:1910
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Woman playing tennis, probably in Seattle, circa 1910
Handwritten on sleeve: Tennis Playing.Photographer's Reference Number: 10829
ID Number:1983.10.8381
Date:Circa 1910
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AYPE Welcome Arch on Second Avenue, Seattle, 1909
This photo shows Second Avenue in Seattle bustling with pedestrians and traffic, as cars and horse-drawn carts pass under the Welcome Arch for the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition (AYPE). Signs in image: [Turkish] Baths. [...] Theatre. Hair Dressing and [Manic...]. [...] Clark Dentist. Welcome. Finer Tailor, Better Fabric. Turrell's Shoes. National Meat Co. (on wagon).Handwritten on sleeve: 2nd Ave. section.Webster &…
ID Number:1983.10.8382
Date:1909
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Emptying a salmon trap, circa 1910
The waters of Puget Sound are home to an abundance of salmon and salmon fishermen. In this photo, visitors watch as tons of live salmon are dumped from a trap into a barge somewhere in northern Puget Sound. Webster & Stevens number: 10964
ID Number:1983.10.8405.2
Date:Circa 1910
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Girls with hoops in playground, circa 1910
For many years, Seattle's parks and playgrounds have had organized play activities led by adults. In the early years, boys and girls played in separate groups. Starting in 1910, the parks held an annual Play Festival in which the children showed off their games, dances, races, exercises, gymnastics, and other activities.This photo shows a group of girls doing hoop exercises…
ID Number:1983.10.8407
Date:Circa 1910
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Story hour at Collins Playground, Seattle, circa 1912
Collins Playground, on South Main Street and Fourteenth Avenue South was the site of the Seattle Public Library's first extension programs for children. Librarians traveled to the playground for story hours and other activities. By 1911, the library was presenting programs at five city playgrounds.In this photo, taken about 1912, children are listening to a library story program at Seattle's…
ID Number:1983.10.8410
Date:Circa 1912