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King County Courthouse, became Seattle City Hall, 1882
In 1882, the government of King County occupied a wood frame courthouse at Third Avenue, between Jefferson Street and Yesler Way in downtown Seattle. In 1890, the county offices moved up the hill to a new courthouse near the present site of Harborview Hospital and sold the old building to the city of Seattle. This photo shows the King County…
ID Number:1983.10.6136
Date:1882
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Snoqualmie Falls and lodge, 1920
By 1918, the railroad and the Sunset Highway brought tourists to Snoqualmie Falls. Some stayed at Snoqualmie Falls Lodge or stopped off to enjoy one of the lodge's famous breakfasts. Across the river from the lodge was the Puget Sound Power & Light Company's hydroelectric generating station, built in the 1890s. The electrical station is still there in the 2020s,…
ID Number:1983.10.6513.1
Date:1920
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King County Courthouse, 1903
King County's courts moved into a new courthouse in 1890. It was built at at Seventh Avenue and Jefferson Street, far above downtown Seattle. The hill soon became known as Profanity Hill for all the swearing done by people who had to make the steep climb. The courts moved downhill again in 1917, this time to a new building on…
ID Number:1983.10.6539
Date:1903
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Post Office at Third and Union, Seattle, 1911
Seattle's Third Avenue post office was begun in 1903 and completed in 1908. The building's official name was the U.S. Court House, Custom House, and Post Office. Third Avenue was being regraded at this time, and the front door of the new building ended up four feet above the new sidewalk. The steps that were added to the building became…
ID Number:1983.10.6634
Date:1911
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New fire department headquarters, 1911
Seattle's two main fire stations burned during the Great Fire of 1889. After the fire, the department built a new brick headquarters building on Columbia Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. The department also replaced their volunteer firemen with professionals, upgraded the alarm system, and bought new fire-fighting equipment.This 1911 photo shows Seattle's fire department headquarters. Firemen, fire engines, and…
ID Number:1983.10.6675
Date:1911
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Postal employees and wagons, Seattle, circa 1911
Handwritten on sleeve: P.O. Collectors Group.Photographer's Reference Number: 1406
ID Number:1983.10.6798
Date:Circa 1911
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Ballard Library, 1911
Ballard's first public library was once only a reading room on Ballard Avenue. A new, brick library building was built on Market Street with money from the community and the Carnegie Foundation. The Carnegie Free Public Library building housed both library services and a large auditorium. It was the first branch library in Seattle to have a children's librarian.This photo…
ID Number:1983.10.6837
Date:1911
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Thomas Barker talking to shipyard workers inside the hull of a wooden ship, 1918
When the United States entered World War I in 1918, Seattle's shipyard workeers were called on to help win the war.In this photo, Thomas Barker, representing the U.S. Department of Labor, speaks to several hundred shipyard workers about the importance of their work to the nation's war effort. The men are sitting on the beams and scaffolding of a large…
ID Number:1983.10.7236.3
Date:1918
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U.S. Quarantine Station, 1905
The United States Public Health Service inspected all ships entering American waters from foreign ports. This was to make sure that no one on board was sick with smallpox, yellow fever, or any other contagious diseases. If sickness was found, the ship and its crew had to stay at a quarantine station until they were given a clean bill of…
ID Number:1983.10.7345
Date:1905
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Antique fire engine, Seattle, 1905
Handwritten on sleeve: Fire Engine of 1800s, 1905.Webster & Stevens number: 3513
ID Number:1983.10.7382
Date:1905