141 results for: Great Seattle Fire (1889)
Serial
Morning Globe, Tacoma, June 7, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:2019.3.71
Date:1889
Serial
The Daily Times, Seattle, June 10, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:2019.3.72
Date:1889
Serial
The Daily Times, Seattle, June 12, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:2019.3.73
Date:1889
Serial
Seattle Weekly Times, August 15, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:2019.3.74
Date:1889
Photograph
B.F. Middleton Groceries cart, Seattle, circa 1900
B.F. Middleton moved to Seattle after the 1889 Great Fire and settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893. He ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district. This image shows the store’s horse-drawn delivery wagon. Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times: November 11, 1956, p. 57.
ID Number:2019.92.11
Date:1900
Photograph
First Avenue from Pioneer Square, Seattle, circa 1895
Seattle was growing rapidly in the 1890s, boosted by recent railroad connections as well as a rebuilding boom following the Great Fire in 1889. The area around Pioneer Square was devastated by the fire, and many of the destroyed wooden buildings were replaced by larger, modern brick buildings, including most of the buildings visible here. This photo was taken in…
ID Number:2024.46.11
Date:Circa 1895
Serial
Seattle Daily Press, June 8, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:Lib1989.19.2
Date:1889
Serial
Seattle Daily Press, June 10, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:Lib1989.19.3
Date:1889
Photograph
Facing north on Commercial Street, Seattle, circa 1895
This image, taken facing north along Commercial Street (now First Avenue South), shows Seattle's central business district, likely a few years after the Great Fire of 1889. The street in the foreground crossing the frame from left to right is likely Jackson Street, visibly raised above ground level like many streets were after the fire. The brick building in the…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.26
Date:Circa 1895
Photograph
Illustration of Toklas, Singerman & Co. building, Seattle, circa 1890
In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store. Originally located in Pioneer Square and named the San Francisco Store, it was later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co. In 1892 the founders sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.41
Date:Circa 1890