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First Avenue looking south from Battery Street, circa 1915
The Belltown area of Seattle was named for William Bell, one of Seattle's first settlers. At first, this mainly residential area was almost completely separated from the downtown area by Denny Hill. By 1911, part of Denny Hill had been removed and a big fire had destroyed many of the homes and small businesses. These were replaced by hotels and…
ID Number:1983.10.10038
Date:1915
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Exterior of Hotel Calhoun, Seattle, 1910
Seattle's Hotel Calhoun, located at the intersection of Second Avenue and Virginia Street, was designed by architect William P. White. It was built in 1910 during an apartment building boom in the area newly leveled by the Denny Regrade, in what is now the Belltown neighborhood.This image was taken shortly before the hotel opened, and open lots can clearly be…
ID Number:1983.10.10095.2
Date:1910
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Suite at the Camlin Hotel, Seattle, 1926
The historic Camlin Hotel opened in 1926 as the Camlin Apartment Hotel, located at 1619 Ninth Avenue in downtown Seattle. Architect Carl Linde designed the building in the Italianate style for developers Edmund Campbell and Adolph Linden, who lost the hotel after their convictions for fraud. The hotel has been operated by many different owners over the years, and as…
ID Number:1983.10.13639
Date:1926
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Room at the Camlin Hotel, Seattle, 1926
The historic Camlin Hotel opened in 1926 as the Camlin Apartment Hotel, located 1619 Ninth Avenue in downtown Seattle. Architect Carl Linde designed the building in the Italianate style for developers Edmund Campbell and Adolph Linden, who lost the hotel after their convictions for fraud. The hotel has been operated by many different owners over the years, and as of…
ID Number:1983.10.13640
Date:1926
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Interior of Camlin Hotel, Seattle, 1926
The historic Camlin Hotel opened in 1926 as the Camlin Apartment Hotel, located 1619 Ninth Avenue in downtown Seattle. Architect Carl Linde designed the building in the Italianate style for developers Edmund Campbell and Adolph Linden, who lost the hotel after their convictions for fraud. The hotel has been operated by many different owners over the years, and as of…
ID Number:1983.10.13641
Date:1926
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Interior of Mayflower Park Hotel, Seattle, 1928
The historic Mayflower Park Hotel opened in 1927 as the Bergonian Hotel, and is located at 405 Olive Way in downtown Seattle. Designed by architects George Wellington Stoddard, Bertram Dudley Stuart, Jr., and Arthur Wheatley, the facade of the building is renowned for its unique terra cotta detailing. As of 2018, the hotel is the oldest continuously operating hotel in…
ID Number:1983.10.13656.2
Date:1928
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Bartenders and patrons holding beer glasses at Hotel Globe bar, Seattle, circa 1910
Seattle's Globe Hotel operated from 1898 until the mid 1960s in a building originally built in 1891 as a warehouse. The building, historically called the Marshall-Walker Building, is a four story brick block located on the southeast corner of South Main Street and First Avenue South. Part of the city's historic Pioneer Square neighborhood, the building now houses office and…
ID Number:1983.103.1
Date:Circa 1910
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Interior of Western Union telegraph office, circa 1920
Before telephones, fax machines and the internet, the quickest way to send a message over a long distance was by telegraph. Messages came in by wire to the local Western Union telegraph office, and print copies were delivered to homes and businesses.This 1920s photo shows the interior of Seattle's main Western Union office, at 113 Cherry Street. Men and women,…
ID Number:1985.85.4
Date:Circa 1920
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Oral history interview with Eddie Carlson, January-March 1985
Edward "Eddie" Carlson (1911 – 1990), was an American hotel and airline executive, and Seattle civic leader. Born in Tacoma, and raised in Tacoma and Seattle, Carlson attended Lincoln High School and the University of Washington, and served in the US Navy during World War II. In 1946, Carlson began working for Western (later Westin) Hotels, Inc., becoming president in…
ID Number:1985.135.3
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Kenneth Fisher, April 23, 1985
Kenneth Robinson Fisher (1906-1999) was the grandson of O.W. (Oliver Williams) Fisher, founder and owner of Seattle’s Fisher Flour Mill. Fisher built his mill, the largest in the west, on the newly constructed Harbor Island in Elliott Bay at the mouth of the Duwamish waterway, one of the first industrial businesses to open on the island. Fisher ran the business…
ID Number:1985.135.10
Date:1985