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Mouth of slope at Issaquah mine, circa 1900
Issaquah, Washington, was one of several King County towns which grew up around the coal mines. The Issaquah Coal Company mine was located near present-day Wildwood Boulevard and Mine Hill Road. This photo, probably taken sometime between 1895 and 1904, shows the mine entrance with loaded coal cars. Miners used the lumber stacked on the right to shore up the…
ID Number:1978.6585.53b
Date:Circa 1900
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Men working at picking table at Issaquah mine, circa 1913
Coal seams in King County, Washington are interlayered with clay, shale and other materials. As a result, cleaning and sorting were important parts of the mining process. This photo, probably taken around 1913, shows workers breaking out coal at the picking tables at the Issaquah & Superior Mine in Issaquah.
ID Number:1978.6585.53d
Date:Circa 1913
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Mine office at Black Diamond, Washington, circa 1920
In the early 1880s, prospectors from the Black Diamond Coal Company, a California firm, found rich coal deposits in King County, Washington. Over the next fifty years, the mines at Black Diamond were among the county's highest producers.This photo, taken around 1920, shows the mine office in Black Diamond. It was located just west of the Pacific Coast Coal Company's…
ID Number:1978.6585.31
Date:Circa 1920
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Downtown Seattle from Seventh Avenue and Alder Street, 1914
In 1914 Seattle's population had reached an estimated 304,126. According to the 1914 Polk Seattle City Directory, Seattle boasted the "largest clay products plant on the Pacific Coast; largest shoe factory on Pacific Coast; largest jewelry manufacturing concern on Pacific Coast; largest condensed milk concern in the West; largest dry docks on Pacific Coast; largest fisheries and lumbering interests in…
ID Number:1980.6923.9
Date:1914
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Seattle from Beacon Hill, circa 1909
Much of downtown Seattle was built on land reclaimed from Elliott Bay and the mouth of the Duwamish River. This four-part panoramic image faces northwest from Beacon Hill and shows the area south of downtown before the Jackson Street regrade (1907-1909) cut through the hill for better access to the Rainier Valley.The King County Courthouse, with its tall cupola, can…
ID Number:1980.6923.10
Date:Circa 1900
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Panorama of Seattle, 1878
This image of Seattle faces southeast across Pike Street, toward Mount Rainier, which is just visible beyond Beacon Hill. According to "Choir's Pioneer Directory," at the time of this photo Seattle had 4,681 residents, 586 buildings, and seven miles of wooden sidewalks. The large square building in the upper left corner of the frame is the Territorial University, built in…
ID Number:1980.6923.38
Date:1878
Serial
Transit News, May, 1959
The Seattle Transit System was created in 1940 to run the all-bus transit system for the City of Seattle. This department became part of Metro Transit in 1973, serving all of King County. This edition of the newsletter "Transit News" (Volume 2, number 9) covers funding and planning for the monorail, an appearance of bus operator James Wesselius on local…
ID Number:1980.6969.2.1
Date:1959
Photograph
Downtown Seattle facing east, July 12, 1939
This image of downtown Seattle appears to have been taken facing east from atop a building on Occidental Avenue South near South Main Street. The prominent street in the picture, which is visible on both the left and right edges of the frame, is likely Occidental Avenue South, which runs south from Yesler Avenue in Pioneer Square. Several prominent landmarks…
ID Number:1980.6985.1
Date:1939
Correspondence
Rev. Robert E. Dunlap's letter from Mayor J.T. Ronald, October 3, 1893
Judge J. T. Ronald served the Seattle community for well over sixty years. He and his wife, Rhoda, moved to Seattle in 1882 with Ronald beginning his long law career the next year when appointed King County Deputy District Attorney. Ronald served as U.S. District Attorney of King, Kitsap, and Snohomish counties, was Seattle mayor in 1892, and had a…
ID Number:1980.7046.1
Date:1893
Postcard
King Street Station waiting room, Seattle, circa 1911
This postcard highlights the interior of the Northern Pacific Depot at the King Street Station in Seattle. Postmarked April 27, 1911, from Southbend, Wash.; one-cent stamp.Handwritten on verso: Dear Aunt: Thanks for the card. We are all well and hope you are the same. Please ans. soon. Dora B.Addressed to Mrs. A.G. Busha in Crosby, Minn.
ID Number:1980.7080.2
Date:Circa 1911