650 results for: Lake Washington
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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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Downtown Seattle and South Lake Union, circa 1925
This north-facing photograph of downtown Seattle appears to have been taken from a tall building located at Fourth Avenue and Seneca Street. Several historic buildings can be seen in the image, as well as Lake Union in the distance. At about the center of the frame the ornate Coliseum Theater, opened in 1916, stands at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street.…
ID Number:1980.6923.34
Date:Circa 1925
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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
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Lake Washington Casino at Leschi Park, Seattle, circa 1890
As Seattle’s wooded hills were logged, realtors developed the newly cleared lands. To attract prospective buyers to the new house lots, developers built a cable car line from Pioneer Square to the shores of Lake Washington, at what is now Leschi, and opened an amusement park there in 1888. Seattle entertainment manager John Cort opened his Lake Washington Casino (later…
ID Number:1980.6923.61
Date:Circa 1890
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Rehearsal of "The Wayfarer" at Husky Stadium, Seattle, July 1921
In 1921, the Seattle Times organized the "Midsummer Fete," a week-long festival in July that included fireworks displays, dances, a parade of 7,000 members of Elks Lodges, and races between sailors of the U. S. Pacific Fleet, who were anchored in Elliott Bay for the event. In addition, a massive staging was presented of "The Wayfarer," a religious work combining…
ID Number:1980.7005.5
Date:1923
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Passengers on board the ship Patterson, Seattle, October 16, 1917
Born in Georgia, cartographer Clifford Gordon Quillian (1880-1948) first came to Seattle in 1907. He married Cora Elizabeth Armstrong (1888-1957) in 1912, served with the U.S. Navy in the Philippines, WWI, and WWII, was the commander of various ships in the United States Coast Guard and Geodesic Survey, and was a chartered life-insurance underwriter.In this image, a group of passengers…
ID Number:1980.7038.302
Date:1917
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Lake Washington floating bridge, Seattle, circa 1945
The world's first large-scale floating bridge opened for traffic on July 2, 1940. The concrete roadway from Seattle to the eastern shore of Lake Washington floats on pontoons which are anchored to the lake bottom. The bridge helped the World War II war effort by shortening the commute between Seattle's eastern suburbs and the downtown industrial area. It also helped…
ID Number:1980.7054.7
Date:Circa 1945
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Abandoned gas plant, Seattle, circa 1967
Seattle’s Lake Union was once primarily an industrial lake ringed by lumber mills, shipyards, tar and asphalt companies, and a gas works. Starting in the early 1900s, the Seattle Gas Company supplied natural gas, made from coal, to Seattle's homes and businesses. Its nearby tar plant produced coal tar products. The plants were shut down in 1956. By the late…
ID Number:1980.7067.1.1.2
Date:Circa 1967
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Bartell Drugs building, Seattle, 1967
The first Bartell Drugs store opened in 1890, when George Bartell bought the Lake Washington Pharmacy located in what became the Leschi neighborhood. The Bartell Drug Company incorporated in 1904 and moved to downtown Seattle. It expanded in the early 20th century, coming to include a candy factory and photo lab in addition to pharmacy locations. The company remained under…
ID Number:1980.7067.1.4.1
Date:1967
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Bartell Drugs building, Seattle, 1967
The first Bartell Drugs store opened in 1890, when George Bartell bought the Lake Washington Pharmacy located in what became the Leschi neighborhood. The Bartell Drug Company incorporated in 1904 and moved to downtown Seattle. It expanded in the early 20th century, coming to include a candy factory and photo lab in addition to pharmacy locations. The company remained under…
ID Number:1980.7067.1.8.1
Date:1967