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Fremont district, circa 1910
At the start of the twentieth century, Seattle's Fremont area had lumber mills and a commercial district. Before the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built, Fremont's Canal Street ran along a small canal used for moving logs to nearby mills. Railroad tracks ran along the canal.This photo, taken around 1910, shows the building of a retaining wall along Canal Street…
ID Number:1983.10.9152
Date:Circa 1910
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Montlake canal, Seattle, circa 1911
Before the building of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, a small canal connected Lake Washington with Lake Union's Portage Bay. This photo, taken around 1911, shows the canal in the Montlake area and a dam which controlled the water level. Handwritten on sleeve: Lake Wash. Canal.Photographer's Reference Number: 19269
ID Number:1983.10.9158
Date:Circa 1911
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Lake Washington canal at Montlake, circa 1911
Before the building of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, a small canal connected Lake Washington with Lake Union's Portage Bay. This photo, taken around 1911, shows the canal in the Montlake area and a dam which controlled the water level. Webster Point, at Laurelhurst, is in the distant left. Webster & Stevens number: 19272
ID Number:1983.10.9159
Date:Circa 1911
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YWCA, Seattle, circa 1911
Seattle's Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) was founded in 1894 by a group of women who wanted to help the city's working women. At that time, many young women came to Seattle in search of jobs, but ended up on the streets. The YWCA provided meals, classes, and a variety of clubs and activities. Prior to 1914, this building at…
ID Number:1983.10.9168
Date:Circa 1911
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Bon Marche children's room, circa 1914
For many years, Seattle's Bon Marche department store has had children's activities at Christmastime. In this photo, a group of young children sit in a circle listening to a woman. At the right of the photograph, other children and women look on. Webster & Stevens number: 19403
ID Number:1983.10.9180
Date:Circa 1914
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Dusseldorf Saloon interior, Seattle, ca. 1911
Patrons, including two Navy sailors, stand at the bar of the Dusseldorf Saloon. Handwritten on sleeve: Dusseldorf Saloon.Webster & Stevens number: 19480
ID Number:1983.10.9188
Date:Circa 1911
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Columbia Branch Library interior, Seattle, circa 1915
The Columbia Branch of the Seattle Public Library opened in the Columbia city hall in 1909. Three years later, the city purchased a site for a separate library building, with the help of local citizens. The new branch opened in 1915 at Rainier Avenue and Alaska Street. Like a number of other Seattle libraries, the Columbia Branch was built with…
ID Number:1983.10.9205
Date:Circa 1915
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Men's reading room in the Seattle Public Library, circa 1918
The city of Seattle established a public library in 1890 after several earlier attempts by private citizens. The library was housed in various places and in 1899 moved into the Yesler Mansion at 516 3rd Ave. After the mansion burned in 1901, industrialist Andrew Carnegie donated $200,000 for a new building, which opened in 1906 on the site of the…
ID Number:1983.10.9206
Date:1915
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Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Seattle, circa 1911
Signs in image: Roofers - Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works. Handwritten on sleeve: Puget Sound Sheet Metal Ext.Webster & Stevens number: 19554
ID Number:1983.10.9210
Date:Circa 1911
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Crowd rushing to Mayor Gill's support meeting, February 2, 1911
Shortly after Hiram Gill was elected mayor of Seattle, some people wanted to remove him from office for not enforcing the city's anti-vice laws. When the mayor wanted to answer his accusers, his supporters set up a noontime meeting at the Grand Opera House. So many people crowded into the opera house that a second meeting was set up at…
ID Number:1983.10.9222.2
Date:1911