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Guest room with two beds, Frye Hotel, Seattle, circa 1912
In 1911 when George Frederick Frye (1833-1912) opened his eleven-story Louisa C. Frye Hotel near Pioneer Square, it was considered Seattle’s finest. The ornate Italian Renaissance design had an interior finish of mahogany and marble. It contained 350 deluxe rooms with exterior window views, 200 with private baths. President Theodore Roosevelt was a guest at the grand opening. Shortly after…
ID Number:1990.45.46
Date:Circa 1912
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Guest room with one bed, Frye Hotel, Seattle, circa 1923
In 1911 when George Frederick Frye (1833-1912) opened his eleven-story Louisa C. Frye Hotel near Pioneer Square, it was considered Seattle’s finest. The ornate Italian Renaissance design had an interior finish of mahogany and marble. It contained 350 deluxe rooms with exterior window views, 200 with private baths. President Theodore Roosevelt was a guest at the grand opening. Shortly after…
ID Number:1990.45.49
Date:Circa 1923
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Studio portrait of George Frederick Frye, Seattle, circa 1910
Georg Friedrich Christian Freye was born in Drakenburg, Germany, on January 15, 1833, the son of Otto Friedrich Christian Freye and Sophia Maria Pranga. He immigrated to the US at 16, working for his brother-in-law, Johann F. Rodekohr in Lafayette County, Missouri, until 1852 when he traveled to Oregon. The following year he moved to Seattle. He married Louisa Catherine…
ID Number:1990.45.82
Date:Circa 1910
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Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Seattle, circa 1929
This image shows the Hotel Benjamin Franklin at 5th Avenue and Virginia Street in downtown Seattle. The hotel was Seattle's second largest when it opened on February 27, 1929, standing 14 stories tall and containing 359 rooms. The rooms were built with diverse floor plans and sizes to attract tourists and long-term residents, including two floors reserved entirely for a…
ID Number:1991.22.2.7
Date:Circa 1929
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Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen near a house and downhill from the Washington Hotel.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from…
ID Number:1995.38.33.6
Date:1909
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Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen near a house and downhill from the Washington Hotel.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from…
ID Number:1995.38.33.8
Date:1909
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Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen in the foreground, and the Washington Hotel is on the hill in the top left of the frame.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer…
ID Number:1995.38.33.9
Date:1909
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Hotel Butler Annex, Seattle, 1909
This photo, taken in 1909, is of the Hotel Butler Annex, located on the corner of Marion Street and 4th Avenue. Motor cars and horse drawn carriages are both visible along the street.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush…
ID Number:1995.38.34.1
Date:1909
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Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen near a house and downhill from the Washington Hotel.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from…
ID Number:1995.38.37.264
Date:1909
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Building Owners and Managers Conference delegates outside New Washington Hotel, Seattle, April 1920
In this photo, delegates at the Second Pacific Northwest Conference of Building Owners and Managers pose outside of the New Washington Hotel, the meeting headquarters. The convention opened April 23, with delegates from San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, B.C., Spokane, Tacoma, and Seattle attending. The delegates discussed the costs of operating commercial properties, zoning regulations, and the need for "alert, efficient…
ID Number:1998.31.1
Date:1920