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Lone Pine Bar and Odd Fellows Hall on dirt road, probably Bainbridge Island, circa 1905
This photo of the Line Pine Bar and Odd Fellows Hall was taken by Bainbridge Studios, and is assumed to be a street in Bainbridge Island, where the photography studio was located. Handwritten on image: ©BSBainbridge Studios was the name of Austin Seward's photography business on Bainbridge Island.
ID Number:1980.6877.76
Date:Circa 1905
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Original building of First Baptist Church, Seattle, circa 1895
Seattle First Baptist Church was organized in 1869 by 11 men and women on a lot donated by Elizabeth (Jones) Holgate (1796-1880), a widow who had lived in Seattle since at least 1856. The wooden church was built on the east side of Fourth Avenue, between Cherry Street and James Street. The building was abandoned after 1908 when regrading of…
ID Number:1980.6882.2
Date:Circa 1895
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Cable car at 2nd Ave. and Cherry St., Seattle, 1908
In this image taken at Cherry Street facing north on Second Avenue, a woman boards a cable car in the center of a bustling street. Signs in image: Traveler 5¢ Cigars; Granam & Moore Jewelers; Plymouth Shoe Co.; L. L. Moore, Jewelers; Dr. Erwin, Dentist; Crawford, Conover, & Fisken, Fire Insurance; Crawford & Conover, Real Estate; North American Life; Washington…
ID Number:1980.6923.20
Date:1908
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Spectators watching a circus parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1900
In this image spectators perch on carts to watch the circus parade on Second Avenue at the corner of James Street in downtown Seattle. The large brick building across the street is the Butler Hotel, and the pale building to the left is a corner of the Seattle Hotel. Handwritten on verso: Street Scene on Circus day, Seattle Wash.
ID Number:1980.6923.53
Date:Circa 1900
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Crowd watching a circus parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1900
In this image spectators perch on carts to watch the circus parade on Second Avenue at the corner of James Street in downtown Seattle. The large brick building across the street is the Butler Hotel, and the pale building to the left is a corner of the Seattle Hotel. Handwritten on verso: Street Scene, Seattle Wash. Waiting for the Circus…
ID Number:1980.6923.54
Date:Circa 1900
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Smith Tower, Seattle, circa 1915
This view looking north shows the 42-story L. C. Smith Building (Smith Tower) rising above Seattle. Named for its original owner, Lyman Cornelius Smith of Smith Corona typewriter fame, it was the tallest building in Seattle from 1914 until the SeaFirst Building was constructed in 1968. Signs in image: M. Furuya Co. Importers & Exporters. Western Dry Goods Co. Seattle…
ID Number:1980.7054.4
Date:Circa 1915
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Buses in front of Pay 'n Save and Woolworth's, on Fourth Avenue, Seattle, 1967
This image shows two green and white Seattle city buses in front of a Pay 'n Save drugstore at the intersection of Pike Street and 4th Avenue, in the Joshua Green Building. An F.W. Woolworth five-and-dime store is partly visible at right. The buses are the number 2 to Madrona, and the number 14 to Summit Avenue.
ID Number:1980.7067.1.1.1
Date:1967
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Facade of the Colonial Theater, Seattle, 1967
The Colonial Theatre, located at 1515 4th Avenue, on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Pike Street, opened July 16, 1913. Its façade featured four doric columns, and it seated 1,000 people, with no balconies. The Colonial was torn down in 1984 as part of the development of the Century Square office building.This image shows the façade of the Colonial…
ID Number:1980.7067.1.2.1
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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Sinking Ship parking garage, Seattle, circa 1967
For many years, the triangular Hotel Seattle stood in Pioneer Square at the intersection of Yesler Way and James Street, between First and Second Avenues. The hotel was torn down in 1962 to make room for the parking garage shown here. Built on a hillside, the garage’s slanted architecture gave rise to its nickname – “The Sinking Ship”. This image,…
ID Number:1980.7067.1.4.2
Date:Circa 1967