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New homes on Capitol Hill, Seattle, circa 1915
Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood is part of a long ridge that overlooks downtown, and was logged off beginning in the 1880s. The neighborhood's chief developer, James Moore (1861-1929), gave the hill its name in 1901.This view of newly constructed craftsman-style houses was taken at what appears to be 18th Avenue NE and E Galer Street. The residences may have been…
ID Number:1983.10.1538.10
Date:Circa 1915
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Four members of the Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Seattle, April 21, 1920
On November 27, 1911, the "Native Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, Prior to 1870" was organized in Seattle by sixty white, non-Indigenous, women from all over the Pacific Northwest to honor their settler heritage. The organization still exists as of 2018, now called Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, and promotes historic preservation and education.In this image four women…
ID Number:1983.10.2102.1
Date:1920
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King County Sheriff Matt Starwich with murderer James Mahoney, Seattle, 1921
One of the state's most notorious crimes, the "Mahoney Trunk Murder" occurred in Seattle in 1921. The victim was Kate Mooers, 72, an eccentric and wealthy woman who married for the third time to James E. Mahoney, 38, a convicted robber. When Kate went missing, Mahoney claimed she had disappeared in St. Paul, Minnesota, but the Seattle police detectives decided…
ID Number:1983.10.2240
Date:1921
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Fall City High School, circa 1920
In 1908, James Stephen, Seattle school architect, was joined in business by his son, Frederick Bennett Stephen. The firm of Stephen & Stephen designed public school buildings from Vancouver and Port Townsend in western Washington to Wenatchee and Ellensburg in the central part of the state.This photo, probably taken in the 1920s, shows Stephen & Stephen's Fall City High School,…
ID Number:1983.10.2254
Date:Circa 1920
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Lowman Building and Lowman & Hanford, circa 1921
In 1882, James Lowman and Clarence Hanford joined forces to found Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company. They reopened in a tarpaper shack after losing their business in the Great Fire of 1889. In the early 1900s, they expanded their line and sold cameras, film, maps, books, gold scales, snow glasses and other supplies to people leaving for the…
ID Number:1983.10.2257.2
Date:Circa 1921
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Greenwood School, Seattle, circa 1922
The Seattle School Board hired architect James Stephen in 1899 to develop plans for the growing city's new schools. His 1908 model plan required fireproof materials and modern lavatory equipment. The original part of Greenwood School, built in 1909, is one of just a few buildings still standing which were based on this model plan. Handwritten on sleeve: Greenwood SchoolPhotographer's…
ID Number:1983.10.2850
Date:Circa 1922
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Woman listening to a radio in her living room, circa 1926
In the early 1920s, radios were tricky machines that only an expert could operate. By 1926, they were much easier to use and came in a variety of models, some of which looked like furniture. In this photo, taken around 1926, a young Seattle woman listens to a radio in her living room. On Sundays, she could hear services from…
ID Number:1983.10.2987
Date:Circa 1926
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Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) fountain, circa 1925
In 1909, sculptor James Wehn designed three fountains with the bust of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). One was placed at Pioneer Square, another on Occidental Street and a third at the intersection of Fourth and Westlake Avenues. The fountains were designed to provide water for people, horses, and dogs.This photo shows the fountain at the intersection of Fourth and Westlake…
ID Number:1983.10.3080.3
Date:circa 1925
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Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) fountain, Seattle, circa 1925
In 1905 22-year-old Seattle sculptor James A. Wehn applied for and eventually won the commission of a local improvement fund to design a fountain and statue at the corner of Denny Way, Cedar Street and Fifth Avenue. His copper statue of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) at Tilikum Place was unveiled on Founders Day, November 13, 1912, by the Chief's great-great-granddaughter…
ID Number:1983.10.3080.5
Date:circa 1925
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New Washington Hotel lobby, Seattle, circa 1928
In 1908 real estate investors John Edward Chilberg (1867-1954) and James Crawford Marmaduke (1871-1945) opened the New Washington Hotel on the northeast corner of Stewart Street and Second Avenue in what is now Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. The 13-story hotel was designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival Style and, as the city's premier hotel for several decades, welcomed many prominent guests,…
ID Number:1983.10.3996.4
Date:Circa 1928