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West Seattle Boat House, Seattle, November 6, 1937
The West Seattle Boat House was located on the east side of West Seattle on Elliott Bay. Signs in image: West Seattle Boat House - Boats for Rent. Deep Sea Aquarium - Live! 1001 Wonders of the Deep [...]. Lunch Room.Handwritten on sleeve: West Seattle Boat House Scenes 11/6/37.Photographer's Reference Number: 146766
ID Number:1983.10.4628.6
Date:1937
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S.S. North Star, Seattle, April 29, 1932
The US Coast Guard Cutter North Star was a wooden cutter built for the Department of Interior in Seattle in 1932. The ship was a support ship during hte Antarctic Service Expedition from 1939 to 1941. Commissed to the Coast Guard in May 1941, the North Star became part of the Northeast Greenland Patrol, and was transferred to the Navy…
ID Number:1983.10.4674.1
Date:1932
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Yacht Comrade, Seattle, August 5, 1935
Built in Lake Union by Franck & McCrary in 1930, the gas powered yacht Comrade was first owned by H.W. Davis, Jr. Handwritten on sleeve: Yacht Comrade 8/5/35.Photographer's Reference Number: 143993Caption information source: "Comrade," Classic Yacht Register, https://classicyachtinfo.org/yachts/comrade
ID Number:1983.10.4731.3
Date:1935
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Tug Barbara, Seattle, February 19, 1936
The tug Barbara Foss was designed by naval architects Lee & Brinton and built at John Nelson's shipyard in Seattle in 1925. First called Wego, the boat was sold to the Foss Company in 1929 and remained Barbara Foss. Handwritten on sleeve: Tug Barbara - Foss Co. 2-19-36.Photographer's Reference Number: 144215Caption information source: "Barbara Foss Photo Record, PS1980.1.58.1," Puget Sound…
ID Number:1983.10.4740.2
Date:1936
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M.S. Electron, Seattle, June 3, 1936
The MS Electron is shown here in Seattle in 1936. Handwritten on sleeve: M.S. Electron 3 June 1936.Photographer's Reference Number: 144361
ID Number:1983.10.4762.1
Date:1936
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Yacht Vendovi, Seattle, July 6, 1936
The yacht Vendovi is shown here on Lake Union with the Aurora Bridge in the background. Handwritten on sleeve: Yacht Vendovi Ext 7/6/36.Photographer's Reference Number: 144400
ID Number:1983.10.4767.1
Date:1936
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Trailer truck and freighter at Seattle dock, 1935
Transferring freight between ships and land transportation has always been an important business in Seattle. In this 1935 photo, a crate of goods is being unloaded from the passenger liner "Ruth Alexander" to the Pacific Highway Transport truck standing nearby. The truck line delivered freight along the West Coast. Description in handwritten inventory: [Mack truck tractor & Pacific Highway Transport…
ID Number:1983.10.4963.17
Date:1935
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Ship knees produced by a planing machine at a Seattle shipyard , circa 1910
The firm of Webster & Stevens was often hired to take pictures for Seattle businesses and industries. In this case, their client was the Stetson-Ross Machine Works. In this photo, taken around 1910, a Stetson-Ross planing machine is smoothing ship knees for wooden ships. Ship knees were braces made from the bases of tree trunks and used to connect and…
ID Number:1983.10.5961
Date:Circa 1910
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Waterfront and tidal flats from Beacon Hill, circa 1898
Tidal mudflats once extended all the way to the foot of Seattle's Beacon Hill. Roads and railroad tracks were built over the flats on wooden trestles. Developers bought these tidelands and filled it in for sawmills, shipyards, flour mills, and other waterfront industries.This photo by Anders Wilse, probably taken in 1898, shows what much of Seattle's waterfront looked like before…
ID Number:1983.10.6049.2
Date:Circa 1898
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Waterfront and tideflats from Beacon Hill, Seattle, circa 1898
Tidal mudflats once extended all the way to the foot of Seattle's Beacon Hill. Roads and railroad tracks were built over the flats on wooden trestles. Developers bought these tidelands and filled it in for sawmills, shipyards, flour mills, and other waterfront industries. This photo by Anders Wilse, probably taken in 1898, shows what much of Seattle's waterfront looked like…
ID Number:1983.10.6049.4
Date:Circa 1898