608 results for: Seattle Daily Times
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Coliseum Theatre, November 3, 1934
By 1915, Seattle's downtown commercial core was booming. In March 1915, local lumber baron and businessman C. D. Stimson leased lots on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Pike Street to the newly-formed Coliseum Company to build a theater designed specifically for movies, then called photoplays. The Coliseum Photo Playhouse was designed by noted theater architect B. Marcus Priteca,…
ID Number:1983.10.4493
Date:1934
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, August 20, 1920
Former assistant secretary to the Navy and Democratic nominee for vice president Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Seattle in August 1920 as part of a Democratic party campaign. He traveled throughout Washington with several prominent state Democrats. This photo was taken at the King Street station prior to his speech given at the Arena. Handwritten on sleeve: Franklin D. Roosevelt. See…
ID Number:1983.10.6486.3
Date:1920
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Denny Building, Seattle, circa 1911
In 1902, The Seattle Daily Times moved to the Denny Building at the corner of Second Avenue and Union. People walking by on the street could read the posted news bulletins and watch the presses through the basement windows. During elections or baseball games, they could stop by to get the latest results. Signs in image: Merchants Printing Co. [Hamaker?]…
ID Number:1983.10.6653
Date:Circa 1911
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Rainier Club exterior from 4th Ave. and Marion St., Seattle, circa 1905
The Rainier Club was incorporated as a private "gentleman's club" in1888 by Seattle civic and business leaders. The club's building was designed by Kirtland Cutter (1860-1939) and opened on September 30, 1904, after a fire on March 1, 1904, had delayed construction. Beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, club membership criteria was expanded to include both women and people of…
ID Number:1983.10.6967
Date:Circa 1905
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Second Avenue at Union Street, circa 1910
Downtown Seattle was a very busy place in the early 1900s. In this photo, taken around 1910, shoppers fill the sidewalks near the Seattle Daily Times building and the Bon Marche. Webster & Stevens number: 5631
ID Number:1983.10.7655
Date:Circa 1910
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Coliseum Theatre on a snowy night, Seattle, February 1916
By 1915, Seattle's downtown commercial core was booming. In March 1915, local lumber baron and businessman C. D. Stimson leased lots on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Pike Street to the newly-formed Coliseum Company to build a theater designed specifically for movies, then called photoplays. The Coliseum Photo Playhouse was designed by noted theater architect B. Marcus Priteca,…
ID Number:1983.10.8590
Date:1916
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Motorcycle police officer posing with bike, Seattle, circa 1915
In early 1910, the Seattle police department invested $1,329 in its first three motorcycles, with seven patrolman selected as the first members of the "motor cops" squad. At the time, speeding fines were paid to King County rather than the city of Seattle, and the city hoped to pass a traffic ordinance which would allow it to keep fines for…
ID Number:1983.10.8613
Date:Circa 1915
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Motorcycle police officers on Fourth Avenue, Seattle, circa 1915
In early 1910, the Seattle police department invested $1,329 in its first three motorcycles, with seven patrolman selected as the first members of the "motor cops" squad. At the time, speeding fines were paid to King County rather than the city of Seattle, and the city hoped to pass a traffic ordinance which would allow it to keep fines for…
ID Number:1983.10.8632.1
Date:Circa 1915
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Line of motorcycle police officers on Fourth Avenue, Seattle, circa 1915
In early 1910, the Seattle police department invested $1,329 in its first three motorcycles, with seven patrolman selected as the first members of the "motor cops" squad. At the time, speeding fines were paid to King County rather than the city of Seattle, and the city hoped to pass a traffic ordinance which would allow it to keep fines for…
ID Number:1983.10.8632.3
Date:Circa 1915
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Crowd watching fire in Belltown, Seattle, June 10, 1910
On June 10, 1910, a fire consumed 13 square blocks on the waterfront side of Belltown. The blaze started about 10:30pm when a spark from a passing locomotive ignited materials at Galbraith, Bacon & Co., burning a warehouse and stable. From there the fire spread eastward.This photo was published in The Seattle Daily Times under the headline "Evidence of Fire's…
ID Number:1983.10.8649.1
Date:1910