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Navyettes, Seattle, 1917
Signs in image: [Crescent?] Furnishings. Taylor Knobel [C...].Handwritten on sleeve: "Navyettes," 1917.Webster & Stevens number: 58922
ID Number:1983.10.10553
Date:1917
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Veterans marching in Memorial Day Parade, Seattle, May 30, 1917
This image of First Avenue in downtown Seattle was taken facing north from just south of the intersection of First Avenue and Madison Street. The streets of First Avenue are lined with spectators of the Memorial Day parade which began at First Avenue and Pine Street. Various active members of the military marched in the parade, as well as veterans…
ID Number:1983.10.10554.1
Date:1917
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Fish market near the Seattle waterfront, circa 1917
Even in the 1910s, at least one Seattle fish market promoted its shipping services. In this photo, taken at a market next to Colman Dock around 1917, two salesmen show their fresh fish to several prospective buyers. The market has salmon for sale, and crabs for 20 cents each. The sign above the door says that fish can be shipped…
ID Number:1983.10.10556
Date:Circa 1917
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Canal opening, Montlake, July 4, 1917
The Lake Washington Ship Canal opened for business on July 4, 1917, after six years of construction. The opening was the high point of Seattle's Fourth of July celebration. In this photo, spectators crowd the banks of the Montlake Cut to watch the parade of several hundred boats which passed through the new canal. This picture was taken eight years…
ID Number:1983.10.10564
Date:1917
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Fremont Bridge on opening day of Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, July 4, 1917
The Lake Washington Ship Canal opened for business on July 4, 1917. The Seattle Times reported that roads, cars, and streetcars heading for the canal were jammed with people wanting to join in the celebration. This photo shows the Fremont Bridge on the afternoon the canal opened. Handwritten on sleeve: Canal Opening Fremont Bridge.Photographer's Reference Number: 59008
ID Number:1983.10.10565
Date:1917
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Canal opening, Fremont Bridge, July 4, 1917
The Lake Washington Ship Canal opened for business on July 4, 1917. The Seattle Times reported that roads, cars, and streetcars heading for the canal were jammed with people wanting to join in the celebration. This photo shows the traffic at the south end of the Fremont Bridge on the afternoon the canal opened. Webster & Stevens number: 59009
ID Number:1983.10.10567
Date:1917
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Spectators at opening of Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, July 4, 1917
The Lake Washington Ship Canal opened for business on July 4, 1917, after six years of construction. The opening was the high point of Seattle's Fourth of July celebration. In this photo, spectators crowd the banks of Lake Union to watch the parade of several hundred boats passing through the new canals. It is likely that the photographer was standing…
ID Number:1983.10.10570
Date:1917
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Lake Washington Ship Canal entrance looking west, Seattle, circa 1917
This photo shows the mouth of Salmon Bay after the Lake Washington Ship Canal and the Hiram Chittenden Locks were constructed. The photographer stood on the newly constructed Great Northern Railroad bridge and faced west and slightly south to capture this view of the developing waterfront and the railroad tracks. Handwritten on sleeve: Salmon Bay [sic].Photographer's Reference Number: 59122
ID Number:1983.10.10575
Date:Circa 1917
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Pike Place Market, Seattle, circa 1917
In 1917 real estate developer Frank Goodwin purchased the Bartell Building (1900) on the southwest corner of First and Pike and renamed it the Economy Market, thus completing the ensemble of core market buildings. Initially the stables for farmer's horses, the building got its name for being the discount or day-old section of the market. Signs in image: Economy Market.…
ID Number:1983.10.10580.2
Date:Circa 1917
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Men constructing buildings for military on University of Washington campus, Seattle, 1917
The University of Washington hosted military facilities for both the Army and Navy during World War I. The campus had a branch of the Student Army Training Corps (SATC), with nearly 2000 male students registered, and the University providing room and mess while the military provided training. SATC began recruitment in September 1918, and was demobilized in November 1918, eventually…
ID Number:1983.10.10583.2
Date:1917