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Hotel Benjamin Franklin brochure, circa 1940
The Hotel Benjamin Franklin was Seattle's second largest hotel when it opened on February 27, 1929, at 5th Avenue and Virginia Street. The building was 14 stories tall and contained 359 rooms built with diverse floor plans and sizes to attract tourists and long-term residents, including two floors reserved entirely for a new kind of guest, single women. The hotel…
ID Number:2018.3.3.68
Date:Circa 1940
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Edmund Meany Hotel brochure, circa 1940
Designed by Seattle-based architect Robert C. Reamer (1873-1938), the proximity of the Edmond Meany Hotel to the University of Washington ensured it became a center of University District activities from the time it opened in November 1931. Named in honor of early Seattle resident and distinguished UW history professor, Edmond Stephen Meany (1862-1935), the hotel is a notable example of…
ID Number:2018.3.3.69
Date:Circa 1940
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Olympic Hotel brochure, circa 1928
In 1924 Seattle's landmark Olympic Hotel (now Fairmont Olympic Hotel) opened downtown on the original site of the University of Washington. Designed by architect George B. Post & Son in the Italian Renaissance style popular at the time, the total cost for construction was $5,500,000, with $800,000 going to furnishings alone.The brochure pictured here advertises the hotel's elegant features, including…
ID Number:2018.3.3.70
Date:Circa 1928
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New Washington Hotel brochure, circa 1925
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. As the city's premier hotel for several decades the New Washington Hotel welcomed many prominent guests over the years, including four U. S. Presidents…
ID Number:2018.3.3.71
Date:Circa 1925
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Reprint of "Puget Sound" from P-I, July 10, 1890
In June 1890, the First Assistant Postmaster General of the United States, James S. Clarkson (1842-1918) toured the Puget Sound region on behalf of the Postal Service. Appointed by President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), a Democrat, Mr. Clarkson, a Republican, served from 1891-1892 and immediately began firing Democratic fourth-class postmasters throughout the country. Mr. Clarkson was later chairman of the Republican…
ID Number:2018.3.3.72
Date:1890
Book
Seattle Pocket Guide, December 1900
The directory pictured here, the "Seattle Pocket Guide," was published monthly beginning in 1891, and was sold at local book stores for $0.10. The guide features helpful information about Seattle, such as the locations of the 28 fire alarm boxes and 23 police patrol boxes; time tables for the railroads, steamboats, ferries, and street car lines; lists of all elected…
ID Number:2018.3.3.73
Date:1900
Correspondence
Invitation to reception for President Harrison, May 1, 1891
Two years after U.S. President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) signed the Enabling Act of 1889 which allowed Washington to become a state, he and First Lady Caroline (Scott) Harrison made an official visit to the region. They arrived in Tacoma by train on May 6, 1891, then later that afternoon traveled by steamer to Seattle, where virtually the entire population of…
ID Number:2018.3.3.74
Date:1891
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Invitation to opening of Cable Railroad, September 29, 1888
In September 1888, Seattle's second street railway line was built by Pacific Cable Construction Company as a single-track cable car line, running in a loop from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park. This line, the Yesler Way line, effectively linked the steamers docking at Elliott Bay with the ferries crossing Lake Washington. When the line was built the residential and recreational…
ID Number:2018.3.3.75
Date:1888
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Firemen's Third Annual Ball invitation, December 1893
The Seattle Fire Department Relief Association was organized in May 1891 after the death of Herman Larsen, Seattle's first firefighter killed in the line of duty. The fire department raised money for Larsen's funeral expenses, and decided to form a relief organization to help firefighters and their families in the event of death, illness or injury. The Seattle Fire Department…
ID Number:2018.3.3.76
Date:1893
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Super Sonics inaugural game reception invitation, October 20, 1967
Seattle's professional men's basketball team, the SuperSonics, played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 until 2008, when the team relocated to Oklahoma City as the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Sonics first official NBA home game was played against the San Diego Rockets at the Seattle Center Coliseum (now KeyArena) on October 20, 1967. The invitation picture here is…
ID Number:2018.3.3.77
Date:1967