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Image of Damage to Seattle business district after Great Fire, June 6, 1889
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Damage to Seattle business district after Great Fire, June 6, 1889

The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the City. The fire started in a paint and woodwork shop at Front and Madison and swept a southward across 100 acres of Seattle's business district and waterfront. The inferno completely consumed the business district's wooden…
ID Number:1976.6362.224
Date:1889
Image of Gus Carlson's machinists union dues book, 1919-1923
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Gus Carlson's machinists union dues book, 1919-1923

The Seattle General Strike was a work stoppage by more than 65,000 workers in Seattle from February 6-11, 1919. The strike began in shipyards when workers were refused pay increases after two years of World War I wage controls. Most of the city's 110 local unions joined the walkout in solidarity with the shipyard workers. Although the strike was non-violent…
ID Number:1977.6478.2
Date:1919-1923
Image of Great Seattle Fire at 1st and Union, June 6, 1889
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Great Seattle Fire at 1st and Union, June 6, 1889

The Great Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the city. The fire started at 2:30 p.m. in a paint and woodwork shop at Front and Madison and over the course of the next 18 hours swept a southward across 100 acres of Seattle's business…
ID Number:1977.6487.7
Date:1889
Image of James Street cable line, Seattle, 1904
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James Street cable line, Seattle, 1904

The map pictured here shows the route of the James Street cable car line from two perspectives: a "bird's eye view looking south" and a profile view. The drawing was produced by The Seattle Electric Company in May 1904, but the route began in 1891. The final cable car on this route ran in 1940, after which the city switched…
ID Number:1977.6521.3a
Date:1904
Image of Track System of Seattle Municipal Street Railway map, January 1920
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Track System of Seattle Municipal Street Railway map, January 1920

Seattle's first street railway line was built in 1888 and over the next three decades at least six different cable car companies operated throughout the city. In 1919 the City of Seattle took over all of the city's transit lines and formed the Seattle Municipal Street Railway (today's METRO). Because of its steep hills, Seattle kept its cable car lines…
ID Number:1977.6521.4
Date:1920
Image of Portrait of Potlatch King Edgar L. Webster, Seattle, 1911
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Portrait of Potlatch King Edgar L. Webster, Seattle, 1911

The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen who used imagery common to local Indigenous Peoples to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a…
ID Number:1977.6531.2
Date:1911
Image of Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Pier B with steamer City of Seattle in dock, Seattle, 1913
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Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Pier B with steamer City of Seattle in dock, Seattle, 1913

The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co. and the Pacific Coast Railway. Handwritten on image: R3435. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/Seattle, USATyped on verso: Pier B, Seattle. Steamer "City of Seattle" in dock.
ID Number:1978.6585.4a
Date:1913
Image of Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad Pier C, with Steamers Gleaner and City of Seattle, Seattle, circa 1907
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Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad Pier C, with Steamers Gleaner and City of Seattle, Seattle, circa 1907

The Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, originally the Seattle & Walla Walla, became part of the Pacific Coast Railway in 1916. Handwritten on image: R3433. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/Seattle, USA.Signs in image: Pier C/ Columbia & Puget Sound R.R./Lilly's Dock, Gleaner Mt. Vernon, Schwabacher Hardware CompanyTyped on verso: Pier C, Seattle. Brick Warehouse in rear, fronting on Railroad Ave.…
ID Number:1978.6585.5a
Date:Circa 1907
Image of Minor School and students, Seattle, June 21, 1898
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Minor School and students, Seattle, June 21, 1898

Construction began on T.T. Minor School in 1889, the year Washington became a state. The Seattle school was named for Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889), physician, former mayor, and head of the school board. The original eight room school building opened in 1890 with more than 200 students. Starting in 1921, the city's program for deaf students was housed at T.…
ID Number:1978.6598.7
Date:1898
Image of Sixth grade class at Minor School, Seattle, June 21, 1898
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Sixth grade class at Minor School, Seattle, June 21, 1898

Construction began on T.T. Minor School in 1889, the year Washington became a state. The Seattle school was named for Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889), physician, former mayor, and head of the school board. The original eight room school building opened in 1890 with more than 200 students. Starting in 1921, the city's program for deaf students was housed at T.…
ID Number:1978.6598.9
Date:1898
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