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Image of Brochure from the Spring Apartment  Hotel, Seattle, circa 1925
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Brochure from the Spring Apartment Hotel, Seattle, circa 1925

The Spring Apartment Hotel was constructed in 1922 for William H. Hainsworth, a representative of the Spring Apartment Hotel Co. The eleven-story building was designed by John Graham Sr. and built by general contractor Hans Petersen for$500,000. There were no retail storefronts and the building was entirely devoted to residential hotel purposes and remained so for three decades.This brochure advertises…
ID Number:2018.3.3.131
Date:Circa 1925
Image of E-Z Map of Seattle with indicator, 1926
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E-Z Map of Seattle with indicator, 1926

This E-Z Guide Map is a folding map of 1926 Seattle, with a riveted rotating pointer to "easily locate" your destination using a letter-number key. It also highlights bus routes, street cars, hotels, motion picture houses, hospitals and parks, among other Seattle attractions of the time. The back of the map gives an index of streets and the locations of…
ID Number:2019.3.44
Date:1926
Image of Georgian Hotel card, circa 1910
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Georgian Hotel card, circa 1910

Seattle's Hotel Georgian, located at 1420 Fourth Avenue, was one of the more ambitious of the early uptown hotels when it opened about 1909. The seven story, brick-faced building had Georgian Revival architectural details such as a rooftop balustrade, keystones, and classical pilasters ornamenting the first floor. The building was torn down in 1971 to enable a larger People's Bank…
ID Number:Lib1987.20.1
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Georgian Hotel brochure, June 1, 1923
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Georgian Hotel brochure, June 1, 1923

Built about 1920, the Hotel Georgian was located in downtown Seattle at 1420 Fourth Avenue. The seven-story, brick-faced building had many Georgian Revival architectural details, such as quoins, a rooftop balustrade, and keystones. The building was demolished in 1971.The brochure pictured here includes a map of the hotel's location in Seattle's shopping district, one block from the Bon Marche and…
ID Number:Lib1987.20.4
Date:1923
Image of Arlington Hotel, Seattle, circa 1900
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Arlington Hotel, Seattle, circa 1900

Caption on image: Seattle Photo Co.Photographer's Reference Number: 117
ID Number:Lib1988.33.169
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Hotel York, Seattle, circa 1900
Photograph

Hotel York, Seattle, circa 1900

The Hotel York, located on the northwest corner of 1st Avenue and Pike Street, most likely was demolished for the development of the Pike Place Market. Signs in image: Scandinavian Drug Co. - Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Henry the Fourth [...] Havana Cigar. The Hirsch Pharmacy Company, Inc. - Come In While You Wait for the Car - Det Norske Apothek.…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.178
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Great Northern Hotel, Seattle, circa 1898
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Great Northern Hotel, Seattle, circa 1898

The Terry Denny Building, also known as the Great Northern Hotel, is on the west side of 1st Avenue South between South Washington Street and Yesler Way. Signs in image: Pride of Seattle Hand Laundry (on wagon). Terry Denny. Hotel Northern. M. Levy & Co. Importers & Jobbers. Paints, Varnishes. Cigars & Tobacco.Photographer's Reference Number: 161
ID Number:Lib1988.33.209
Date:Circa 1898
Image of Hotel Diller, Seattle, circa 1900
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Hotel Diller, Seattle, circa 1900

The building that formerly was the Hotel Diller, minus its elaborate cornice, continues to occupy the southeast corner of 1st Avenue and University Street. Caption on image: Seattle Photo Co.Photographer's Reference Number: 143
ID Number:Lib1988.33.221
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Closed businesses on  S. Main St. after forced removal of Japanese Americans, Seattle, June 1942
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Closed businesses on S. Main St. after forced removal of Japanese Americans, Seattle, June 1942

The exclusion of Seattle's Japanese families by the federal government during World War II changed the city in numerous ways. Among the more obvious signs were the shuttered and boarded up Japanese businesses along Main, Jackson and upper King Streets. Many of the families who managed or worked in the stores and shops never returned to the city after they…
ID Number:PI28075
Date:1942
Image of Counterbalance streetcar on 3rd Ave, Seattle, 1903
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Counterbalance streetcar on 3rd Ave, Seattle, 1903

Denny Hill once stood north of what is now Seattle’s central business district, between Second and Fifth Avenues. Between 1889 and 1906, the Denny (later Washington) Hotel dominated its southern slope. The hill was so steep that the hotel’s second owner James Moore built a counterbalance streetcar on Third Avenue to carry guests up the two blocks from Pine Street.…
ID Number:SHS727
Date:1903
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