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Image of Hotel York, Seattle, circa 1900
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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
Image of Corner of Terry and Columbia streets on First Hill, Seattle, circa 1895
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Corner of Terry and Columbia streets on First Hill, Seattle, circa 1895

One of Seattle’s seven hills, First Hill was city’s first “neighborhood” to be settled in the 1870s. Rising 366 feet above Elliott Bay, the once-forested slope was an easy walk to the city’s commercial district. By 1883, the hill entered a new era as the retreat of its “first families,” including mayors, judges, industrialists, timber barons, and art collectors. Over…
ID Number:SHS1006
Date:Circa 1895
Image of Occidental Hotel, circa 1886
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Occidental Hotel, circa 1886

In 1884, John Collins opened his Occidental Hotel at the junction of James Street and Mill Street (now Yesler Way) in Seattle. The ornate, four-story brick building was at the center of the city, just off of what is now Pioneer Square. It was considered to be the grandest hotel in Washington Territory. A bank occupied part of the ground…
ID Number:SHS1581
Date:Circa 1886
Image of C.C. Calkins' Hotel at East Seattle, circa 1890
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C.C. Calkins' Hotel at East Seattle, circa 1890

Wisconsin-born C.C. Calkins arrived in Seattle in 1887 and bought a homestead at the north end of Mercer Island. By 1890, he had laid out the town of East Seattle and built an elegant resort hotel. The hotel flourished for a few years but closed during the national depression of 1893. After serving as a school, a sanatorium and a…
ID Number:SHS2823
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Hotel Redmond, circa 1905
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Hotel Redmond, circa 1905

Redmond, originally named Salmonberg, was settled in the early 1870s. By 1900 it had become a commercial center for local lumber mills and farms. Judge William White and his wife Emma opened the Hotel Redmond in 1899. With its 14 rooms, marble fireplaces and large drawing room, the hotel catered to wealthy guests who came to enjoy an evening of…
ID Number:SHS9380
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Mountain View House, Silverton, Washington, circa 1895
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Mountain View House, Silverton, Washington, circa 1895

In 1891, a group of Washington miners named their new town Silverton for its veins of silver-bearing ore. The central Snohomish County community had a population of over 150 people in 1892. In 1897, Silverton's amenities included six hotels, five saloons, two lumber mills, four general stores, a newspaper and a band.This photo, taken in the 1890s, shows one of…
ID Number:SHS9469
Date:Circa 1895
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