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Image of Columbus Hospital, Seattle, circa 1930
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Columbus Hospital, Seattle, circa 1930

The Roman Catholic Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart ran Columbus Hospital on Seattle's First Hill, at Tenth Avenue and Madison Street. The hospital was opened as the Columbus Sanatorium in 1916 by Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini. Columbus Hospital became St. Francis X. Cabrini Hospital in the late 1950s and closed in 1990. Until the late 1960s, the sisters ran…
ID Number:1983.10.4211.2
Date:Circa 1930
Image of View northeast from King Street Station tower, Seattle, April 7, 1930
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View northeast from King Street Station tower, Seattle, April 7, 1930

This view of Seattle looks northeast from King Street Station towards First Hill. Signs in image: Seattle Lighting Fixture Co. Camels. The Best Coffee You Ever Tasted - Crescent Coffee. Osmers Drug Company. Hotel Reynolds. Maxwell House Coffee. Quaker Oats. Morton's Salt. Grand Union Hotel. Free Garage. Hotel New Richmond - Absolutely Fireproof - A Hotel for Your Wife Mother…
ID Number:1983.10.4232
Date:1930
Image of County-City Building and Holland Hotel, March 6, 1931
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County-City Building and Holland Hotel, March 6, 1931

The County-City Building housed both the King County Courthouse and the offices of Seattle's city officials. At the time it was built, in 1916, it was common for downtown buildings to have more floors added later. Starting in 1929, six stories were added to the original five. The lower and upper sections had different architects, but the two parts were…
ID Number:1983.10.4255
Date:1931
Image of View south from King Street Station tower, Seattle, May 14, 1932
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View south from King Street Station tower, Seattle, May 14, 1932

This view of Seattle looks south, over the neighborhood now known as SODO, from King Street Station. Handwritten on sleeve: View from Depot Tower 5-14-32.Photographer's Reference Number: 138645
ID Number:1983.10.4395.2
Date:1932
Image of County-City Building after completion of phase two, July 3, 1936
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County-City Building after completion of phase two, July 3, 1936

In 1916, the new King County Courthouse and Municipal Building, also called the County-City Building, opened on Third Avenue in downtown Seattle. The building, designed by Seattle architect Augustus Warren Gould, was five stories tall, with a partial sixth story for the use of the city engineer. In 1929-1931, architect Henry Bittman's six story addition expanded Gould's original building upwards.…
ID Number:1983.10.4557.2
Date:1936
Image of Downtown Seattle from courthouse, Seattle, circa 1898
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Downtown Seattle from courthouse, Seattle, circa 1898

This photo was taken from the old King County courthouse on Seventh and Jefferson. Visible in the view is the Henry Yesler residence at left center; the Burke Building at right center; and the Methodist-Episcopal Church at far right. Original photo by Anders Wilse was acquired by Webster & Stevens. Handwritten on sleeve: Business Section from Court House.Webster & Stevens…
ID Number:1983.10.6055
Date:Circa 1898
Image of King County Courthouse, became Seattle City Hall, 1882
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King County Courthouse, became Seattle City Hall, 1882

In 1882, the government of King County occupied a wood frame courthouse at Third Avenue, between Jefferson Street and Yesler Way in downtown Seattle. In 1890, the county offices moved up the hill to a new courthouse near the present site of Harborview Hospital and sold the old building to the city of Seattle. This photo shows the King County…
ID Number:1983.10.6136
Date:1882
Image of First railroad depot in Seattle, circa 1880
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First railroad depot in Seattle, circa 1880

Seattle's first railway station stood near where King Street Station stands today. At that time, much of the land in that part of the city was still underwater at high tide, and the tracks of the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad ran over the tidelands on wooden trestles. This photo, taken about 1880, shows the depot, sometimes called the Columbia…
ID Number:1983.10.6284
Date:Circa 1880
Image of King Street railroad yard, Seattle, circa 1883
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King Street railroad yard, Seattle, circa 1883

In 1881, the Oregon Improvement Company expanded the King Street Coat Wharf with a new trestle, along with two new docks and warehouses. This new wharf was the end point of the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, where cargo was loaded into ships. Original photo copied by Webster & Stevens.Handwritten on sleeve: Eng. House of Columbia & Puget Sound RR,…
ID Number:1983.10.6322
Date:Circa 1883
Image of Downtown view looking east between Cherry and Columbia Streets, Seattle, circa 1898
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Downtown view looking east between Cherry and Columbia Streets, Seattle, circa 1898

The photographer may have been standing atop the Daily Journal of Commerce Building to capture this view of turn-of-the-century Seattle. Looking east and slightly south from Post Alley between Cherry and Columbia, many of the city's prominent buildings are visible, including the King County Courthouse on the right. Signs in image: Schwabacher Bros. & Co. Inc. Distributors - White Knight…
ID Number:1983.10.6394
Date:Circa 1898
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