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Navy biplane at Sand Point, Seattle, circa 1925
Sand Point, a peninsula in north Seattle, served as an air base, aviation training center, and aircraft repair depot for the U.S. Navy for almost 50 years. When the naval air station on Whidbey Island was developed, Sand Point was no longer needed as an air base, and in 1970 Sand Point changed to the Naval Station Seattle. In 1975…
ID Number:1983.10.2915.2
Date:Circa 1925
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Seattle City Light plant, Seattle, circa 1926
The image pictured here features Seattle City Light's shops and warehouse building at Fourth Avenue South and Spokane Street, a location now referred to as the South Service Center. The building was opened in 1926, and features a sign reading CITY LIGHT in nine-foot high letters, illuminated at night by about 400 light bulbs. Handwritten on sleeve: City Light Plant.Photographer's…
ID Number:1983.10.3061
Date:Circa 1926
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Dykeman farm on Lake Burien, circa 1925
While the first settlers arrived in the Burien area in the 1870s and 1880s, it remained quite sparsely populated well into the 20th century. This photo, taken around 1925, is believed to show "Holly Hedge" on the northeast corner of Lake Burien. The road running through the center of the photo is SW 152nd, and the buildings on the left…
ID Number:1983.10.3062.8
Date:Circa 1925
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Georgetown City Hall, circa 1925
Georgetown, located to the north of Boeing Field, was once a separate city connected to Seattle by streetcar. It became part of Seattle in 1910. In the 1920s, Georgetown's old city hall remained a center of community activity. It housed a baby clinic, the police department, and a branch of the Seattle Public Library.This photo shows how the Georgetown City…
ID Number:1983.10.3076.5
Date:Circa 1925
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Sears, Roebuck & Company's Western Branch, circa 1926
Around 1910, Sears, Roebuck & Company, the Chicago mail order business, located its new Western Branch in Seattle. The new facility opened in 1913 and was south of downtown and handy to streetcars and rail lines. From here, Sears supplied customers throughout the western states with everything from underwear and alarm clocks to farm equipment and metal ceilings. This photo,…
ID Number:1983.10.3228.1
Date:Circa 1926
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Civic Auditorium, Seattle, circa 1929
The Civic Auditorium was built in the late 1920s as part of a complex of public facilities in what is now Seattle Center. The Civic Arena, Veterans Hall, and a stadium were built at the same time. All provided large, new gathering spaces for Seattle's growing population. The Civic Auditorium was remodeled in 1962 and is now the Seattle Opera…
ID Number:1983.10.3481.1
Date:Circa 1929
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Youngstown School, Seattle, circa 1930
When it opened in 1917, Youngstown School represented state-of-the-art school design, with a combined auditorium-lunchroom and home economics department. Throughout the 1920s, the school population continued to grow, and an addition was constructed in 1929. The school was renamed the Frank B. Cooper School in 1939. The Cooper School moved to a new site in the 1999, which was renamed…
ID Number:1983.10.4201
Date:Circa 1930
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Harborview Hospital, December 2, 1930
Harborview Hospital's large, Art Deco building has dominated Seattle's skyline since it opened in 1931. Harborview was modeled after large teaching hospitals in the east, and was intended to be both a public city hospital and a statewide health center. This photo shows Harborview Hospital, now Harborview Medical Center, as it looked at the end of 1930. Description in handwritten…
ID Number:1983.10.4236
Date:1930
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Edmond Meany Hotel, Seattle, November 20, 1931
Designed by architect Robert C. Reamer, the Edmond Meany Hotel became a center of University District activities from the time of its opening in 1932. Social and business functions took place in the hotel, and visiting scholars, faculty, athletes, and performing artists stayed there. The building is a notable example of the Art Deco style. Handwritten on sleeve: Edmund [sic]…
ID Number:1983.10.4302.4
Date:1931
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Edmond Meany Hotel, Seattle, October 22, 1931
Designed by architect Robert C. Reamer, the Edmond Meany Hotel became a center of University District activities from the time of its opening in 1932. Social and business functions took place in the hotel, and visiting scholars, faculty, athletes, and performing artists stayed there. The building is a notable example of the Art Deco style. This drawing was photographed by…
ID Number:1983.10.4304.1
Date:1931