253 results for: Washington Hotel
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Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Seattle, circa 1929
This image shows the Hotel Benjamin Franklin at 5th Avenue and Virginia Street in downtown Seattle. The hotel was Seattle's second largest when it opened on February 27, 1929, standing 14 stories tall and containing 359 rooms. The rooms were built with diverse floor plans and sizes to attract tourists and long-term residents, including two floors reserved entirely for a…
ID Number:1991.22.2.7
Date:Circa 1929
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Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen near a house and downhill from the Washington Hotel.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from…
ID Number:1995.38.33.6
Date:1909
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Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen near a house and downhill from the Washington Hotel.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from…
ID Number:1995.38.33.8
Date:1909
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Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen in the foreground, and the Washington Hotel is on the hill in the top left of the frame.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer…
ID Number:1995.38.33.9
Date:1909
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Hotel Butler Annex, Seattle, 1909
This photo, taken in 1909, is of the Hotel Butler Annex, located on the corner of Marion Street and 4th Avenue. Motor cars and horse drawn carriages are both visible along the street.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush…
ID Number:1995.38.34.1
Date:1909
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Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909
This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle. Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen near a house and downhill from the Washington Hotel.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from…
ID Number:1995.38.37.264
Date:1909
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"Seattle in 1865" photo with key to locations, Seattle, 1915
This hand-colored print of an 1865 Curtis & Miller photograph of Seattle was created in 1915 by E. Jenner for the Washington Title Insurance Company. Included in the display is a guide listing some of the landmarks visible in the image. The photograph was taken from about Main Street, looking North along Commercial Street (now First Avenue South). Visible at…
ID Number:1995.50.1
Date:1915
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Building Owners and Managers Conference delegates outside New Washington Hotel, Seattle, April 1920
In this photo, delegates at the Second Pacific Northwest Conference of Building Owners and Managers pose outside of the New Washington Hotel, the meeting headquarters. The convention opened April 23, with delegates from San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver, B.C., Spokane, Tacoma, and Seattle attending. The delegates discussed the costs of operating commercial properties, zoning regulations, and the need for "alert, efficient…
ID Number:1998.31.1
Date:1920
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Seattle Elks band at Boys Picnic, Woodland Park, 1923
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) hosted an annual picnic for boys at Woodland Park in Seattle, and on July 27, 1923, they had a special guest. President Warren G. Harding was on a Western tour across the United States, in what he called his "Voyage of Understanding." He gave a speech at Woodland Park for 30,000 assembled…
ID Number:1998.44.1
Date:1923
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Members of American Legion in Goof parade, Seattle, September 9, 1949
In this image the Yakima Yearlings, a drum and bugle corp from the American Legion's Logan Wheeler Post #36 of Yakima, Washington, march in a parade on opening day of the American Legion state convention. This "Goof" parade was staged by the Voyageurs of La Societie des Forty Hommes et Eight Chevaux ("40 & 8") along Third Avenue in downtown…
ID Number:2000.107.007.01.01
Date:1949