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View of Pine Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues, Seattle, circa 1917
This view of Seattle faces southwest from Pine Street (running left to right in foreground of image) towards First Hill, with the two 175 foot-tall towers of St. James Cathedral visible in the center distance. The photo must have been taken after February 2, 1916, the date of the collapse of the domed roof of the cathedral. It may have…
ID Number:1983.10.1430
Date:Circa 1917
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Hollywood Fountain, circa 1920
Soda fountains were very popular in the early 1900s. They were often located in drugstores. Some had tile floors, marble counters, and fancy mirrors. The person behind the counter mixed soft drinks from scratch using fruit syrups and carbonated water. Customers sat at the counter and sipped their drinks or ate ice cream. The Hollywood Fountain was located at 212…
ID Number:1983.10.1438.1
Date:Circa 1920
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Burke Farrar Boulevard, circa 1919
As more people bought cars, Burke & Farrar and other Seattle-area real estate developers built roads between the growing towns east of Lake Washington. This photo, taken northeast of the lake in about 1919, is likely at Wayne, near Bothell. A sign directs drivers along the paved road, now 96th Ave NE, leaving the Pacific Highway, now NE Bothell Way,…
ID Number:1983.10.1481
Date:Circa 1919
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Alder Beach Manor, April 22, 1925
Alder Beach Manor, on the waterfront in Des Moines, Washington, opened for business in 1916 as the Alder Beach Hotel. By the 1920s, improved road connections to Seattle and Tacoma made Alder Beach Manor a popular spot for dinner, dancing or a few days' stay. When the hotel caught fire in 1930, the tide was out too far for fire…
ID Number:1983.10.1496
Date:1925
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St. Mark's Church decorated for Easter, circa 1919
St. Mark's Church was Seattle's second Episcopal parish. In 1897, the growing congregation moved from downtown to First Hill and built an English parish-style church on Harvard Avenue between Seneca and Spring Streets. St. Mark's stayed at that location until the 1920s. In this photo, taken about 1919, the front of the church is filled with flowers for Easter. The…
ID Number:1983.10.1504
Date:Circa 1919
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First Lieutenant George W. Puryear, Seattle, April 2, 1919
Aviator George Puryear was a member of the Victory Loan Flying Circus that toured the Western states in April and May 1919. The flying circus performed a daily air show with several types of airplanes. Puryear normally flew a German Fokker D.VII. This photo was taken at the railroad siding near King and Occidental Streets in Seattle. The inclined ramps…
ID Number:1983.10.1510
Date:1919
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The intersection of Fourth and Westlake Avenues, circa 1919
The intersection of Westlake and Fourth Avenues continued to develop as Seattle's business district expanded to the north. If you compare this photo, taken about 1919, with one taken at the same location about ten years earlier, it is easy to see how much car traffic in Seattle had increased. In this later photo, Fourth Avenue, to the left, has…
ID Number:1983.10.1530
Date:Circa 1919
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Ernst Bros. hardware store, circa 1919
Ernst Brothers had a store on Pike Street which sold hardware, plumbing and heating supplies, and automobile gear. Over the years, the Ernst company added household and garden supplies. At the time it went out of business in 1996, Ernst had stores throughout the northwest. This photo, taken on a rainy day in about 1919, shows the front of the…
ID Number:1983.10.1531
Date:Circa 1919
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New homes on Capitol Hill, Seattle, circa 1915
Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood is part of a long ridge that overlooks downtown, and was logged off beginning in the 1880s. The neighborhood's chief developer, James Moore (1861-1929), gave the hill its name in 1901.This view of newly constructed craftsman-style houses was taken at what appears to be 18th Avenue NE and E Galer Street. The residences may have been…
ID Number:1983.10.1538.10
Date:Circa 1915
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Interurban station, Echo Lake, circa 1919
Echo Lake is located in Shoreline, just north of Seattle. The lake was a popular bathing beach starting in 1916, and this photo shows the Interurban station at the site. Sign on station: Echo LakeHandwritten on sleeve: Woodman Ave. Co., [Echo] Lake ParkWebster & Stevens number: 74530Caption information source: "Shoreline — Thumbnail History," by Alan J. Stein, HistoryLink.org Essay 958
ID Number:1983.10.1553.1
Date:Circa 1919