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Image of First Avenue and Spring Street, Seattle, circa 1911
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First Avenue and Spring Street, Seattle, circa 1911

Amos Brown (1833-1899) was an prominent Seattle lumberman and real estate owner in the late 1800s. He built the family house featured at the center of this photograph around 1870 after his marriage. The house survived the Great Seattle Fire, and other buildings and businesses were built around it, until the house's demolition in 1914. Signs in image: Grand Pacific.…
ID Number:1983.10.6280
Date:Circa 1911
Image of Streetcar employee selling tokens, Seattle, circa 1925
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Streetcar employee selling tokens, Seattle, circa 1925

Signs in image: Hotel - Cafe. Wanted for U.S. Navy - Americans Ages 17-[...] - Apply Recruiting Station Seattle, Wash. Get Car Tickets Here.Handwritten on sleeve: Street car token selling.Webster & Stevens number: 83459
ID Number:1983.10.6441.2
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Hotel Waldorf, Seattle, circa 1921
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Hotel Waldorf, Seattle, circa 1921

The Hotel Waldorf, on the northeast corner of 7th Avenue and Pike Street, was during its last decades an inexpensive apartment building. It was demolished for the expansion of the Washington Trade Center. Signs in image: [...l] Brighton. Pure Milk Dairy - Ice Cream. Hotel Waldorf. Millinery. Shoe Repairing - Shoe Store. Chauncey Wright Restaurants Co. Candies. American Furniture Co.…
ID Number:1983.10.6493
Date:Circa 1921
Image of Third and Pike, Seattle, 1911
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Third and Pike, Seattle, 1911

Signs in image: Cash, Credit. Lithographers. Chinese Noodle Cafe. United Cigars. Theatre. College Inn [...]. Hotel. Lotus. Dentist. Dr. Hanover. Ohio Dental Parlors. The Owl Drug Co. Cut Rate Druggists. Hotel Abbott. Handwritten on sleeve: 3rd & Pike 1911.Photographer's Reference Number: 198
ID Number:1983.10.6612
Date:1911
Image of Sullivan Building, Seattle, 1911
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Sullivan Building, Seattle, 1911

This photo features the Right Hotel in the Sullivan Building. Signs in image: Clothing - Ellis H. Cross. C. Blumenfeld. Tremendous Purchase Sale - [...] Sold Both Wholesale & Retail - Seattle's Greatest Sale - See Prices in Windows. The Rubber Store. Seattle Sporting Goods Co. Arkwright & [Bowder?] Hat Shop - Hats Cleaned & Blocked. Sullivan Building. The Right…
ID Number:1983.10.6613
Date:1911
Image of Hotel Pacific, Seattle, 1911
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Hotel Pacific, Seattle, 1911

The Hotel Pacific was located at 302 2nd Avenue South close to both train stations. Signs in image: Storage. [...ranch]. Restaurant. Detroit Cafe. Laundry - Baths - Oriental Steam Laundry Co. Union Depot Bar. Juan de Fuca Cigars. Chancellor Cigar - C.A. Swanson. Pacific Hotel - Shave - 15. Hotel Pacific. Shine 5 Cents. [...vester] Brothers Co. - Wholesale Grocers.…
ID Number:1983.10.6631
Date:1911
Image of American Hotel, Seattle, 1911
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American Hotel, Seattle, 1911

The American Hotel at Fourth Avenue and Westlake Avenue opened in 1907 and was renamed Hotel Central in 1914. Signs in image: Queen City Dye Works. The Antiseptic - Agency Supply Laundry Co. Ladies Tailors. [...] Habit Makers. American Hotel. Oysters. The Quaker Drug Co. Cafe [American?]. [Antlers?] Hotel.Handwritten on sleeve: American Hotel 1900 [sic - 1911].Photographer's Reference Number: 388Caption…
ID Number:1983.10.6635
Date:1911
Image of Official car for motorcycle race, Seattle, 1911
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Official car for motorcycle race, Seattle, 1911

This official car followed the motorcycles in an endurance race from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C. and carried two judges as well as tires and repair parts for the machines. The car was furnished by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and according to the news article published June 11, it kept behind the motorcylists, ready to pick up stragglers in the…
ID Number:1983.10.6673
Date:1911
Image of Hotel Washington, circa 1903
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Hotel Washington, circa 1903

Seattle's Hotel Washington sat grandly on top of Denny Hill between Second and Fourth Avenues and Stewart and Virginia Streets. When the hotel opened in 1890, it was named the Denny Hotel. The elegant building survived only until 1906, when the western part of Denny Hill was leveled.This photo shows the Hotel Washington decorated to welcome an important visitor, possibly…
ID Number:1983.10.6708
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Colonial Hotel, Seattle, circa 1911
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Colonial Hotel, Seattle, circa 1911

In 1901, the Colonial Hotel opened in 1901 at 1911 First Avenue. Signs in image: Seattle Woolen Mill. Pacific Hotel. Colonial Hotel. Seattle Paint & Varnish Co. The Rainier Hardware Co. - Sporting Goods, Builders Hardware. Keystone Liquor Co. - Wholesale Importers - Champagnes - [...] Brandies. Post [Weller?] - Olympia Beer. Schlitz.Handwritten on sleeve: Colonial Hotel.Webster & Stevens number:…
ID Number:1983.10.6734
Date:Circa 1911
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