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Portrait of Henry Yesler and Chief Ouray, circa 1870
Ouray (circa 1833–1880), chief of the Uncompahgre band of the Ute tribe, garnered the respect of the Ute Indian Nation, the U.S. Government, and other Indigenous Peoples throughout North America because of his intelligence and diplomacy.This image of Ouray posing with Seattle entrepreneur Henry L. Yesler (1810-1892) may have been taken during Yesler's tenure as acting Indian Agent, shortly after…
ID Number:SHS6271
Date:Circa 1870
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Boy and dog in snow on 3rd Avenue, Seattle, 1897
The winter of 1896-1897 was particularly harsh in Seattle; a November record was set in 1896 with an accumulation of 20.5 inches of snow. Here, a young boy and his dog pose on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and Marion Street. The boy looking on from the right edge of the frame (who seems to have just been in…
ID Number:SHS6350
Date:1897
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Woman sitting on bridge over Ravenna Creek, Seattle, 1910
Before Green Lake was lowered in 1911 to create the park that surrounds the lake, a stream ran from its eastern shore to Union Bay on Lake Union. The creek, Duke Creek, or more commonly, Ravenna Creek, dried up when Green Lake was lowered. Eventually Ravenna Boulevard was built above the old creek bed with soil dredged from the eastern…
ID Number:SHS6500A
Date:1910
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Early mill on Lake Washington, circa 1885
In the 1870s, thick forests covered the shores of Lake Washington, east of Seattle. As logs were cut, they were floated to small sawmills like this one and cut into lumber, which was used to build the growing city.
ID Number:SHS6671
Date:Circa 1885
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Derelict ship Bering on Shilshole Bay, Seattle, January, 1957
The steamer Bering was badly damaged following a stranding in southeastern Alaska waters. The ship was towed to Seattle, where it was condemned and sold for $1.00 to the Tregoning Boat Company, located on Seaview Avenue in Ballard. The Tregoning Co. moored her as a breakwater for a proposed small boat mooring at the entrance to the Lake Washington Ship…
ID Number:SHS6717
Date:1957
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Seattle Police Department officers sitting for portrait, August 21, 1891
The Seattle Police Department was officially organized on June 2, 1869, and law enforcement in Seattle began with election of a town marshal, John Tenny Jordan (1832-1886), a stonemason originally from Maine who later served as the city's mayor. By 1890 the city's population had grown to 42,837, and the police force had grown to include the officers pictured here:…
ID Number:SHS6963
Date:1891
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View of Third Avenue from Bon Marche sky bridge, Seattle, 1960
This north-facing image of Third Avenue in downtown Seattle was taken from the Bon March sky bridge between Pine and Stewart Streets. The distinctive 10-story garage building at the left of the frame was initially called the Circular Ramp Garage and is commonly known as the Bon Marche Parking Garage, built in 1959. Queen Anne Hill rises in the background…
ID Number:SHS7060
Date:1960
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Cobblestone cottage, West Seattle, circa 1940
This pebble-covered home still stands at 1123 Harbor Avenue SW. It is one of several cobblestone cottages built in West Seattle, and possibly dates from the 1920s.
ID Number:SHS7141
Date:Circa 1940
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Women cleaning strawberries at Spokane Street terminal, Seattle, circa 1921
In 1921 the Port of Seattle completed the Spokane Street Terminal, with nearly 200,000 square feet of space and state-of-the-art cold storage facilities used for freezing, handling, and storing fish from Alaska and local produce until they were exported or sent to local markets. That same year, Puget Sound berry growers harvested 3,160 acres of strawberries, mainly for the processing…
ID Number:SHS7309
Date:Circa 1921
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Harborview Hospital and Harborview Hall, Seattle, circa 1932
Harborview Hospital's large, Art Deco building has dominated Seattle's skyline since it opened in 1931 on Seattle's First Hill. 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. It has also served as a primary center for medical and nursing education.This photo shows Harborview…
ID Number:SHS7359
Date:Circa 1932