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Ferry dock at Burton on Vashon Island, 1920
Ferries connect Vashon Island, Washington to Tacoma and Seattle. This 1920 photo shows an automobile on the ferry dock at Burton, on Quartermaster Harbor. Ferry passengers could buy refreshments or have their cars worked on at the small building to the right. The view is to the south, towards Tacoma. Maury Island is to the left and the southern part…
ID Number:1983.10.6520.1
Date:1920
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Mercer racing car, probably in Seattle, 1918
Here a driver is shown in a Mercer racing car, which was popular in auto racing in the late 1910s. Handwritten on sleeve: Mercer Racing Car - 1918.Photographer's Reference Number: 74919
ID Number:1983.10.6522.1
Date:1918
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Denny Blaine Lake Park, Seattle, circa 1911
The origins of Denny Blaine Park are linked to the promotion of real estate undertaken by Elbert F. Blaine and Charles L. Denny. By creating attractive parks and supporting the trolley or cable car lines to bring people to them, these men typified the enterprising spirit. Blaine was also Park Commissioner from 1902-1908. The Denny Blaine Lake Park, established in…
ID Number:1983.10.6565
Date:Circa 1911
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Alki Avenue, Seattle, circa 1911
This view looks north along Railroad Avenue and shows the ferry terminal. The car line and tide-washed "road" under the trestle and alongside the lowlands had been named Railroad Avenue, but by 1910 was renamed Alki Avenue. Signs in image: Elliott Bay Yacht & Engine Co. Inc. - General Boat Building & Repairing, Marine Ways. Boat Building & Repairing -…
ID Number:1983.10.6599
Date:Circa 1911
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Rainier Beach streetcar station, circa 1911
In 1896, the old Seattle and Rainier Beach trolley line was extended to Renton. At that time, the 12-mile route between Seattle and Renton was the longest electric railway line in the world. The line, known after 1903 as the Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway, provided passenger and freight service to the once-isolated settlements between the two cities.This 1911 photo…
ID Number:1983.10.6605
Date:Circa 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
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Fourth and Pike, Seattle, 1911
A street car is seen turning through the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Pike Street in Seattle. Signs in image: Bank. The Quaker Drug Co. Cafe American. [Congress?]. Crote Rankin. Cash, Credit. Chinese Noodle Cafe. Mee Hung Low - Chinese Noodles & Chop Suey - Cafe. Handwritten on sleeve: 4th & Pike 1911.Photographer's Reference Number: 207
ID Number:1983.10.6614
Date:1911
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J.W. Dalton Automobiles, Seattle, 1911
Signs in image: J.W. Dalton, Jr. Guaranteed Car and Repair Work. J.W. Dalton, Jr. Automobiles - Repaired, Rebuilt, Bought & Sold. The Douglass Sweeper - Owned by the J.S. Dalton, Jr. Co. - 506 Denny Way Home Office Seattle Wn. - Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver B.C., Spokane - Down Town Offices - Z.C. Miles & Piper Co. - Madison St. Machine…
ID Number:1983.10.6646
Date: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
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New fire department headquarters, 1911
Seattle's two main fire stations burned during the Great Fire of 1889. After the fire, the department built a new brick headquarters building on Columbia Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. The department also replaced their volunteer firemen with professionals, upgraded the alarm system, and bought new fire-fighting equipment.This 1911 photo shows Seattle's fire department headquarters. Firemen, fire engines, and…
ID Number:1983.10.6675
Date:1911