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Manuscript
Sprinkling Privileges in Seattle, June 1901
"Sprinkling Privileges in Seattle: A few sketches from life made during a casual ride in the residence district, on two successive evenings, in June 1901" is a manuscript containing six hand-colored pen and ink drawings of individuals watering their lawns and gardens. The sketches and accompanying captions poke fun at resident's frivolous use of the city's water supply, and may…
ID Number:1969.4689.3
Date:1901
Record
Roll and minutes of the Republican Club, Seattle, 1896
Around 1896, Republicans living in Washington state started forming Republican Clubs. The Republicans of the Second Ward (roughly where the southern Central Area and northern Mount Baker neighborhoods are today) formed a club in January 1896, with 154 individuals signing the roster shown here. This ledger includes a preamble on the first page: "For the purposes of furthering the interests…
ID Number:1969.4740.4
Date:1896
Photograph
Residential street on Capitol Hill, Seattle, circa 1905
In the prosperous years of the early 20th century, wealthy residents built large homes on Capitol Hill, a high hill to the east of downtown Seattle. The recently-built Capitol Hill street shown here has homes in Craftsman, Georgian, and other styles. The small street trees will make the neighborhood one of Seattle's shadiest residential areas by the end of the…
ID Number:1971.5202.15
Date:Circa 1905
Photograph
Arlington Docks at the Seattle waterfront, circa 1910
Sometime around 1900, the Northern Pacific Railroad built several piers along the Seattle waterfront. The Arlington Dock Company operated two of these at the foot of Seneca Street. The company was an agent for steamships traveling along the Pacific Coast to Alaska, Asia and Europe.This image of the Seattle waterfront shows Arlington Dock Piers 4 (right) and 5 (left), with…
ID Number:1971.5202.18
Date:Circa 1910
Photograph
Brooklyn Building, corner of 2nd Ave. and University St., Seattle, circa 1903
This view of the southeast corner of Second Avenue and University Street in downtown Seattle shows the Brooklyn Building (also called the Brooklyn Block). The building still stands and was designated a city landmark in 1986, though it was altered to accommodate the construction of the Washington Mutual Tower in 1988. The Brooklyn Building's upper floors functioned as a hotel…
ID Number:1972.5346.24
Date:Circa 1903
Photograph
Portrait of Squire Park residents, Seattle, 1918
Pictured here are five Seattlites who lived and/or worked on E. Jefferson Street in Seattle's Squire Park neighborhood. The individuals are identified on the verso of the photograph left to right as: Robert Ross "Bob" Hedges, born in Oklahoma in 1881, was a car operator at Puget Sound Traction Light & Power (PSTL&P); Vincent Amato, born in Italy in 1876,…
ID Number:1972.5373.20
Date:1918
Photograph
Photograph of Olive Graef Treat in horse-drawn carriage on Queen Anne Hill, circa 1903
Olive Treat moved from New York to Seattle with her husband Harry Whitney Treat in 1906. The Treats owned a mansion on Queen Anne Hill, where they also kept a stable of horses. They owned several carriages with matched teams, such as this one. The Treats bought hundreds of acres of land north of Ballard and developed the Loyal Heights…
ID Number:1972.5460.4
Date:Circa 1903
Photograph
Farm near Seattle Electric Power Plant, Georgetown, 1907
This view of Georgetown looks across a farm to the Seattle Electrical Power Plant in the distance. Handwritten on verso: Georgetown from Graham Ave looking West. Seattle Electric Power Plant 1907.
ID Number:1974.5868.233
Date:1907
Photograph
Carroll Harwood on wooden sidewalk, Georgetown, 1908
In this photo, a child identified as Carroll Harwood stands on the boardwalk road of Graham Avenue in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. Handwritten on verso: On Graham Ave., Georgetown. Carroll Harwood.
ID Number:1974.5868.237
Date:1908
Photograph
Beacon Avenue looking south, Seattle, circa 1910
This early twentieth century view is taken from the middle of Beacon Hill, likely on Beacon Avenue, looking south. Handwritten on verso: Looking South on Becone [sic] Hill.
ID Number:1974.5868.238
Date:Circa 1910