15 results for: Peiser, Theodore E.
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Washington National Guard 1st Infantry Regiment parade to Alki Point, West Seattle, May 13, 1886
During the period before statehood, the U. S. Federal Government authorized Washington Territory to form militia units to assist the civil authorities in maintaining law and order. A more permanent force was created on March 9, 1886, with the formation of the First Infantry Regiment of the Washington National Guard, led by Lieutenant-Colonel George D. Hill. The 2nd Infantry Regiment followed…
ID Number:SHS812
Date:1886
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Seattle Street Railway car on first day of service, Seattle, September 1884
In September 1884, Washington Territory's first streetcar line opened in Seattle. By the end of the year, the line had three miles of track and four streetcars which were operated by a total of ten men and twenty horses. One branch ran out to Lake Union, and the other ran to Front Street (First Avenue) and on to Queen Anne…
ID Number:SHS898
Date:1884
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Waterfront and downtown, Seattle, 1888
Signs in image: Our House. Clothiers. Safe Deposit Co. Gordon Hardware Co. Seattle Hardware Co. The Arcade - W.P. Boyd & Co. Drugs - [Asten?] & Co. Columbia House [...]. San Francisco Store - Dry Goods. St. Elmo Hotel. New England Hotel. Live Stable.Caption on mount: Peiser - 817 and 819 Second Street, Seattle, W.T.Caption on verso: First-class Work Guaranteed,…
ID Number:SHS7637
Date:1888
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Charles Terry residence, Seattle, circa 1865
Charles C. Terry, one of the original Alki settlers, acquired a considerable amount of land in the heart of downtown Seattle. Shortly after 1857, Terry erected a home at the northeast corner of James Street and Third Avenue, later the site of the Public Safety Building. In 1864 Terry became the Treasurer for the Territorial University fund and along with…
ID Number:SHS10237
Date:Circa 1965
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Locomotive hauling powder through Skagway, circa 1902
Gold seekers who had made the long boat trip north to Skagway came ashore in an unfamiliar place described as "little better than hell on earth," and "about the roughest place in the world." They were 1,000 miles from Seattle, which was cosmopolitan by comparison.This photo of Skagway was probably taken between 1898 and 1905. The Hotel Seattle and other…
ID Number:SHS10681
Date:Circa 1902