453 results for: Hotel Seattle
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Star Theatre, Seattle, circa 1905
The Star Theatre was located on the southeast corner of First Avenue and Madison Street. Signs in image: Star Theatre - Modern Vaudeville - Admission 10 cents. Star Theatre- Continuous Vaudeville - General Admission. U & I. New German Bakery - Confectionery. Emerson's - Bohemian Beer. "[...] Shape" Shoe Store. King Bros. Palace Hotel. High Grade Alexander Humboldt Havana Cigars.…
ID Number:1983.10.7480.1
Date:Circa 1905
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Metropolitan Theatre, Seattle, 1911
The Metropolitan Theatre opened October 2, 1911 on University Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues. The building, designed by A.H. Albertson of Seattle, blended with the nearby White and Henry Buildings in the University Tract. The Metropolitan was demolished in 1956 and its site is now the entrance driveway to the Olympic Hotel. Signs in image: Metropolitan - Formal Opening…
ID Number:1983.10.7482.2
Date:1911
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Second Avenue from James Street, Seattle, circa 1905
Signs in image: Butler. [...unst] Cigars. Hotel Savoy. Empire Building. Thompson's Cafe. Watches & [Jewelry]. Melhorn [...]. [Alexander?] [Bald...] - Marine & Fire Insurance. Bartell Drug Co. Oriental Bldg. A.H. Rankin M.D. Mais Paper Wrapper - [Ob...] [Mouthpiec...]. Foster & Kleiser Signs. Chinese Cafe - Chop Suey, Noodles. Money to Loan - [...] Stoddard Loan Office. Diamonds Watches Jewelry Bought…
ID Number:1983.10.7495.1
Date:Circa 1905
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View from Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, 1905
Between 1900 and 1905, Seattle's population more than doubled. Counting Ballard and other neighboring towns, the population stood at around 185,000. In 1905, eight years after the first gold arrived from the Klondike, local businesses did more than $20 million of trade with Alaska and expected this to continue to grow.This photo looks toward Elliott Bay from Queen Anne Hill…
ID Number:1983.10.7527.3
Date:1905
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Hotel Ramona, Seattle, circa 1905
The Hotel Ramona was located on the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Seneca Street. Signs in image: Hotel Diller. [Cre...] - Largest Seller in the World. Bell Tailors. Yates. Russells. Model Car. Restaurant. The Seneca - Johnson & Wedeen, Props. - Bohemian Beer. Signs. Boston Cafe. Stone, Fisher & Lane - Linoleum, Window Shades. Sparkman & McLean Real Estate.Handwritten…
ID Number:1983.10.7564
Date:Circa 1905
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Interior of the Moore Theatre, circa 1910
The building housing the Moore Theatre and Moore Hotel opened on Second Avenue and Virginia Street in December 1907. The theater seated over 2,000 people, and it soon became one of Seattle's leading cultural centers.This photo of the Moore Theatre interior was taken sometime after 1907. The photographer stood in the balcony to take a picture of the ceiling decoration,…
ID Number:1983.10.7587
Date:Circa 1910
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Second and Yesler, Seattle, circa 1907
Signs in image: [Merchants] Despatch Transportation Co. New York Central Lines. Wilson-[M...] Books & [Stationer...]. Furnished Rooms. Globe Medical Co. D. Goldfarb, Tailor. Lovera Havana Cigars - Wm. Gottstein. Standard Laundry (on wagon). Joseph Finkelberg Diamond Broker - Jewelry [...] Spectacles. Chicago Collateral Bank - Chicago Loan Office. The Bohemian. P-I. Idle Hour Cut Plug. C.W. [Mulle...]. Hotel Merchant. Merchants…
ID Number:1983.10.7608
Date:Circa 1907
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Rainier Grand Hotel, Seattle, circa 1908
The Rainier Grand Hotel was located at 909-915 First Avenue, currently the site of the old Federal Office Building. Signs in image: Hotel Rainier Grand. Cafe Rainier Grand. Marsh and George. Louis Gross - Merchant Tailor. Meek Trunk & Bag Co. Goodyear Rain Coat Co. Handwritten on sleeve: Rainier Grand Hotel & bus.Photographer's Reference Number: 5638
ID Number:1983.10.7647
Date:Circa 1908
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Upper Second Avenue, 1908
By 1908, Seattle's Second Avenue looked much as it does today. The city had removed part of Denny Hill, and businessmen had replaced the old hilltop Washington Hotel with a building at the lower street level. Visitors to the city admired the new ornamental streetlights which had begun to line the main business streets.In this 1908 photo, pedestrians cross Pine…
ID Number:1983.10.7648.2
Date:1908
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Second and Marion, Seattle, circa 1910
Signs in image: Turrell's Shoes. Restaurant. Hotel Savoy. Piano. Pantages. Billiards. Rathskeller. Dentist. Hats.Handwritten on sleeve: Second Ave. for Marion.Photographer's Reference Number: 5740
ID Number:1983.10.7658
Date:Circa 1910