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Image of Dexter Horton Bank, Seattle, circa 1905
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Dexter Horton Bank, Seattle, circa 1905

Handwritten on sleeve: Dexter Horton Bank.Webster & Stevens number: 2945
ID Number:1983.10.7086
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Burke Building, Seattle, circa 1905
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Burke Building, Seattle, circa 1905

One of the most prominent architects to emerge during the post-1889 fire period in Seattle was Elmer H. Fisher, who designed the Burke building at 2nd and Marion St. It stood as one of the most impressive examples of this period for many years, and fragments of the building remain as decorative elements in the plaza of Seattle's new Federal…
ID Number:1983.10.7087.1
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Collins Block, Seattle, circa 1905
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Collins Block, Seattle, circa 1905

Signs in image: Normandy [...]. [...] Architect. Pacific Optical Co. Tailors. [The...lace] House. Harvard Dental Parlors - Full Set of Teeth $4. The Thomas Investment Co. - Financial Ag'ts and Investment Bankers - Mortgage Loans, Investments, Insurance. Wilson's Modern Business College. Collins. J.A. Baillargeon & Co. Vienna Cafe - Fancy Bakery. The Copeland Medical Institute. Western Mutual Fire Insurance Ass'n.…
ID Number:1983.10.7088
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Haller Building, 1905
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Haller Building, 1905

The Haller Building was built in 1889-1890, during Seattle's post-fire building boom. When this photo was taken in 1905, the Haller Building housed law offices, doctors' offices, and the Seattle Tug Company on its upper floors. On the ground floor was a cigar store and the Bank of California.This photo shows the Haller Building at the northwest corner of Second…
ID Number:1983.10.7089.1
Date:1905
Image of Epler Block, Seattle, circa 1905
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Epler Block, Seattle, circa 1905

Signs in image: [...] Shoe Co. B.L. Gates. Haynes - [Candies?], Ice Cream. Kilbourne & Clark Co. - Electrical Machinery and Supplies. Seattle Trunk Factory. Cascade Laundry Company - Shirts 10 cents, Collars 2 cents, Cuffs 4 cents. C.P. Devine. Epler Block. Geo. M. Allen Law Offices. Doctor J.L. Warbourg - Physician and Surgeon. W.R. Bell Law Offices. J.H. Kane…
ID Number:1983.10.7090
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Bigelow Building, Seattle, 1905
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Bigelow Building, Seattle, 1905

Signs in image: Erected by the Bigelow Inv. Co. 1903. Chapman Bros. & Co. - School Furniture and Supplies. The Seattle Engraving Company - Engravers, Electrotypers. J.W. Fales & Co. - Stationery & Paper.Handwritten on sleeve: Biglow [sic] Bldg 1905.Webster & Stevens number: 2958
ID Number:1983.10.7091
Date:1905
Image of Leary Estate Building, Seattle, circa 1918
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Leary Estate Building, Seattle, circa 1918

Signs in image: Buon [Gu...]. Gerber [...] Repairing. Cafe. Martins Restaurant. D.B. McBride & Co. - Tailors Trimmings - Imported Woolens. Drugs - Mechanics Drug Store. B&B Tailors - Butler & Blumenthal. Woolley & Co. - Wholesale, Retail - Imported Manila - Smoke the Los Angeles Cigar. Geneva Hotel.Handwritten on sleeve: Leary Estate Bldg.Webster & Stevens number: 62685
ID Number:1983.10.7206
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Seaboard Building, Seattle, circa 1918
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Seaboard Building, Seattle, circa 1918

Signs in image: Hotel Central. Oysters. Hoffman's Cloaks & Suits. Doherty's Tuval Cigars. Bank. Eye Ear Nose & Throat. Fred A. Carver - Lawyer, Notary Public. The Prudential. Dr. Stillson. Blake Furniture [...]. The Little Theatre. Boulevard Chop House. Woodhouse-[Grunbaum?] Furniture Co. Coliseum - Pauline Frederick.Handwritten on sleeve: Seaboard Bldg.Webster & Stevens number: 62720
ID Number:1983.10.7211
Date:Circa 1918
Image of New York Block, Seattle, circa 1918
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New York Block, Seattle, circa 1918

The New York Block was one of a number of brick and stone buildings built just after Seattle's Great Fire of 1889. It was seven stories tall and was located at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Cherry Street. Signs in image: New York Central Lines. Southern Pacific Lines. W.J. Marvin - Real Estate, Investor, Developer. Union Mutual Life.…
ID Number:1983.10.7234.1
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Broadway Building at Broadway and Madison Street, 1905
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Broadway Building at Broadway and Madison Street, 1905

By 1905, Seattle businessmen had built many large buildings in the downtown area. Larger commercial buildings were being built in outlying neighborhoods too.This photo shows the Broadway Building, at the corner of Broadway and Madison Street. It had a drugstore and a grocery store on the ground floor and a dancing school upstairs. A horsedrawn grocery cart waits by the…
ID Number:1983.10.7370.1
Date:1905
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