253 results for: Washington Hotel
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Hotel Benjamin Franklin brochure, circa 1940
The Hotel Benjamin Franklin was Seattle's second largest hotel when it opened on February 27, 1929, at 5th Avenue and Virginia Street. The building was 14 stories tall and contained 359 rooms built with diverse floor plans and sizes to attract tourists and long-term residents, including two floors reserved entirely for a new kind of guest, single women. The hotel…
ID Number:2018.3.3.68
Date:Circa 1940
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Edmund Meany Hotel brochure, circa 1940
Designed by Seattle-based architect Robert C. Reamer (1873-1938), the proximity of the Edmond Meany Hotel to the University of Washington ensured it became a center of University District activities from the time it opened in November 1931. Named in honor of early Seattle resident and distinguished UW history professor, Edmond Stephen Meany (1862-1935), the hotel is a notable example of…
ID Number:2018.3.3.69
Date:Circa 1940
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Olympic Hotel brochure, circa 1928
In 1924 Seattle's landmark Olympic Hotel (now Fairmont Olympic Hotel) opened downtown on the original site of the University of Washington. Designed by architect George B. Post & Son in the Italian Renaissance style popular at the time, the total cost for construction was $5,500,000, with $800,000 going to furnishings alone.The brochure pictured here advertises the hotel's elegant features, including…
ID Number:2018.3.3.70
Date:Circa 1928
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New Washington Hotel brochure, circa 1925
In 1908, real estate investors John Edward Chilberg (1867-1954) and James Crawford Marmaduke (1871-1945) opened the New Washington Hotel on the northeast corner of Stewart Street and Second Avenue in what is now Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. As the city's premier hotel for several decades the New Washington Hotel welcomed many prominent guests over the years, including four U. S. Presidents…
ID Number:2018.3.3.71
Date:Circa 1925
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Invitation to opening of Cable Railroad, September 29, 1888
In September 1888, Seattle's second street railway line was built by Pacific Cable Construction Company as a single-track cable car line, running in a loop from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park. This line, the Yesler Way line, effectively linked the steamers docking at Elliott Bay with the ferries crossing Lake Washington. When the line was built the residential and recreational…
ID Number:2018.3.3.75
Date:1888
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Littler Stores envelope, circa 1950
Upscale men's apparel store Littler was begun in 1931 by Anson A. "Bob" Littler (1900-1991), who started his career as a clerk at Frederick & Nelson in the menswear department. An avid golfer, Mr. Littler began playing in tournaments around 1926, and competed frequently with fellow retail merchants George H. Bartell (1868–1956) and Eddie Bauer (1899-1986). Also a local civic…
ID Number:2018.3.3.89
Date:Circa 1950
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Washington Hotel stationery, 1905
The Denny Hotel project was begun in Seattle in 1889 by a group of developers that included Seattle founding father Arthur Denny (1822-1899). Unfortunately, the Panic of 1893 halted the proceedings with interiors incomplete, and the building was unfinished until 1903 when developer James A. Moore (1861-1929) bought the building at about Second Avenue and Pine Street. Mr. Moore convinced…
ID Number:2018.3.3.93
Date:1905
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Hotel Frye air raid blackout notice, circa 1943
Seattle, with its military bases and industries, was considered an important target for Japanese air raids. Homes and businesses turned out lights and covered windows to darken the city at night. In order to keep guests safe, Seattle's Hotel Frye posted notices detailing how to black out rooms and what to do in case of an air raid.
ID Number:2018.3.3.126
Date:Circa 1943
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Brochure from the Spring Apartment Hotel, Seattle, circa 1925
The Spring Apartment Hotel was constructed in 1922 for William H. Hainsworth, a representative of the Spring Apartment Hotel Co. The eleven-story building was designed by John Graham Sr. and built by general contractor Hans Petersen for$500,000. There were no retail storefronts and the building was entirely devoted to residential hotel purposes and remained so for three decades.This brochure advertises…
ID Number:2018.3.3.131
Date:Circa 1925
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Seattle Seaport of Success poster, 1919
In 1913, the Seattle Ad Club held a contest for a city slogan. “Seattle, The Seaport of Success” was chosen from some 10,000 entries and, until about 1935, appeared in local and national ads promoting the city and its trade. In August 1919, following World War I, a large pageant was produced to celebrate the city. Using the city’s slogan…
ID Number:2018.103.1
Date:1919