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Image of Schwabacher Grocery Co., 1905
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Schwabacher Grocery Co., 1905

Schwabacher Brothers & Company, a San Francisco firm, opened an branch in Seattle in the 1860s. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods and other materials to the logging camps, mill towns and farming communities. The first supplies were delivered across the water and upriver by steamer. In later years, the…
ID Number:1983.10.7374.2
Date:1905
Image of Horses outside Carter Contracting & Hauling Co., Seattle, 1905
Photograph

Horses outside Carter Contracting & Hauling Co., Seattle, 1905

Sign in image: Carter Contracting & Hauling Co. - Board and Sale Stables.Handwritten on sleeve: Carter Hauling Co. Teams 1905.Webster & Stevens number: 3563
ID Number:1983.10.7377.2
Date:1905
Image of Hoffman Carriage Co., Seattle, circa 1905
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Hoffman Carriage Co., Seattle, circa 1905

Handwritten on sleeve: Hoffman Carriage Co.Webster & Stevens number: 3509A
ID Number:1983.10.7381
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Arcade Building Annex on First Avenue, 1911
Photograph

Arcade Building Annex on First Avenue, 1911

Seattle's downtown building boom continued in the 1900s. Between 1901 and 1907, two new office and retail buildings filled the entire city block between First and Second Avenues and University and Union Streets.This photo was taken on a sunny afternoon in 1911. The Queen Anne streetcar is heading north on First Avenue past the shops and offices in the new…
ID Number:1983.10.7468.1
Date:1911
Image of Men working inside San Juan Fish Co., Seattle, 1905
Photograph

Men working inside San Juan Fish Co., Seattle, 1905

The San Juan Fish & Packing Company was one of Seattle's largest and most successful canneries. It was located at the foot of Pine Street. In this photograph, cannery workers are weighing the catch and boxes of canned salmon are stacked in the background. Handwritten on sleeve: San Juan Fish Co. Ints. 1905.Webster & Stevens number: 4414
ID Number:1983.10.7485
Date:1905
Image of Lowman Building and Lowman & Hanford, circa 1909
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Lowman Building and Lowman & Hanford, circa 1909

In 1882, James Lowman and Clarence Hanford joined forces to found Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company. After losing their original building in the Great Fire of 1889, the partners reopened the business at 616 First Avenue. There, they expanded into publishing, bookbinding, and book selling, and even sold photographic equipment and other supplies to people leaving for the…
ID Number:1983.10.7556
Date:Circa 1909
Image of Northwest Mutual Fire Association office, Seattle, 1907
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Northwest Mutual Fire Association office, Seattle, 1907

Two men work at desks, with a large map of Seattle on the wall. Handwritten on sleeve: NW Mutual Fire Assn 1907.Webster & Stevens number: 5781
ID Number:1983.10.7575
Date:1907
Image of Auburn State Bank, Washington, 1913
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Auburn State Bank, Washington, 1913

Auburn, Washington, grew from 957 to 3,163 inhabitants between 1910 and 1920. It was a prosperous town, connected to the rest of the nation by three rail lines. Local residents and businesses did their banking at Auburn National Bank or the Auburn State Bank.This 1913 photograph shows the two-story brick building of the Auburn State Bank, founded in 1908. A…
ID Number:1983.10.7651
Date:1913
Image of Stimson Mill office, Seattle, circa 1907
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Stimson Mill office, Seattle, circa 1907

The Stimson Mill Company was one of the largest lumber mills in Ballard, and this building at Shilshole Avenue NW and NW Vernon Place was the headquarters. It is extant and used as a private residence. Handwritten on sleeve: Stimson Mill Office Bldg.Photographer's Reference Number: 6391
ID Number:1983.10.7757
Date:Circa 1907
Image of New York Block, circa 1906
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New York Block, circa 1906

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. This photo shows the New York Block in 1906 or 1907. At that time, lawyers, investment brokers, and insurance agents…
ID Number:1983.10.7778
Date:Circa 1906
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