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View along Pike Street from the corner of Second Avenue, circa 1909
Even in the early 1900s, Pike Street was busy with people and vehicles. In this photo, electrically-powered streetcars rumble down the center of the street, and horse-drawn carts drive next to the curb. Webster & Stevens number: 5596
ID Number:1983.10.7630.1
Date:Circa 1909
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First Avenue from University Street, circa 1907
Seattle's downtown boomed during the 1900s. This photo was taken around 1907, looking south along First Avenue. The area near University Street is lined with hotels and other businesses. Streetcars move along the center of the avenue, and carts and wagons drive nearer the curb. The darker streetcar is headed north to Ballard Beach. The lighter one carries the mail.…
ID Number:1983.10.7638
Date:Circa 1907
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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 Avenue at Union Street, circa 1910
Downtown Seattle was a very busy place in the early 1900s. In this photo, taken around 1910, shoppers fill the sidewalks near the Seattle Daily Times building and the Bon Marche. Webster & Stevens number: 5631
ID Number:1983.10.7655
Date:Circa 1910
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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
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Fremont Avenue looking north, Seattle, circa 1907
Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, northwest of Lake Union, was named after a town in Nebraska where some of its early promoters hailed from. Fremont started in the 1880s as a settlement around a sawmill, and grew to a town of 5,000 before it became part of Seattle in 1891. Signs in image: Mabel E. Canney - Piano. [...] Laundry. Fremont Drug…
ID Number:1983.10.7777
Date:Circa 1907
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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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Cherry Street looking east from First Avenue, Seattle, circa 1907
Signs in image: Smoke. Schelle's Grotto. Broten & Fischer [Ta...]. Montana Stables - Messengers. [...] [Floral] Company. Rathskeller. Fancy Ladies Tailoring. Seattle Theatre. Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office - National District Telegraph Company - Fire and Burglar Alarm Service. [Anderson?] Supply Co. Lowman Building. Handwritten on sleeve: View Up Cherry St from 1st Ave.Photographer's Reference Number: 6953
ID Number:1983.10.7796
Date:Circa 1907
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The intersection of Fourth and Westlake Avenues, circa 1909
In the early 1900s, Westlake Avenue ran from Lake Union through what is now Westlake Park in downtown Seattle. Fourth Avenue ran up a steep hill, but it was later regraded to the same level as Westlake. The Plaza Hotel stood at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Westlake.This photo, probably taken in 1909, shows the intersection of Fourth and…
ID Number:1983.10.7917
Date:Circa 1909
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Fourth Avenue and Pike Street, Seattle, circa 1911
This street scene of Fourth Ave between Pike and Union. Signs in image: [...ig] Concern. [...] Tailored Ready Co. - High Grade Furnishings. Photographs. Boston College of Vitosophy - Western Branch. Large Square Room for Rent. Hotel Georgian. Humphrey Cafe. Restaurant. Pacific Tailoring Co. - Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing. Cafe. [...ish] Baths.Handwritten on sleeve: 4th Avenue from Pike to Union.Webster…
ID Number:1983.10.8033.1
Date:Circa 1911