1829 results for: Seattle Times
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Rhodes ten-cent store, circa 1927
Five-and-ten-cent variety stores were very popular in the earlier part of the twentieth century. Seattle's locally-owned five and dime was Rhodes Brothers Ten Cent Store. This photo shows the elegant facade of Rhodes Brothers' second downtown store, which occupied this space on the west side of Fourth Avenue at 318 Pike Street from 1924-1931. Since the mid-1980s, the site has…
ID Number:1983.10.506
Date:Circa 1927
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Hardwood floor inside Seattle Times model home, Seattle, June 17, 1925
In 1925 the Seattle Times sponsored a model house at 1400 Terry Street. The furnished, Tudor-style cottage gave visitors a chance to see the latest ideas in home building and home decoration. This photo features floors laid by Standard Hardwood Floor Co. Sign in image: Hardwood Floors [Laid?] by Standard Hardwood Floor Co. Handwritten on sleeve: Times Model House 6-17-25.Webster…
ID Number:1983.10.513.2
Date:1925
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Seattle Times Model Home, circa 1925
Around 1925, the Seattle Times sponsored a model house at 1400 Terry Street. The furnished, Tudor-style cottage gave visitors a chance to see the latest ideas in home building and home decoration. Typical details of the Tudor style include the steep roof, rounded doorway, and a large front gable with decorative beams at the peak.This photo shows the exterior of…
ID Number:1983.10.516.2
Date:Circa 1925
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Electric stove in the Times Model Home, circa 1925
Around 1925, the Seattle Times sponsored a model house at 1400 Terry Street. The furnished, Tudor-style cottage gave visitors a chance to see the latest ideas in home building and home decoration. This photo shows the latest in electric stoves in the kitchen of the Seattle Times Model Home in about 1925.Sears Roebuck's Seattle catalog first started advertising electric kitchen…
ID Number:1983.10.516.5
Date:Circa 1925
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Shouting out the football game, November 14, 1925
In 1925, the University of Washington Huskies played the University of California Bears in Berkeley. An estimated 80,000 Seattle fans crowded to listen as the key plays were shouted from an upper window of the Seattle Times Square Building. In this photo, a young woman uses a megaphone to describe the game to the Seattle fans. Webster & Stevens number:…
ID Number:1983.10.574.1
Date:1925
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Coal bunkers at New Black Diamond Mine, March 1, 1927
In 1927, the Pacific Coast Coal Company opened its new Indian Mine at Black Diamond, Washington. The mine had large state-of-the-art bunkers where the lumps of coal were separated from rocks and then sorted. The coal then passed through a series of screens which separated it into different grades. The building was designed so that railroad cars could be pulled…
ID Number:1983.10.647.2
Date:1927
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Port of Seattle grain terminal, Seattle, circa 1927
For many years, Seattle has been a major port for the shipment of grain from eastern Washington and other grain-growing states to the east coast and Pacific ports. In 1915, the Port of Seattle built a large grain elevator and storage facility at its Hanford Street Terminal, in the industrial area south of downtown Seattle. The facility was expanded several…
ID Number:1983.10.812
Date:Circa 1927
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Railway employee with Wee Coyle, probably in Seattle, circa 1930
Legendary local athlete William Jennings "Wee" Coyle (1888-1977) was raised in Seattle, attending Seattle High School (later Broadway High School) and the University of Washington. Wee served in both WWI and WWII, and was the first commander of the American Legion Post No. 1. He was elected Lieutenant Governor under Louis F. Hart, serving from 1921 to 1925. Wee managed…
ID Number:1983.10.880
Date:Circa 1930
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Great Northern Oriental Limited train at King Street station, Seattle, May 27, 1924
When the Great Northern Oriental Limited train initiated service in 1924, it arrived in Seattle the same day as the historic train called the William Crooks. The public was invited to view the two trains at King Street Station, and compare the old with the new. A newspaper account described the new train with its huge locomotive and long steel…
ID Number:1983.10.989.1
Date:1924
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Great Northern William Crooks Special train at King Street station, Seattle, May 27, 1924
The first locomotive on what later became the Great Northern Railway was the William Crooks, named for the line's first chief engineer. As publicity for the opening of Oriental Limited service to Chicago, the historic William Crooks train visited Seattle's King Street station. The public enjoyed viewing the ancient relic, and comparing it with the modern Oriental Limited train. The…
ID Number:1983.10.989.2
Date:1924