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Novelty flour mill, circa 1907
The Novelty Mill Company opened in 1893 in West Seattle, between the ferry landing and a large grain elevator. Trains carrying grain from the wheat-growing areas in eastern Washington ran directly to the mill and the elevator from the Northern Pacific terminus in Seattle. Novelty and other Seattle mills ground the wheat into flour. The grain elevators and flour mills…
ID Number:1983.10.8094.2
Date:Circa 1907
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View of Elliott Bay from West Seattle, circa 1909
The heights of West Seattle give a dramatic view of Elliott Bay. This photo, taken around 1909, is part of a wider panoramic view taken of the bay from West Seattle. The West Seattle Boat House is in the foreground, and motorboats and sailboats are moored offshore. In the distance, battleships steam across the bay during one of the periodic…
ID Number:1983.10.8101.2
Date:Circa 1909
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Luna Park, circa 1909
West Seattle's Luna Park was named for Luna, the Roman goddess of the moon. The amusement park was a popular place for Seattleites to swim, dance, and have fun. They could ride on a giant water slide, a rollercoaster, or a carousel, or have a drink at what was advertised as "the longest bar on the bay." They could even…
ID Number:1983.10.8281.2
Date:Circa 1909
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Storeroom at Pacific American Fisheries salmon canning factory, 1910
Bellingham Bay's first commercial salmon cannery opened in Fairhaven, Washington in 1895. By 1901, Whatcom County was home to twelve of the nineteen canneries on Puget Sound. That year, the county's 5,500 cannery workers packed 935,000 cases of salmon. At 48 one-pound cans per case, that's 44,880,000 cans.This 1910 photo, taken at the Pacific American Fisheries salmon cannery on Bellingham…
ID Number:1983.10.8341
Date:1910
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Emptying a salmon trap, circa 1910
The waters of Puget Sound are home to an abundance of salmon and salmon fishermen. In this photo, visitors watch as tons of live salmon are dumped from a trap into a barge somewhere in northern Puget Sound. Webster & Stevens number: 10964
ID Number:1983.10.8405.2
Date:Circa 1910
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Crowd watching fire in Belltown, Seattle, June 10, 1910
On June 10, 1910, a fire consumed 13 square blocks on the waterfront side of Belltown. The blaze started about 10:30pm when a spark from a passing locomotive ignited materials at Galbraith, Bacon & Co., burning a warehouse and stable. From there the fire spread eastward.This photo was published in The Seattle Daily Times under the headline "Evidence of Fire's…
ID Number:1983.10.8649.1
Date:1910
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Damage from Belltown fire, Seattle, June 11, 1910
On June 10, 1910, a fire spread along the waterfront side of Belltown and consumed 13 square blocks of industrial and commercial buildings. Among the heaviest losses were the buildings of Galbraith, Bacon & Co, (where the fire reportedly originated), Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, and the Glenorchy Hotel on Wall Street. A headline in The Seattle Daily Times of…
ID Number:1983.10.9014.1
Date:1910
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Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works, Seattle, circa 1911
Signs in image: Roofers - Puget Sound Sheet Metal Works. Handwritten on sleeve: Puget Sound Sheet Metal Ext.Webster & Stevens number: 19554
ID Number:1983.10.9210
Date:Circa 1911
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Grand Trunk dock with steamer "Flyer," circa 1912
In 1910, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway opened a dock at the foot of Seattle's Madison Street. This dock was the city's largest wooden structure. Before the ferry system began, a swarm of small steamboats carried passengers and freight between various parts of Puget Sound. These came to be called the "mosquito fleet". Many of the mosquito fleet steamers landed…
ID Number:1983.10.9230
Date:Circa 1912
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Canoe Pass at Deception Pass, circa 1912
The firm of Webster & Stevens took a series of scenic pictures of the Puget Sound region. Some of them were made into post cards. In this photo, a small boat is dwarfed by the rocky cliffs of Deception Pass. Tne narrow pass, which runs between Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands, is well known for its strong and dangerous currents. Webster…
ID Number:1983.10.9367.1
Date:Circa 1912