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Image of West Spokane Street Bridge drawbridge gears, Seattle, August 22, 1924
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West Spokane Street Bridge drawbridge gears, Seattle, August 22, 1924

From 1902 to 1917, three temporary wooden bridges were built over the west water way of the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle (annexed in 1907). The first permanent steel bridge, officially known as West Spokane Street Bridge No. 1 (North), was a low-level bascule bridge that opened on November 27, 1924, Thanksgiving Day, and was in use…
ID Number:2006.7.81
Date:1924
Image of West Spokane Street Bridge deck under construction, Seattle, circa 1924
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West Spokane Street Bridge deck under construction, Seattle, circa 1924

From 1902 to 1917, three temporary wooden bridges were built over the west water way of the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle (annexed in 1907). The first permanent steel bridge, officially known as West Spokane Street Bridge No. 1 (North), was a low-level bascule bridge that opened on November 27, 1924, Thanksgiving Day, and was in use…
ID Number:2006.7.92
Date:Circa 1924
Image of Panorama of West Spokane Street Bridge, Seattle, circa 1924
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Panorama of West Spokane Street Bridge, Seattle, circa 1924

From 1902 to 1917, three temporary wooden bridges were built over the west water way of the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle (annexed in 1907). This panoramic view is facing east, depicting one of the old wooden bridges (right) next to the permanent steel bridge (left) near completion. The new bridge, a low-level bascule bridge, officially known…
ID Number:2006.7.94
Date:Circa 1924
Image of Old and New West Spokane Street Bridges, Seattle, circa 1925
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Old and New West Spokane Street Bridges, Seattle, circa 1925

From 1902 to 1917, three temporary wooden bridges were built over the west water way of the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle (annexed in 1907). This east-facing view shows one of the old wooden bridges (right) next to the permanent steel bridge (left) under construction. A lone car crosses the new bridge, a low-level bascule bridge, officially…
ID Number:2006.7.96
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Lake Washington ship canal during construction, Seattle, May 4, 1916
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Lake Washington ship canal during construction, Seattle, May 4, 1916

After five and a half years of construction, the Lake Washington Ship Canal opened on May 8, 1917. It connects Lake Washington, Lake Union, Salmon Bay, and Puget Sound. This image looking west from Fremont shows the construction of the Lake Washington ship canal. Prominent in the center of the frame to the right of the canal is the distinctive…
ID Number:2006.7.100
Date:1916
Image of Seattle City Light employees with vehicles in front of warehouse, Seattle, circa 1928
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Seattle City Light employees with vehicles in front of warehouse, Seattle, circa 1928

The image pictured here features Seattle City Light's shops and warehouse building at Fourth Avenue South and Spokane Street, a location now referred to as the South Service Center. The building was opened in 1926, and features a sign reading CITY LIGHT in nine-foot high letters, illuminated at night by about 400 light bulbs. There are 21 men posing with…
ID Number:2007.3.2
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Company D, First Washington Volunteers, circa 1898
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Company D, First Washington Volunteers, circa 1898

The First Washington Volunteer Infantry was formed in May of 1898 at Camp Rogers, south of Tacoma, for service in the Spanish-American War. Over 1,000 men of the regiment served in the Philippines from November 1898 to September 1899. Company D was one of two companies from Seattle. This photograph of the company was a standard set up for group…
ID Number:2007.3.8
Date:Circa 1898
Image of Pacific Net & Twine building under construction, Seattle, circa 1918
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Pacific Net & Twine building under construction, Seattle, circa 1918

The Pacific Net and Twine Company (later Pacific Marine Supply, then Pacific Marine Schwabacher, Inc.) was founded in 1897 in Seattle by Scottish immigrants Edward Cunningham (1878-1960) and Donald B. McBride (1862-1945). Originally selling netting and twine out of a basement, by 1913 the company had grown and moved its operations to Pier 8. In 1918 the company moved once…
ID Number:2007.4.22
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Pacific Net & Twine employees working in machine shop, Seattle, circa 1930
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Pacific Net & Twine employees working in machine shop, Seattle, circa 1930

The Pacific Net and Twine Company (later Pacific Marine Supply, then Pacific Marine Schwabacher, Inc.) was founded in 1897 in Seattle by Scottish immigrants Edward Cunningham (1878-1960) and Donald B. McBride (1862-1945). Originally selling netting and twine out of a basement, by 1913 the company had grown and moved its operations to Pier 8. In 1918 the company moved once…
ID Number:2007.4.33
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Mike Schaefer, Ric Weiland, and their dog Kofi, circa 2002
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Mike Schaefer, Ric Weiland, and their dog Kofi, circa 2002

Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2007.9.39
Date:Circa 2002
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