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Studebaker EMF auto at Snoqualmie Pass, circa 1910
During the early years of cars, the Studebaker Company held long distance endurance contests with other car makers to see whose cars performed the best. In rural areas, roads were generally unpaved, with deep ruts and rocks. Studebaker's EMF cars generally raced well, even in these conditions.This photo shows a Studebaker EMF car at Snoqualmie Pass in about 1910. The…
ID Number:1983.10.8965.2
Date:Circa 1910
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Madison Street from First Avenue, Seattle, circa 1910
Signs in image: Fish. Clarke's Pure Rye. [Bismarck] Bowling Alley. The [...] Cafe. Cafeteria. YMCA. Rainier [...]. Hugh Harrison Jewelers. Glass & Paint Co. Commonwealth Security Co. R.L. [Beattie?] - Good Repairing. H.C. [Allis...] [Dray...]. Handwritten on sleeve: Madison & First Ave.Webster & Stevens number: 17367
ID Number:1983.10.9003.1
Date:Circa 1910
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Overturned fire engine, Seattle, circa 1910
Handwritten on sleeve: Wrecked Fire Engine & Service Truck.Webster & Stevens number: 18997
ID Number:1983.10.9113.1
Date:Circa 1910
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Stone Avenue Bridge under construction, Seattle, circa 1911
Before the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built, a temporary bridge on Stone Avenue carried traffic across to Fremont. Most of the bridge, which opened in 1911, consisted of a wooden roadway on a trestle. The short metal span was just large enough to let logs and small boats pass through. Stone Avenue is now called Stone Way. Handwritten on…
ID Number:1983.10.9146
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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Oregon-Washington Station, circa 1912
In Seattle and other larger cities there were often several stations where different railroad lines stopped for passengers and freight. Several lines stopped at the Oregon-Washington Station. The building, now called Union Station, still stands at Fourth Avenue and Jackson Street.In this photo, a streetcar passes freight wagons and automobiles as it turns near the Oregon-Washington Station. At the right,…
ID Number:1983.10.9451
Date:Circa 1912
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Ezra Meeker and his oxcart, 1912
In 1852, Ezra Meeker and his family came west by wagon over the Oregon Trail, eventually settling in the Puyallup Valley. As the years passed and cross-country travel became easier, Meeker worried that people wouldn't understand the hardships of the early settlers. Beginning at the age of 75, he made several trips across the Oregon Trail and urged its preservation.…
ID Number:1983.10.9471.1
Date:1912
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Travelers on the Bothell stage, circa 1913
In about 1913, people traveling between Seattle and Bothell took the Bothell stage, an early type of bus. At that time, there were two ways to drive a vehicle to Bothell from Seattle. One route followed the Pacific Highway through Kenmore. The preferred route involved driving to Madison Park, catching the Kirkland ferry, and driving from Kirkland to Bothell.In this…
ID Number:1983.10.9606.1
Date:Circa 1913
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Occidental and Yesler, Seattle, circa 1913
Signs in image: Chas. F. Keenan Co. Grocers. Chauncey Wright. Restaurant. Queen City Hotel.Handwritten on sleeve: Occidental & YeslerWebster & Stevens number: 26906
ID Number:1983.10.9631
Date:Circa 1913
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Bridge over Lake Washington Boulevard, Seattle, circa 1914
Located in the Washington Park Arboretum, this historic footbridge was once an aqueduct. Handwritten on sleeve: Interlaken Blvd.Webster & Stevens number: 27044
ID Number:1983.10.9672.1
Date:Circa 1914