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Image of Times Square Building, 1920
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Times Square Building, 1920

The Times Square Building was the headquarters of The Seattle Times. It was also the location for the Webster & Stevens photography studio from 1917 to 1928. The open area in front of the building was named after Times Square in New York City and was a popular gathering place.This photo shows the wide front end of the triangular Times…
ID Number:1983.10.6468.2
Date:1920
Image of Franklin D. Roosevelt, August 20, 1920
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, August 20, 1920

Former assistant secretary to the Navy and Democratic nominee for vice president Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Seattle in August 1920 as part of a Democratic party campaign. He traveled throughout Washington with several prominent state Democrats. This photo was taken at the King Street station prior to his speech given at the Arena. Handwritten on sleeve: Franklin D. Roosevelt. See…
ID Number:1983.10.6486.3
Date:1920
Image of Car near tractor with load of hay, 1921
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Car near tractor with load of hay, 1921

By the 1920s, The Seattle Times ran regular articles describing trips that Seattleites could take in their cars. On a 1921 Seattle Times Auto Tour along the Green River, the photographer snapped this picture of the tour car next to a tractor hauling a huge load of hay. Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle Times Tour, Green River.Photographer's Reference Number: 83535
ID Number:1983.10.6496.7
Date:1921
Image of Denny Building, Seattle, circa 1911
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Denny Building, Seattle, circa 1911

In 1902, The Seattle Daily Times moved to the Denny Building at the corner of Second Avenue and Union. People walking by on the street could read the posted news bulletins and watch the presses through the basement windows. During elections or baseball games, they could stop by to get the latest results. Signs in image: Merchants Printing Co. [Hamaker?]…
ID Number:1983.10.6653
Date:Circa 1911
Image of Waterfront from Moran's shipyard, circa 1900
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Waterfront from Moran's shipyard, circa 1900

Seattle's waterfront was busy in the early 1900s. Rafts of logs floated near the sawmills, ready to be cut into lumber. Some ships waited to be loaded with lumber or coal. Others carried passengers and cargo between Puget Sound, San Francisco, and other ports. In 1900, the editor of the Seattle Times predicted that Seattle would become the center for…
ID Number:1983.10.6762.2
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Rainier Club exterior from 4th Ave. and Marion St., Seattle, circa 1905
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Rainier Club exterior from 4th Ave. and Marion St., Seattle, circa 1905

The Rainier Club was incorporated as a private "gentleman's club" in1888 by Seattle civic and business leaders. The club's building was designed by Kirtland Cutter (1860-1939) and opened on September 30, 1904, after a fire on March 1, 1904, had delayed construction. Beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, club membership criteria was expanded to include both women and people of…
ID Number:1983.10.6967
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Mrs. C.H. Pomeroy's houseboat interior, Seattle, 1905
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Mrs. C.H. Pomeroy's houseboat interior, Seattle, 1905

Houseboats have been popular in various parts of Seattle for many years. Plain and fancy summer houseboats showed up on Lake Washington soon after the opening of the Yesler cable car line in 1888. Both upper class and working class people lived in houseboats on Lake Union. There were speakeasy houseboats during Prohibition and working class houseboat dwellings on the…
ID Number:1983.10.7356.1
Date:1905
Image of G.L Reichenbach's houseboat, Seattle, 1905
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G.L Reichenbach's houseboat, Seattle, 1905

Houseboats have been popular in various parts of Seattle for many years. Plain and fancy summer houseboats showed up on Lake Washington soon after the opening of the Yesler cable car line in 1888. Both upper class and working class people lived in houseboats on Lake Union. There were speakeasy houseboats during Prohibition and working class houseboat dwellings on the…
ID Number:1983.10.7356.3
Date:1905
Image of St. Mark's Church, 1905
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St. Mark's Church, 1905

St. Mark's Church was formed in 1889. It was Seattle's second Episcopal church. For a while, the members held services in a building at Olive and Stewart Streets, where the Times Square Building now stands. In 1897, they dedicated their new church building on First Hill.This 1905 photo shows St. Mark's Church on Harvard Avenue, between Seneca and Spring Streets.…
ID Number:1983.10.7523
Date:1905
Image of Second Avenue at Union Street, circa 1910
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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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