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Image of Excavation for the new Bon Marche store, circa 1928
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Excavation for the new Bon Marche store, circa 1928

When the original Bon Marche department store opened in 1890, Seattle's population stood at around 50,000 residents. The company grew with the city. By the time the Bon Marche moved into its big new store in 1929, the city was over ten times as large. This photo, taken about 1928, shows the excavation for the new Bon Marche building in…
ID Number:1983.10.3490.1
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Smith Tower, Seattle, circa 1928
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Smith Tower, Seattle, circa 1928

Though no longer the tallest building in Seattle, the 42-story L. C. Smith Building remains a city landmark. Construction took four years at an estimated cost of $1,500,000. Handwritten on sleeve: 2nd Avenue Extension from NorthPhotographer's Reference Number: 129719
ID Number:1983.10.3508.1
Date:Circa 1928
Image of City buses, Seattle, circa 1928
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City buses, Seattle, circa 1928

This photo shows Mack Truck Co. buses used by the city of Seattle in the late 1920s. Handwritten on sleeve: Mack Truck Co. City Buses.Photographer's Reference Number: 129734
ID Number:1983.10.3513.1
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Rainier Valley State Bank, Seattle, circa 1928
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Rainier Valley State Bank, Seattle, circa 1928

The Rainier Valley State Bank was founded by Simeon T. Toby in 1910. The bank was originally located in the Toby Building in Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood at the southeast corner of Rainier Avenue and Edmunds Street. In 1924 Simeon Toby died and his son took over at the bank, moving the bank across Edmunds Street as is shown in…
ID Number:1983.10.3529.1
Date:Circa 1928
Image of John Marshall Intermediate School, circa 1928
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John Marshall Intermediate School, circa 1928

Seattle had no junior high schools until the late 1920s. Students in the seventh and eighth grades stayed in small, neighborhood grade schools. John Marshall Intermediate School, one of the city's first two junior high schools, opened in September 1927 at East 68th Street and Ravenna Boulevard. It served the University and Green Lake areas. This photo shows John Marshall…
ID Number:1983.10.3609
Date:Circa 1928
Image of Olympic Hotel addition under construction, Seattle, March 30, 1929
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Olympic Hotel addition under construction, Seattle, March 30, 1929

Seattle's Olympic Hotel is still a downtown landmark. It was built from steel, brick, concrete, and terra cotta. Like many taller city buildings, the decoration on the lower floors is much more detailed than that on the upper floors. The elegance of the lower floors was meant to attract people at street level. Handwritten on sleeve: John L. Wick -…
ID Number:1983.10.3661
Date:1929
Image of Wilson's Modern Business College, Seattle, April 15, 1929
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Wilson's Modern Business College, Seattle, April 15, 1929

Wilson's Modern Business College opened in Seattle in 1895. It was one of several schools in the city which prepared women and men for jobs in business. Daytime and evening classes included arithmetic, geography, and spelling, as well as bookkeeping, shorthand, and commercial law. Handwritten on sleeve: W.M.B. College Exterior 4-15-29.Photographer's Reference Number: 131213
ID Number:1983.10.3677.2
Date:1929
Image of Regraded land and new streets in the Denny Hill area, circa 1930
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Regraded land and new streets in the Denny Hill area, circa 1930

By the late 1920s, Seattle's downtown businesses pressured the city to remove the remaining part of Denny Hill so that the city could expand to the north. Nearly seven million cubic yards of earth were moved from public and private property during the regrading project. This photo is half of a panoramic view to the north from the downtown area,…
ID Number:1983.10.3685.3
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Exchange Building under construction, Seattle, May 1, 1929
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Exchange Building under construction, Seattle, May 1, 1929

The Exchange Building is one of several Art Deco office buildings in Seattle. It was designed as a home for stock and commodity exchanges. The Exchange Building was the last large downtown building built before the Depression of the 1930s hit the city. It was Seattle business district's tallest building until after World War II ended in 1945. Signs in…
ID Number:1983.10.3691.1
Date:1929
Image of Family planting a tree, circa 1927
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Family planting a tree, circa 1927

Logging removed the trees from Seattle's many hills. As the city grew, neighborhoods were built on the bare, logged-over land. Some developers added trees along the streets of their new neighborhoods. Families and individuals also planted trees, shrubs, and flowers.In this photo, taken around 1927, a Seattle family plants a tree near the street in front of their house. Description…
ID Number:1983.10.3844.1
Date:Circa 1927
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