844 results for: Puget Sound
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Aerial view of Connecticut Street dock, Seattle, 1935
This aerial view of what is now Seattle's SoDo neighborhood, located just south of downtown, features docks that were owned by the Port of Seattle and utilized by shipping companies. Just north of the docks, at the left center edge of the frame, is what was then Seattle's largest Hooverville, a temporary and improvised shantytown populated by men left unemployed…
ID Number:1983.10.17702.16
Date:1935
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Aerial of waterfront and downtown from west, Seattle, September 15, 1936
This aerial view of Seattle's downtown has been retouched to add the ferry Kalakala and other vessels. Caption on border: Laidlaw.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle & Harbor with boats.Webster & Stevens number: T-731
ID Number:1983.10.17806
Date:1936
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Aerial of Ford Motor Plant from southeast, Seattle, 1932
Photographer Charles Laidlaw made this view of the second Ford factory from about 800 feet above the Duwamish industrial area. Seattle's newest producer of Fords built only a few thousand cars before the Great Depression stopped the assembly line. The building was later used as a sales and service facility; in 1942 it was sold to the federal government. Caption…
ID Number:1983.10.18041.2
Date:1932
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Ferry at dock, Vashon Island, circa 1941
Vashon Island, like many other islands in Puget Sound, is served by ferries. In this photo, probably taken in 1941, the ferry "Fox Island" nears the dock at Tahlequah. The "Fox Island" was built in Tacoma for service to Day and Fox Islands, but was used as a standby ferry on other runs.
ID Number:1983.10.18083.4
Date:Circa 1941
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Ships in a Puget Sound port, circa 1907
Shipbuilding and repair was prime industries in Seattle and other Puget Sound ports. This photo shows the "Favorite," a former San Francisco ferry which has been brought in for modernization. The conversion probably involved replacing the ferry's steam-powered engine with a gasoline-powered one. Several sailing ships are docked in the background. The photograph was taken sometime between 1902 and 1912…
ID Number:1983.10.PA5.4
Date:Circa 1907
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Ferry "West Seattle" heading into Seattle, circa 1907
The sidewheeler "West Seattle" was built in Tacoma for the short run between Seattle and West Seattle. Starting in July 1907, the vessel began service as the second ferry on the run, carrying passengers, buggies, and delivery wagons. In 1920, the "West Seattle" was replaced with a smaller steamer because more people were driving or taking the streetcar between the…
ID Number:1983.10.PA5.15
Date:Circa 1907
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Salmon trap, circa 1911
For many years, Native Americans and others trapped migrating salmon by building wire mesh and net barriers across waterways. The fish were funneled into a trap and couldn't escape. Canneries ran traps too. Their boats regularly emptied the salmon traps and delivered the fish to the cannery. This method caught so many fish that salmon runs began to disappear. Salmon…
ID Number:1983.10.PA11.79
Date:Circa 1911
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Logging train from the Preston Mill Company, circa 1925
By the 1920s, most of the forest near Puget Sound had been logged, and the mills had followed the loggers inland towards the Cascade Mountains. At that time, the Preston Mill Company, started in 1896 by Swedish immigrants, was one of the larger mills in King County.This 1920s photo, taken Clarke Kinsey, shows a railroad locomotive hauling logs through logged-off…
ID Number:1984.85.1
Date:Circa 1925
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Preston Mill Company employees outside the mess hall, circa 1925
By the 1920s, most of the forest near Puget Sound had been logged, and the mills had followed the loggers inland towards the Cascade Mountains. The Preston Mill Company, in the Raging River Gorge between Issaquah and Snoqualmie, Washington, was one of the larger mills in King County. Swedish immigrants settled in the area in 1890 and opened the mill…
ID Number:1984.85.6
Date:Circa 1925
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Preston Mill Company employees and donkey engine, circa 1925
By the 1920s, most of the forest near Puget Sound had been logged, and the mills had followed the loggers inland towards the Cascade Mountains. The Preston Mill Company, in the Raging River Gorge between Issaquah and Snoqualmie, Washington, was one of the larger mills in King County. Swedish immigrants settled in the area in 1890 and opened the mill…
ID Number:1984.85.9
Date:Circa 1925