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Group of Suquamish people waiting at Colman Dock, Seattle, circa 1911
The Suquamish tribe lived on Bainbridge Island and fished in the waters of Puget Sound long before Seattle was founded. The Suquamish carved dugout canoes and used them to travel to fishing and hunting grounds across Puget Sound. Fishing, especially for salmon, was of central importance to the Suquamish for both subsistence and culture. Suquamish fishers used subtle environmental clues…
ID Number:1983.10.7723
Date:1911
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Clarance B. Blethen residence, Seattle, circa 1912
Clarance B. Blethen, the son of Seattle Times founder Alden Blethen, lived in this house at 500 West Comstock on Queen Anne Hill. In 1903, C. B. Blethen became Managing Editor and developed a strong interest in news photography. Handwritten on sleeve: C.B. Blethen Home.Photographer's Reference Number: 8115
ID Number:1983.10.7944
Date:Circa 1912
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Rotary press at Seattle Times, Seattle, circa 1911
Handwritten on sleeve: Rotary Press Seattle Times.Photographer's Reference Number: 8708.5
ID Number:1983.10.8059
Date:Circa 1911
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Seattle Times press room, Seattle, circa 1911
Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle Times Press Room.Photographer's Reference Number: 8709
ID Number:1983.10.8060
Date:Circa 1911
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Cowboy doing rope tricks, 1909
Cheyenne Bill's Wild West Show and Congress of Rough Riders opened in Seattle's Madison Park on July 17, 1909. The show featured Indigenous performers dancing, trick ropers, cowpunchers, bucking horses, and recreations of frontier battles.This photo shows one of the trick ropers in the 1909 Wild West Show. The Seattle Times reported that the audience was awed by the whirling…
ID Number:1983.10.8298
Date:1909
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Cowboy trick rider, 1909
Crowds flocked to Cheyenne Bill's Wild West Show and Congress of Rough Riders in July 1909. This photo shows a cowboy trick rider in the 1909 Wild West Show. The Seattle Times reported that rider Jim Kennedy did somersaults on the galloping horse's back, hung by his heels, and ended his performance with a headstand in the saddle as his…
ID Number:1983.10.8328.1
Date:1909
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Snow scene on Second Avenue, February 2, 1916
Seattle is unaccustomed to heavy snow. When over three feet of snow fell between January 31 and February 2, 1916, city workers and snowplows struggled to keep downtown intersections and streetcar tracks clear. According to the Seattle Times, passing automobiles pushed the snow and slush back onto the cleared spaces. The freezing mass turned into giant snowballs which caused "the…
ID Number:1983.10.8585
Date:1916
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Passengers and jitney bus stalled in the snow, February 2, 1916
During the 1916 blizzard, so much snow clogged Seattle's streets that the hill neighborhoods and outlying areas were virtually isolated from the downtown area. The Seattle Times reported that about 20 jitney buses continued in service, although many citizens complained about the high rates they were charged by the drivers.In this photo, taken during the 1916 blizzard, the driver and…
ID Number:1983.10.8586
Date:1916
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Coliseum Theatre on a snowy night, Seattle, February 1916
By 1915, Seattle's downtown commercial core was booming. In March 1915, local lumber baron and businessman C. D. Stimson leased lots on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Pike Street to the newly-formed Coliseum Company to build a theater designed specifically for movies, then called photoplays. The Coliseum Photo Playhouse was designed by noted theater architect B. Marcus Priteca,…
ID Number:1983.10.8590
Date:1916
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Motorcycle police officer posing with bike, Seattle, circa 1915
In early 1910, the Seattle police department invested $1,329 in its first three motorcycles, with seven patrolman selected as the first members of the "motor cops" squad. At the time, speeding fines were paid to King County rather than the city of Seattle, and the city hoped to pass a traffic ordinance which would allow it to keep fines for…
ID Number:1983.10.8613
Date:Circa 1915