1892 results for: Washington (State). Office of the Secretary of State
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U. S. Postal Office, employees of Motor Vehicle Unit, Seattle, June 11, 1939
This portrait of the Motor Vehicle Unit employees was taken outside the U. S. Post Office garage. The photograph is part of a series of group portraits of employees of various Seattle stations, taken between 1935-1952. Among the men posed here is George E. Starr (1884-1980), Seattle Postmaster from 1934-1954. Handwritten on negative: U. S. Post Office Motor Vehicle Unit,…
ID Number:1972.5319.74
Date:1939
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Construction of the U. S. Courthouse, Custom House, and Post Office building, Seattle, July 2, 1906
This image was taken during construction of the U. S. Courthouse, Custom House, and Post Office building, also known as the Federal Building, located on the southeast corner of Third Avenue and Union Street. This Beaux-Arts inspired building was the first permanent home of the Seattle Post Office and was used until a replacement was built in 1958 at the…
ID Number:1972.5319.146
Date:1906
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Construction of the U. S. Courthouse, Custom House, and Post Office building, Seattle, February 9, 1907
This image was taken during construction of the U. S. Courthouse, Custom House, and Post Office building, also known as the Federal Building, located on the southeast corner of Third Avenue and Union Street. This Beaux-Arts inspired building was the first permanent home of the Seattle Post Office and was used until a replacement was built in 1958 at the…
ID Number:1972.5319.160
Date:1907
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Colonial Building, 1st and Seneca St., Seattle, circa 1903
This image shows the Colonial Building, also called Colonial Block, located at the southwest corner of First Avenue & Seneca Street in the Central Business District of Downtown Seattle. Designed in 1902 by Max Umbrecht, the building was one of several structures restored in the early 1980s for Waterfront Place, a mixed-use development.Confusingly, there is another building referred to as…
ID Number:1972.5346.2
Date:Circa 1903
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Corner of 2nd Avenue & Pike St. Seattle, circa 1903
This image is of the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street in what is now the Pike Place Market neighborhood of downtown Seattle. This building is no longer standing. Businesses in image: Acme Business College, J. W. Wilson Photographers Studio; Pike Street Oyster House & Restaurant; J. M. Lyon & Co., Books and Stationery; E. C. Neville, Physician,…
ID Number:1972.5346.3
Date:Circa 1903
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Corner of 3rd Ave. and Union St., Seattle, circa 1903
This view shows the northwest corner of Third Avenue and Union Street in downtown Seattle. This building is no longer standing. Businesses in image: City Dye Works; M. Krows & Son, Plumbing and Gas Fitting; The Plaza, Furnished RoomsSigns in image: Admission to Grounds, 10c; Mainsprings 50This photograph is part of an album titled "Views of Businesses and Buildings, Area:…
ID Number:1972.5346.4
Date:Circa 1903
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Palmer building at 1st Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1903
This view shows the Hotel York (previously Ripley Hotel) located at the northwest corner of First Avenue and Pike Street in the Palmer Building. Designed by architects Arlen Towle and Frank Wilcox in 1890, the Palmer Building was razed in 1904 after foundation damage sustained during the 1903 construction of a tunnel beneath the city by Great Northern Railway. Business…
ID Number:1972.5346.5
Date:Circa 1903
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Stone Fisher Co. building at 2nd Ave. and Seneca St., Seattle, circa 1906
The Stone Fisher Co. building is located on the northwest corner of Second Avenue and Seneca Street in the Central Business District of Downtown Seattle. Caroline Rosenberg Kline Galland (1841-1907), one of the wealthiest real estate women in Seattle, commissioned the design by architect Max Umbrecht in about 1905. A remodel and historical preservation was completed in 1985, and the…
ID Number:1972.5346.6
Date:Circa 1906
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Germania Hall building at 2nd Ave. and Seneca St., Seattle, circa 1903
This is a view of Germania Hall, located on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Seneca Street in downtown Seattle. This building is no longer standing. The building to the right of Germania Hall is Olympic Hall, which was used at least from 1896-1912 for union meetings and by Mount Zion Baptist Church. Businesses in image: Germania Café and…
ID Number:1972.5346.7
Date:Circa 1903
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YMCA building at 1417 1st Ave., Seattle, 1903
The Seattle YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) was organized in 1876 by Dexter Horton and 14 other prominent Seattleites. This building was located in Downtown Seattle at 1417-1423 First Avenue between Union and Pike Streets. It was one of several locations used by the organization over the years; the current location is at 909 Fourth Avenue. Businesses in image: Young…
ID Number:1972.5346.8
Date:1903