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Image of Construction of Husky Stadium on University of Washington campus, Seattle, November 6, 1920
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Construction of Husky Stadium on University of Washington campus, Seattle, November 6, 1920

This image of the construction of Husky Stadium on the University of Washington campus in Seattle was taken on November 6, 1920. Husky Stadium was originally built with a seating capacity of 30,000 to replace Denny Field on the north end of upper campus. The outdoor football stadium has undergone several expansions and renovations, most recently in 2013.Construction was managed…
ID Number:1955.970.500.11.5
Date:1920
Image of Dexter Horton building during construction, Seattle, October 17, 1923
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Dexter Horton building during construction, Seattle, October 17, 1923

This image of the Dexter Horton Building in Seattle was taken during construction on October 17, 1923. When it opened the following year, the 15-story building at Second Avenue and Cherry Street was one of the largest office buildings in the country at 328,000 square feet. A protected historic landmark since 1993, the building was named for Seattle pioneer Dexter…
ID Number:1955.970.500.33.2
Date:1923
Image of Dexter Horton building during construction, Seattle, April 16, 1924
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Dexter Horton building during construction, Seattle, April 16, 1924

This image of the Dexter Horton Building in Seattle was taken during construction on April 16, 1924. When it opened the following year, the 15-story building at Second Avenue and Cherry Street, was one of the largest office buildings in the country at 328,000 square feet. A protected historic landmark since 1993, the building was named for Pioneer Dexter Horton,…
ID Number:1955.970.500.35.1
Date:1924
Image of Dexter Horton building under construction, Seattle, January 24, 1923
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Dexter Horton building under construction, Seattle, January 24, 1923

This image of the Dexter Horton Building in Seattle was taken during construction on January 24, 1923. When it opened the following year, the 15-story building at Second Avenue and Cherry Street, was one of the largest office buildings in the country at 328,000 square feet. A protected historic landmark since 1993, the building was named for Pioneer Dexter Horton,…
ID Number:1955.970.500.35.2
Date:1923
Image of Wilsonian Apartment Hotel during construction, Seattle, May 1, 1923
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Wilsonian Apartment Hotel during construction, Seattle, May 1, 1923

This image of the construction of the Wilsonian Apartment Hotel in Seattle was taken on May 1, 1923. The Wilsonian, located in Seattle's University District on the northeast corner of University Way NE and NE 47th Street, was the crowning achievement of real-estate developers Corinne Simpson Wilson (1867-1929) and her husband and business partner, George Washington Wilson (1878-1928). The Wilson's…
ID Number:1955.970.500.36.2
Date:1923
Image of Wilsonian Apartment Hotel during construction, Seattle, February 19, 1923
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Wilsonian Apartment Hotel during construction, Seattle, February 19, 1923

This image of the construction of the Wilsonian Apartment Hotel in Seattle was taken on February 19, 1923. The Wilsonian, located in Seattle's University District on the northeast corner of University Way NE and NE 47th Street, was the crowning achievement of real-estate developers Corinne Simpson Wilson (1867-1929) and her husband and business partner, George Washington Wilson (1878-1928). The Wilson's…
ID Number:1955.970.500.36.3
Date:1923
Image of Wilsonian Apartment Hotel during construction, Seattle, August 1, 1923
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Wilsonian Apartment Hotel during construction, Seattle, August 1, 1923

This image of the construction of the Wilsonian Apartment Hotel in Seattle was taken on August 1, 1923. Seen here near completion, the U-shape of the building allowed every apartment exterior windows. The Wilsonian, located in Seattle's University District on the northeast corner of University Way NE and NE 47th Street, was the crowning achievement of real-estate developers Corinne Simpson…
ID Number:1955.970.500.36.4
Date:1923
Image of View of the 14th Avenue South Bridge over the Duwamish River, Seattle, circa 1930
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View of the 14th Avenue South Bridge over the Duwamish River, Seattle, circa 1930

This image of the original South Park Bridge (also called the 14th/16th Avenue South Bridge) was taken between 1929-1931, either when the bridge was close to or recently completed. The bridge is a Scherzer rolling lift double-leaf bascule bridge, built by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982,…
ID Number:1955.970.500.55.1
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Steel bridge over White River near Kent, Washington, circa 1911
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Steel bridge over White River near Kent, Washington, circa 1911

The Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company built many sizes of bridges in the Puget Sound region. This photo, taken around 1911, shows one of the company's smaller bridges, a steel bridge across the White River, near Kent, Washington. At the other end of the scale was the first floating bridge across Lake Washington, built by the company in 1939-40.…
ID Number:1955.970.500.70.16
Date:Circa 1911
Image of Views of East Newton Street, Seattle, 1911 and 1912
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Views of East Newton Street, Seattle, 1911 and 1912

Seattle's Portage Bay-Roanoke-North Capitol Hill neighborhood is located at the far northern end of the north-south ridge that forms Seattle's Capitol, Renton, First, and Beacon hills. Development during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was spurred by the area's convenient location: close enough -- but not too close -- to downtown Seattle. Initially somewhat challenging to access, by 1906…
ID Number:1957.1279.1
Date:1911-1912
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