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Image of Workers using water hoses to regrade Denny Hill, Seattle, circa 1909
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Workers using water hoses to regrade Denny Hill, Seattle, circa 1909

Workers in the first Denny Hill regrading project sometimes used high pressure jets of water to wash away the hill. Over five million gallons of water were pumped from Elliott Bay and Lake Union every day. The dirt was washed out into the bay through tunnels and flumes. Embossed on mount: HarwoodHandwritten on verso: Regrade
ID Number:1974.5868.481
Date:Circa 1909
Image of Washington Park Boulevard, Seattle, 1906
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Washington Park Boulevard, Seattle, 1906

This view looks out over Washington Park Boulevard to Lake Union and Portage Bay below. Handwritten on verso: 1906 - Boulevard, Lk Union, Portage and University.
ID Number:1974.5868.532
Date:1906
Image of Day, Latimer, & Wood business card, circa 1885
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Day, Latimer, & Wood business card, circa 1885

Benjamin Franklin Day (1834-1904) was born in Ohio and came to Seattle in 1880, buying a 160-acre farm north of Lake Union in what is now the Fremont neighborhood. A real estate speculator and investor, Mr. Day is remembered for having donated money in 1889, then land in 1891, to the Seattle School District. In 1892, the district built and…
ID Number:1974.5903.58
Date:Circa 1885
Image of Northern Pacific trestle along shore of Lake Union, showing frontage owned by Pacific Coast Coal Co., Seattle, circa 1915
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Northern Pacific trestle along shore of Lake Union, showing frontage owned by Pacific Coast Coal Co., Seattle, circa 1915

The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co., and the Pacific Coast Railway. Handwritten on image: 17524. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/1212 Fourth Ave/Seattle, USASigns in image: L Rank Signs/ 1628 4th At Times SquareTyped on verso: View of Lake Union showing Northern Pacific…
ID Number:1978.6585.18b
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Aurora Avenue Bridge construction, Seattle, circa 1931
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Aurora Avenue Bridge construction, Seattle, circa 1931

Construction on the George Washington Memorial Bridge, commonly known as the Aurora Bridge, began in 1929, and the bridge was opened to traffic on February 22, 1932. The nearly 3,000-foot long, cantilever and truss structure spans Lake Union between the Fremont and Queen Anne neighborhoods and completes the final link of U.S. Highway 99 from Canada to Mexico. Designed for…
ID Number:1980.6877.4.83
Date:Circa 1931
Image of Pilot Eddie Hubbard with Boeing B-1 mail plane at Lake Union, circa 1925
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Pilot Eddie Hubbard with Boeing B-1 mail plane at Lake Union, circa 1925

Eddie Hubbard piloted the Boeing B-I flying boat shown here from 1920 to 1927, flying air mail on the first regularly scheduled international airmail route between Seattle and Victoria, BC. The plane could carry two passengers plus mail and cargo. After seven years of service without losing a single piece of mail, the B-1 was retired from airmail service in…
ID Number:1980.6877.176
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Downtown Seattle from Seventh Avenue and Alder Street, 1914
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Downtown Seattle from Seventh Avenue and Alder Street, 1914

In 1914 Seattle's population had reached an estimated 304,126. According to the 1914 Polk Seattle City Directory, Seattle boasted the "largest clay products plant on the Pacific Coast; largest shoe factory on Pacific Coast; largest jewelry manufacturing concern on Pacific Coast; largest condensed milk concern in the West; largest dry docks on Pacific Coast; largest fisheries and lumbering interests in…
ID Number:1980.6923.9
Date:1914
Image of Downtown Seattle and  South Lake Union, circa 1925
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Downtown Seattle and South Lake Union, circa 1925

This north-facing photograph of downtown Seattle appears to have been taken from a tall building located at Fourth Avenue and Seneca Street. Several historic buildings can be seen in the image, as well as Lake Union in the distance. At about the center of the frame the ornate Coliseum Theater, opened in 1916, stands at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street.…
ID Number:1980.6923.34
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Panorama of Seattle, 1878
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Panorama of Seattle, 1878

This image of Seattle faces southeast across Pike Street, toward Mount Rainier, which is just visible beyond Beacon Hill. According to "Choir's Pioneer Directory," at the time of this photo Seattle had 4,681 residents, 586 buildings, and seven miles of wooden sidewalks. The large square building in the upper left corner of the frame is the Territorial University, built in…
ID Number:1980.6923.38
Date:1878
Image of Passengers on board the ship Patterson, Seattle, October 16, 1917
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Passengers on board the ship Patterson, Seattle, October 16, 1917

Born in Georgia, cartographer Clifford Gordon Quillian (1880-1948) first came to Seattle in 1907. He married Cora Elizabeth Armstrong (1888-1957) in 1912, served with the U.S. Navy in the Philippines, WWI, and WWII, was the commander of various ships in the United States Coast Guard and Geodesic Survey, and was a chartered life-insurance underwriter.In this image, a group of passengers…
ID Number:1980.7038.302
Date:1917
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