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Photograph
Ravenna area and Union Bay, Seattle, 1908
According to the note on the back, this photo features Calvary Cemetery in Ravenna and Lake Union in the distance. Handwritten on verso: Union Bay overlooking Ravenna Cmtry (Calvary Cmtry) 1908. Univ. Village would be below house on right. Before Lake Wash. was lowered 12 feet. Looking south from above Calvary Cemetery.
ID Number:1974.5868.247
Date:1908
Photograph
Oneida Gardens, Seattle, March 1908
The Oneida Gardens farm was at 35th Ave NE and East 55th Street near Calvary Cemetery in Ravenna. Handwritten on verso: Oneida Gardens, Mar 1908. 35th Ave NE & E 55.
ID Number:1974.5868.251
Date:1908
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Washington Park, Seattle, May 2, 1908
This photo looks out from Washington Park in Capitol Hill towards what would become the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Handwritten on verso: May 2, 1908. Washington Park on north east slope of Capitol Hill. Mountlake [sic] Cut site in distance. Before canal was constructed.
ID Number:1974.5868.257
Date:1908
Postcard
Stimson Mill, Seattle, circa 1910
This color postcard features the back side of the Stimson Mill in Ballard. Caption on image: Rear View of Stimson Mill, Ballard - Seattle, Wash.
ID Number:1978.6586.1
Date:Circa 1910
Program
Grand Opera House program, Seattle, 1902
Seattle’s Grand Opera House, at 213-217 Cherry Street, was designed by Edwin H. Houghton, a prominent Pacific Northwest theater designer. Owned by John Cort, the theater stood at the northern end of Seattle’s entertainment district. It was the city’s most important live theater when built, but its popularity declined as the city expanded northwards. It became a movie theater, and…
ID Number:1978.6598.15
Date:1902
Photograph
Horace C. Henry residence, Seattle, circa 1908
Horace C. Henry had this mansion built at 1117 Harvard Avenue East in 1906. The architect made use of the popular English style construction with brick and half timbers. A large formal garden surrounded the residence. Caption on image: PlummerHandwritten on verso: Horace C. Henry home
ID Number:1979.6741.1
Date:Circa 1908
Book
Voters' Register Book, First Precinct, First Ward, Seattle, 1892
Several months after gaining statehood in 1889, Washington legislators passed an “act to provide for and to regulate the registration of voters in cities.” This act required Washington State electors living in cities with populations over 250 to annually register to vote in that year’s elections. A required “Notice to Register” ran in newspapers for 10 days at the beginning…
ID Number:1979.6833.1
Date:1892
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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
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Group in Ballard backyard, Seattle, circa 1910
This group was photographed in the backyard of a house at 6521 32nd Avenue NW in Ballard. The people are identified as Ole Moen, Edward Nolan, Laura (no last name given), and Elmer Morris.Carl Henry Moen took the photo. Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up,…
ID Number:1980.6880.3
Date:Circa 1910
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Edward Nolan on stump, Seattle, circa 1910
Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.90
Date:Circa 1910