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Image of Salesmen with appliances outside Ben Franklin Electric Company, Seattle, circa 1935
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Salesmen with appliances outside Ben Franklin Electric Company, Seattle, circa 1935

The Ben Franklin Electric Company's "No. 1" store was located at the corner of First Avenue and Union Street in downtown Seattle. Starting in the early 1920s, Ben Franklin supplied Seattle residents with a growing variety of electrical appliances, from washing machines to refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, and more. Here, company manager Rolland B. Condon (right) shows off a new Haag…
ID Number:1991.83.1
Date:Circa 1935
Image of Men working at General Housing Corporation, Seattle, February 10, 1939
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Men working at General Housing Corporation, Seattle, February 10, 1939

This image shows employees working on the assembly line at the General Housing Corporation in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. The company manufactured "pre-built" (also called prefabricated or modular) homes. The four room, wooden frame houses were made in two 12-foot-wide sections which were delivered completely finished with all electric, heating, and plumbing equipment installed, then bolted together on site. Caption informations…
ID Number:2000.107.173.07.01
Date:1939
Image of Interior of Georgetown steam plant, Seattle, October 1985
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Interior of Georgetown steam plant, Seattle, October 1985

The Georgetown Steam Plant, located near Boeing Field in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood, was originally constructed in 1906 for the Seattle Electric Company. The plant's overall contributions to electricity production were minor but the innovative methods and materials used to build it, the intact early-twentieth-century steam-generating equipment it houses, and the involvement of pioneering efficiency expert Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr. (1868-1924),…
ID Number:2000.107.173.07.02
Date:1985
Image of Construction inside the Space Needle restaurant and observation deck, March 14, 1962
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Construction inside the Space Needle restaurant and observation deck, March 14, 1962

The Howard Wright Construction Company broke ground at the Space Needle site on April 17, 1961. The result of a design collaboration among businessman Edward E. Carlson, architect John Graham and University of Washington architecture professor Victor Steinbrueck, the Space Needle was built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition (World's Fair) in Seattle. With the addition of the final torch…
ID Number:2005.6.46
Date:1962
Image of Fremont streetcar and pedestrians along waterfront, Seattle, circa 1900
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Fremont streetcar and pedestrians along waterfront, Seattle, circa 1900

In this photo, the "Fremont 16" streetcar runs on tracks along the west side of Lake Union, with a smartly dressed couple strolling on the adjacent wooden walkway. The letters "SE Ry" are worked into the ornate metalwork on the electrical poles, initials of the Seattle Electric Railway Company. Though unattributed, the photograph was probably taken by Seattle photographer John…
ID Number:2011.26.7.12
Date:Circa 1900
Image of George Harrison performing at the Beatles concert, Seattle Center Coliseum, August 21, 1964
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George Harrison performing at the Beatles concert, Seattle Center Coliseum, August 21, 1964

When the Beatles performed in Seattle on the third stop of their first official world tour, nineteen-year-old photographer Timothy Eagan had an enviable view of the band from the edge of the stage. Eagan, who grew up in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, had gotten a press pass from a family friend, and elbowed his way to the floor…
ID Number:2014.14.249
Date:1964
Image of Seattle Electric Company trip guide, 1909
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Seattle Electric Company trip guide, 1909

In 1898 the Seattle Electric Company was granted a contract to consolidate the city's 22 separate streetcar lines and private street railways. The SEC was an arm of the national Stone & Webster utility cartel, which also controlled the city’s electrical grid and operated the Puget Sound Electric Railway (PSER), an interurban line linking Tacoma, Seattle, and Everett. Due to…
ID Number:2018.3.3.25
Date:1909
Image of Denny Regrade District, Seattle, 1928
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Denny Regrade District, Seattle, 1928

Begun in 1898, the Denny Hill Regrade leveled one of Seattle's steepest hills, with an aim to connect neighborhoods and facilitate traffic flow. Before the regrade, Second Avenue rose 190 feet in the twelve blocks between Pioneer Square and Lenora Avenue. The project began by flattening First Avenue between Pine Street and Denny Way. The sluiced-away dirt was dumped into…
ID Number:2019.3.25
Date:1928
Image of Trolley Trips in City and Suburbs on the Car Lines of the Seattle Electric Company, circa 1910
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Trolley Trips in City and Suburbs on the Car Lines of the Seattle Electric Company, circa 1910

In 1898, the Seattle Electric Company was granted a contract to consolidate the city's 22 separate streetcar lines and private street railways. The SEC was an arm of the national Stone & Webster utility cartel, which also controlled the city's electrical grid and operated the Puget Sound Electric Railway (PSE), an interurban line linking Tacoma, Seattle, and Everett. By 1941,…
ID Number:Lib1992.35.1
Date:Circa 1910
Image of South Park, Your Last Chance to Secure a Home, 1890
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South Park, Your Last Chance to Secure a Home, 1890

The first residents of Seattle's South Park neighborhood, on the west bank of the Duwamish River, were Coast Salish Peoples of the Duwamish Tribe. Beginning in 1851, white settlers like Eli Maple (or Mapel) (1831-1911) staked claims to the land, however the area was mostly utilized by farmers. In 1889, I. William Adams purchased the Donovan farm and he platted…
ID Number:MS.COLL.252
Date:1890
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