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Image of Fremont district, circa 1910
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Fremont district, circa 1910

At the start of the twentieth century, Seattle's Fremont area had lumber mills and a commercial district. Before the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built, Fremont's Canal Street ran along a small canal used for moving logs to nearby mills. Railroad tracks ran along the canal.This photo, taken around 1910, shows the building of a retaining wall along Canal Street…
ID Number:1983.10.9152
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Mount Baker boathouse, Seattle, circa 1912
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Mount Baker boathouse, Seattle, circa 1912

Handwritten on sleeve: Mt. Baker Blvd.Webster & Stevens number: 19761
ID Number:1983.10.9253.2
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Mount Baker clubhouse and street, Seattle, circa 1912
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Mount Baker clubhouse and street, Seattle, circa 1912

This photograph was taken looking east on South McClellan Street where it intersects with the two halves of Mount Baker Boulevard South on the right. The clubhouse, which still exists today, is clearly shown in the foreground. Handwritten on sleeve: Mt. Baker Dist.Webster & Stevens number: 19762
ID Number:1983.10.9254
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Peterson Hall at Seattle Seminary, circa 1913
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Peterson Hall at Seattle Seminary, circa 1913

Seattle Seminary opened on the north side of Queen Anne Hill in 1891. In the first term, there were two faculty members and thirty-four students, mostly at the elementary level. The school soon added college classes and dropped the lower grades. In 1915, it became Seattle Pacific College, and in 1978, Seattle Pacific University.This photo shows Peterson Hall at Seattle…
ID Number:1983.10.9340.1
Date:Circa 1913
Image of First Hill neighborhood, Seattle, circa 1912
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First Hill neighborhood, Seattle, circa 1912

Providence Hospital, shown in the upper right of this view, was located at 18th Avenue and East Cherry Street. Handwritten on sleeve: Eastside of First Hill Panorama.Webster & Stevens number: 20604
ID Number:1983.10.9381.3
Date:Circa 1912
Image of First Hill neighborhood, Seattle, circa 1912
Photograph

First Hill neighborhood, Seattle, circa 1912

Handwritten on sleeve: Eastside of First Hill Panorama.Webster & Stevens number: 20604
ID Number:1983.10.9381.4
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Beacon Hill Playground, Seattle, circa 1912
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Beacon Hill Playground, Seattle, circa 1912

This image shows Beacon Hill Playground at 1902 13th Ave S, adjacent to Beacon Hill Elementary School and near the northern end of Beacon Hill. The park was originally built around the beginning of the 20th century and was expanded in 1909 under the direction of the Olmsted Brothers. The southern half of the playground had previously been a waterworks…
ID Number:1983.10.9390
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Fire engines in front of Fire Station No. 25, 1912
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Fire engines in front of Fire Station No. 25, 1912

When Fire Station No. 25 opened on First Hill in 1910, it housed the fire department's blacksmith and the city's first motorized hose wagon. Fire trucks replaced the last of the horse-drawn equipment in 1920. The building still stands at Harvard Avenue and East Union Street and was renovated into condominiums in the 1990s.This 1912 photo shows three fire engines…
ID Number:1983.10.9394.2
Date:1912
Image of Jefferson School, circa 1911
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Jefferson School, circa 1911

West Seattle's Jefferson School opened in 1911 with four teachers, including the principal, and 160 students in five elementary grades. The building was designed by Edgar Blair based on the brick model plan of Seattle school architect James Stephen. Two wings were added to the original eight-room brick building in 1918 and 1927.This photo, probably taken in 1911, shows the…
ID Number:1983.10.9401
Date:Circa 1911
Image of Hotel Sorrento, circa 1912
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Hotel Sorrento, circa 1912

By 1912, a number of hotels had been built just outside Seattle's downtown area for people traveling on business or pleasure. The Hotel Sorrento, which advertised itself as "A hotel in the heart of things," opened on First Hill in 1908. It had Seattle's first rooftop restaurant, a roof garden, and scenic views of the city, the bay, and the…
ID Number:1983.10.9468.1
Date:Circa 1912
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