1892 results for: Washington (State). Office of the Secretary of State
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Cyrus Clapp building, 1117 3rd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903
Cyrus Francis Clapp (1851-1914) was a banker and real estate investor who moved to Seattle after his two terms as state senator from Port Townsend ended in 1906. The building seen here was commissioned by Cyrus Clapp in 1901 and built as an apartment hotel by architects Edward C. McManus and James Flood Walker (1868-1924). The building occupied this site…
ID Number:1972.5346.29
Date:Circa 1903
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Building at corner of 1st Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1903
This building on the southwest corner of First Avenue and Pike Street in what is now the Pike Place Market neighborhood of Seattle was built in 1900. It was referred to variously as Knights of Pythias (K of P) Hall, Pythian Hall, and the Bartell Building until its purchase in 1915 by Frank Goodwin (1865-1954) of Goodwin Real Estate Company,…
ID Number:1972.5346.30
Date:Circa 1903
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Hotel Cecil, Beebe Building, and Globe Building, Seattle, circa 1903
The three buildings seen here are viewed from Spring Street looking south towards Madison Street. They occupy the entire west side this block of First Avenue in the Central Business District of downtown Seattle. These buildings are listed together as (south to north) the "Globe Building, Beebe Building and Hotel Cecil" on the National Register of Historic Places. The buildings…
ID Number:1972.5346.31
Date:Circa 1903
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Rialto block, 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1903
The Rialto Building (also called Rialto Block), seen here looking north on Second Avenue from Madison Street, was designed in 1893, by architects James N. Corner and Warren Porter Skillings. Over the years the building housed a number of important tenants, including the Seattle Public Library from 1896-1899, and Frederick & Nelson department store from 1897-1918. The building is no…
ID Number:1972.5346.32
Date:Circa 1903
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Globe block, corner of Madison and Post Streets, Seattle, circa 1903
The Globe Block, seen here at the northeast corner of Madison Street and Post Street, was commissioned by Seattle Developer James W. Clise (1855-1939) in 1900-1901. The Alexis Hotel has occupied the Globe Building since 2003. This building and the two to the north are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Globe Building, Beebe Building and Hotel…
ID Number:1972.5346.33
Date:Circa 1903
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Globe Building, Beebe Building, and Hotel Cecil, Seattle, circa 1903
The three buildings seen here are viewed from Madison Street looking north towards Spring Street. They occupy the entire west side of this block of First Avenue in downtown Seattle. These buildings are listed together as (south to north) the "Globe Building, Beebe Building and Hotel Cecil" on the National Register of Historic Places. The buildings are also part of…
ID Number:1972.5346.36
Date:Circa 1903
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Portrait of Squire Park residents, Seattle, 1918
Pictured here are five Seattlites who lived and/or worked on E. Jefferson Street in Seattle's Squire Park neighborhood. The individuals are identified on the verso of the photograph left to right as: Robert Ross "Bob" Hedges, born in Oklahoma in 1881, was a car operator at Puget Sound Traction Light & Power (PSTL&P); Vincent Amato, born in Italy in 1876,…
ID Number:1972.5373.20
Date:1918
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Anti-Saloon League of America subscription card, circa 1910
Founded as a state society in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1893, the Anti-Saloon League became a national organization in 1895 and was the leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century. Congress voted nationwide prohibition into the Constitution with the passage of the 18th Amendment in 1920, then repealed the amendment in 1933. The League…
ID Number:1972.5474.28
Date:Circa 1910
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Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, 1941
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.4
Date:1941
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Dock No. 2 at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, 1943
This view of Dock No. 2 at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard was taken in 1943. Visible on the right side of the frame, a U.S. Army barge is docked nearby. The Salmon Bay Bridge (or, BNSF Railway Bridge No. 4) can be seen in its raised position in the background at the top right of the frame.Olson…
ID Number:1972.5503.18
Date:1943