357 results for: Homes and Housing
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B.F. Middleton home, South Park, Seattle, circa 1905
B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Middleton, an Iowa native, moved to California and then to the Seattle area after the 1889 Seattle Fire. He settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893 and ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district.In 1894, the Middleton family built a wood frame house at…
ID Number:2019.92.7
Date:1905
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Berg family in front of a house, Seattle, circa 1909
Engineer Norman Berg came to Seattle as assistant construction manager for the Seattle Electric Company’s new power station in Georgetown. He married Emma (alternate spelling Erma) T. Middleton in August 1906. In this image, Norman, Erma and Norma (also called Honey) Berg stand outside a house, probably in the South Park or Georgetown areas. Specific figures have not been named,…
ID Number:2019.92.10
Date:1909
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Human Rights: Kids in Crisis, Community Television Agency program, May 17, 1989
Started in 1976 by Virginia Brookbush, CTA produced up to seven half-hour public access television shows a week in the late 1970s and 1980s. Designed to let anyone use public air time to talk about local issues, CTA produced regular shows like "You Have the Right to Know," "Community Bulletin Board," "Visiting Over the Backyard Fence," "This Town's Talent," and…
ID Number:2021.84.14
Date:1989
Videorecording
You Have the Right to Know: Hungry and Homeless in Seattle, Community Television Agency program, July 14, 1989
Started in 1976 by Virginia Brookbush, CTA produced up to seven half-hour public access television shows a week in the late 1970s and 1980s. Designed to let anyone use public air time to talk about local issues, CTA produced regular shows like "You Have the Right to Know," "Community Bulletin Board," "Visiting Over the Backyard Fence," "This Town's Talent," and…
ID Number:2021.84.23
Date:1989
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View of Seattle west from Beacon Hill, May 28, 1923
This photograph of the northwest side of Beacon Hill in Seattle is facing west out towards Elliott Bay, which is just visible at the top of the frame. Visible in the image are residential homes as well as many commercial properties and buildings, showing the early development of what would be come an important industrial area of Seattle. This area…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.7.2.33
Date:1923
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Kinnear home on Queen Anne Hill, circa 1898
George Kinnear arrived in Seattle in 1878 and became active in various civic activities. He promoted road construction through Snoqualmie Pass, organized an immigration board, and was treasurer of a local power and railway company. In 1885, he moved into a large, new mansion the south slope of Queen Anne Hill.This photo, taken by Anders Wilse between 1897 and 1900,…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.42
Date:Circa 1898
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Interior of Burke home "Illahee"on Lake Washington, circa 1898
Judge Thomas Burke and his wife Caroline had a large home on Seattle's Boyleston Avenue on Capitol Hill. They built a summer home, which they named Illahee, on the western shore of Lake Washington.This photo, taken by Anders Wilse between 1897 and 1900, shows the living room at Illahee. The Burkes have followed one of the fashions of the times…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.135
Date:Circa 1898
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Exterior of Burke home "Illahee" on Lake Washington, circa 1898
Judge Thomas Burke and his wife Caroline had a large home on Seattle's Boyleston Avenue on Capitol Hill. They built a summer home, which they named Illahee, on the western shore of Lake Washington.This photo shows the exterior of Illahee, the Burke's summer home on Lake Washington. The Burkes built their retreat in a fashionable rustic bungalow style, with rough…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.137
Date:Circa 1898
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James Nugent residence, Seattle, circa 1898
Captain James Nugent began construction of this home at the corner of Cherry and Twelfth streets in 1892. According to an article published June 6 in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the corner tower afforded a fine view of the bay and the Sound and surrounding mountains. There were 14 rooms in all, and the home was supplied with hot water and…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.431
Date:Circa 1898
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Wharf and beach homes on waterfront, Seattle, circa 1895
Predating the settlement that became the city of Seattle, the Duwamish had an encampment with two longhouses situated along the north central waterfront, roughly at the intersection of present-day Bell Street and Alaskan Way. By around the 1860s, the longhouses were gone, leaving only modest beach structures. In the 1890s the waterfront from Pike Street north to Broad Street had…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.78
Date:Circa 1895