3503 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
Photograph
Signal Corps troops marching at Fort Lawton, January 29, 1944
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:SHS822
Date:1944
Photograph
Signal Corp marching band at Fort Lawton, August 6, 1946
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:SHS827
Date:1946
Photograph
Crowds waiting to see the Liberty Bell, Seattle, July 14, 1915
In 1915, the Liberty Bell made the long railroad journey to the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, stopping in many cities along the way. It arrived at Seattle's King Street Station on the morning of July 14th, 1915 and was moved to a viewing area where large crowds waited. State and local dignitaries welcomed the bell with speeches, and…
ID Number:SHS847
Date:1915
Photograph
Liberty Bell in Seattle, July 14, 1915
In 1915, the Liberty Bell made the long railroad journey to the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, stopping in many cities along the way. It arrived at Seattle's King Street Station on the morning of July 14th, 1915 and was moved to a viewing area where large crowds waited. State and local dignitaries welcomed the bell with speeches, and…
ID Number:SHS848
Date:1915
Photograph
Interior of the Owl Tavern, Ballard Avenue, circa 1905
The Owl Tavern on Ballard Avenue first acquired its liquor license in 1900, before the town of Ballard was annexed by the City of Seattle in 1907. The bar was renamed Conor Byrne in the early 1990s, and is one of the longest running businesses in the city.This image of the interior of Owl Tavern shows the long wooden bar…
ID Number:SHS860
Date:Circa 1905
Photograph
Military band parading at Fort Lawton, Seattle, August 9, 1946
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:SHS873
Date:1946
Photograph
WACs parading at Fort Lawton, Seattle, February 3, 1944
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:SHS876
Date:1944
Photograph
Seattle Street Railway car on first day of service, Seattle, September 1884
In September 1884, Washington Territory's first streetcar line opened in Seattle. By the end of the year, the line had three miles of track and four streetcars which were operated by a total of ten men and twenty horses. One branch ran out to Lake Union, and the other ran to Front Street (First Avenue) and on to Queen Anne…
ID Number:SHS898
Date:1884
Photograph
Second Ave. and Spring St. during regrade, circa 1909
This image shows the corner of Second Avenue and Spring Street, looking east up Spring, during one of Seattle's regrading projects. The Lincoln Hotel is at upper right, on the corner of 4th Avenue, with the roof of the Seattle Public Library visible just behind. The cross of Providence Hospital is just visible above the Library. Horses and a cart…
ID Number:SHS911
Date:Circa 1909
Photograph
Madison Street Cable Railway at 3rd Avenue, Seattle, 1907
The Madison Street Cable Railway provided public transportation along one of Seattle's busiest thoroughfares from 1890 to 1940. Built to connect downtown Seattle with Lake Washington, Madison Street was Seattle's steepest cable line, terminating downtown at a turntable on West Street (now Western Avenue), near the present-day ferry terminal on Puget Sound. In this image a Madison Street Cable Railway…
ID Number:SHS915
Date:1907