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Photograph
Man smoothing wet concrete on 10th Avenue NE, Seattle, September 28, 1921
This paving project on 10th Avenue NE (Roosevelt Way) near NE 61st Street was likely overseen by the Seattle City Engineer's Department.James P. Lee (1894-1963) was the City of Seattle's Engineering Department photographer from 1922-1957. Photographer's number: 4565
ID Number:2009.55.46.106
Date:1921
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Elliott Avenue from Denny Way to Garfield St., Seattle, January 4, 1922
This north-facing view shows the muddy road conditions along Elliott Avenue between Denny Way and Garfield Street.James P. Lee (1894-1963) was the City of Seattle's Engineering Department photographer from 1922-1957. Photographer's number: 4595
ID Number:2009.55.46.114
Date:1922
Drawing
Carpet design for renovation of Century 21 Opera House, circa 1961
This hand-painted design for a carpet, with color specifications noted, is titled "Seattle World's Fair" and designed by B. Marcus Priteca and James Chiarelli. As part of the planning for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition), architects Priteca and Chiarelli worked together on the conversion of the existing Civic Auditorium at 225 Mercer Street into the Seattle Opera…
ID Number:2010.3.36
Date:Circa 1961
Ephemera
Webster & Stevens business card, circa 1925
Prolific photographers Ira James Webster (1873-1942) and Nelson Nathan Stevens (1875-1938) arrived in Seattle from Michigan in 1899. After working for other Seattle photographers, they opened their own firm in 1902 and eventually had a staff of seventeen photographers. Between 1906 and 1923, Webster & Stevens took many of the photos for The Seattle Times. The company also did work…
ID Number:2011.3.10.9
Date:Circa 1925
Photograph
View of Pioneer Square showing construction of Pioneer Building, circa 1890
In the aftermath of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, a huge rebuilding effort resulted in the construction of many new brick and stone buildings. The Pioneer Building, at right in this photo, was one of several new buildings in the historic district designed by architect Elmer Fisher. This photo shows construction on the nearly completed building, located at the…
ID Number:2011.26.7.14
Date:Circa 1890
Program
The Wayfarer program, 1925
"The Wayfarer" is a religious work combining drama, opera, pageant, and oratorio written by Reverend James Edwin Crowther (1874-1970), a minister from Seattle. The "Passion-Pageant," as it was known, combined previously existing songs and arias by various composers with tableaus of historic and religious subjects using a massive supporting cast. Local music teacher Montgomery Lynch (1879-1948) adapted and directed the…
ID Number:2011.86.1
Date:1925
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John Eaton displaying "two-way" dress, Seattle, December 1968
Cornish School of Arts graduate John Eaton (1914-1991) was a successful milliner, designer, and teacher whose individually-styled hats became known all over the country. Mr. Eaton and business partner James Neher opened their first store in 1950, and eventually opened “John Eaton Of Course!” at 509 Pine Street, across the street from Frederick & Nelson. The store closed in 1988.In…
ID Number:2012.47.1
Date:1968
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New Washington Hotel stationery folder, circa 1950
In 1908 real estate investors John Edward Chilberg (1867-1954) and James Crawford Marmaduke (1871-1945) opened the New Washington Hotel on the northeast corner of Stewart Street and Second Avenue in what is now Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. The 13-story hotel was designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival Style and, as the city's premier hotel for several decades, welcomed many prominent guests,…
ID Number:2013.58.3
Date:Circa 1950
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Notepaper from Hotel Seattle, circa 1905
Located in Pioneer Square at the intersection of Yesler Way, James Street, and First Avenue, the Hotel Seattle (also Seattle Hotel) was constructed in 1890, replacing the Occidental Hotel, which burned down in the fire of 1889. In 1891, the building served as home to the Seattle Public Library. Around the time of the construction of the nearby Smith Tower…
ID Number:2013.58.19
Date:Circa 1905
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Rebecca Gaines posing for graduation portrait, Seattle, June 7, 1888
Rebecca Gaines (1869-1953) was born in California to Irish-immigrant parents. Shortly after 1880 the family moved from Nevada to Seattle, and in June 1888 Rebecca graduated from the Territorial University (now University of Washington). The family then moved to Alameda, California before 1900. There, Rebecca married marine engineer Frank Vivian James (1867-1921) in 1891 and together they had three children.…
ID Number:2013.95.5
Date:1888