3379 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Madison Street cable car off its track, Seattle, circa 1905
Typed on verso: Madison Street Cable Car off track, Seattle.SHS category: Transportation - Cable Car
ID Number:SHS9157
Date:Circa 1905
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Boy watching cavalry ride past Second and Pine, Seattle, August 7, 1900
Typed on verso: U.S. Cavalry off for China Aug. 7, 1900, riding past 2nd and Pine in Seattle.SHS category: National Guard of Washington
ID Number:SHS9159
Date:1900
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Lookout at Madrona Park, Seattle, 1909
The Madrona beach on Lake Washington was popular for swimming and picnics. In 1890,the park was expanded and an electric trolley line built from downtown Seattle. This image shows a rustic lookout perched on a tree stump in the woods overlooking the shore. SHS category: ParksCaption information source: HistoryLink.org essay 2235.
ID Number:SHS9163
Date:1909
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Fremont Bridge from south, Seattle, March 18, 1915
Signs in image: Carl [Dienor?] Groceries. Hay, Grain, Feed & Flour - Wholesale & Retail. [Lundberg?] Lake Union Shop - Horseshoeing & Blacksmithing.Caption on image: 3-18-15.Typed on verso: Fremont Bridge on March 18, 1915, picture taken from Fulton Street and Dexter Avenue North. Photograph was ordered by City Engineering Dept. in preparation for a new bridge. Old bridge was wood…
ID Number:SHS9200
Date:1915
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Employees of the Kirkland woolen mill, circa 1900
Edward Eyanson organized Washington state's first woolen mill at Kirkland in 1892 and later sold it to George Matzen, the owner of the Seattle Skirt & Suit Manufacturing Company. The business flourished during the gold rush days of the late 1890s and early 1900s and boomed again during World War I. After several fires during the 1920s and 1930s, the…
ID Number:SHS9276
Date:1900
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Post Building before the fire, circa 1885
For Seattle's early citizens, the elegant Post Building, at the foot of Mill Street (now Yesler Way) was the best evidence that their town was no longer a pioneer village. The building had good reasons for its name. It housed the Post-Intelligencer newspaper; it was built at the corner of Mill Street and Post Alley; and, for a short time,…
ID Number:SHS9295
Date:Circa 1885
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Early Boeing seaplane on Lake Union, Seattle, circa 1918
Typed on verso: Boeing seaplane, early. Probably Boeing C-11. Single float, on Lake Union.SHS category: Aeronautics
ID Number:SHS9306
Date:Circa 1918
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Kent Methodist church, circa 1885
The Methodist Church in Kent was founded as a part of Seattle's First Methodist Church. In 1876, the members built a parsonage in Kent, and in 1883, they built their church next door. After the railroad came through Kent, the tracks ran so close to the building that the trains disturbed the worship services. In 1909, the members built a…
ID Number:SHS9359
Date:Circa 1885
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Mail planes at Sand Point, Seattle, June 14, 1927
Caption on image: Mail Planes at Sand Point. 6-14-27.Photographer's Reference Number: 1530-BSHS category: Aeronautics
ID Number:SHS9368
Date:1927
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Alaska Building under construction, Seattle, August 9, 1904
In 1903, work began on the 14-story Alaska Building. This office building was Seattle's first skyscraper to be built with steel framing. Steel framed buildings could be taller than those in Pioneer Square which were built by earlier methods. This photo shows construction of the Alaska Building, which still stands on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Cherry Streets.…
ID Number:SHS9373
Date:1904