3379 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) with painting of Snoqualmie Falls, Seattle, 1890
Kikisoblu was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). During her long life, she saw the coming of white settlers, the exile of her Duwamish and Suquamish people from their traditional lands, and the growth of the new city named for her father. She didn't move to the Port Madison Reservation with the rest of her people, but stayed…
ID Number:SHS10127
Date:1890
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Harry Whitney Treat on horse, Seattle, circa 1920
Seattle businessman Harry Whitney Treat (1865-1922) and his family arrived in Seattle around 1904. Active in real estate, he bought hundreds of acres in Ballard, where he developed the Loyal Heights area and Golden Gardens Park, originally called Loyal Beach. Both were named for his younger daughter Loyal Graef (Treat) Nichols. The Treats owned a mansion on Queen Anne Hill,…
ID Number:SHS10234
Date:Circa 1920
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Charles Terry residence, Seattle, circa 1865
Charles C. Terry, one of the original Alki settlers, acquired a considerable amount of land in the heart of downtown Seattle. Shortly after 1857, Terry erected a home at the northeast corner of James Street and Third Avenue, later the site of the Public Safety Building. In 1864 Terry became the Treasurer for the Territorial University fund and along with…
ID Number:SHS10237
Date:Circa 1965
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Stan Sayres with his hydroplane crew, Seattle, circa 1952
Stanley St. Claire Sayres (1896-1956) was a hydroplane racer who broke the world water speed record with his "Slo-mo-shun IV" boat. In the early 1930s, after moving to Seattle, Sayres owned the American Automobile Company, a Chrysler car dealership at 1001 Broadway in Seattle, an auto parts store in the University District, and the Jen-Cel-Lite Corporation, a manufacturer of cold…
ID Number:SHS10362
Date:Circa 1952
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Baseball game at Fort Lawton parade grounds, Seattle, circa 1906
In the first years of the 20th century, baseball was growing in popularity around Seattle. In addition to the city's first professional team, the Seattle Indians, amateur teams popped up across the region, playing at whatever field was available - local parks, the Meadows racetrack, or even the Fort Lawton parade grounds. Teams were organized by neighborhoods, smaller cities around…
ID Number:SHS10366
Date:Circa 1906
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Three delivery men with Rainier beer truck, 1905
Sometime around 1905, the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company began delivering its Rainier Beer by truck instead of horse-drawn wagon. In this photo, taken in downtown Seattle around 1905, three delivery men pose by the Rainier Beer delivery truck. The men wear leather aprons to protect their clothing. The top of the truck is piled with wooden crates for carrying…
ID Number:SHS10559
Date:1905
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The Orcas at Lake Washington Ship Canal, February 2, 1916
The Lake Washington Ship Canal was created to move logs, coal, and other resources directly from the east side of Lake Washington to Elliott Bay. Construction began in 1911 under Hiram M. Chittenden of the Army Corps of Engineers. The formal dedication and opening of the Lake Washington Ship Canal for business was on July 4, 1917, when the SS…
ID Number:SHS10603
Date:1916
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Automated salmon processing machine, "Iron Chink," Seattle, 1909
In 1902, machines called "Iron Chinks" started replacing the largely Chinese cannery workers who butchered and canned the fish. The use of a racial slur in the machine's name is one example of the discrimination faced by Chinese immigrants to the US. The name continued to be used into the mid-20th century. Today they are called butchering machines or iron…
ID Number:SHS10662
Date:1909
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National Meat Company, Seattle, circa 1902
Seattle’s National Meat Company opened at 318 Main Street in 1902. According to an article in The Seattle Sunday Times, the facility consisted of “a well-appointed and attractively kept main floor and basement,” and its two delivery wagons “promptly deliver to all parts of the city.”In this image, Frank Jobson stands with his staff members in the retail shop’s interior.…
ID Number:SHS10674
Date:circa 1902
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Locomotive hauling powder through Skagway, circa 1902
Gold seekers who had made the long boat trip north to Skagway came ashore in an unfamiliar place described as "little better than hell on earth," and "about the roughest place in the world." They were 1,000 miles from Seattle, which was cosmopolitan by comparison.This photo of Skagway was probably taken between 1898 and 1905. The Hotel Seattle and other…
ID Number:SHS10681
Date:Circa 1902