3503 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Men and cows at Madison Park, Seattle, August, 1897
The Madison Park neighborhood of Seattle is situated on the western shore of Lake Washington. The Duwamish Peoples who originally inhabited it called it "Where One Chops." After Seattle was founded in the 1850s, the area's first developer, Judge John J. McGilvra (1827-1903), purchased land and opened Madison Street at his own expense in 1864-1865. Madison Park became a favorite…
ID Number:SHS4977
Date:1897
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Indigenous canoes docked at the Seattle waterfront, circa 1892
In 1865 the Board of Trustees of Seattle passed Ordinance No. 5 banning Indigenous people from living in the city unless they worked for a non-Indigenous resident and lived on their employer’s property. Despite this attempt to enforce separation between Indigenous people and the settlers, Seattle depended on Indigenous people. Settlers relied on Native people for domestic work and for…
ID Number:SHS5118
Date:Circa 1892
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Cars on the Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, 1967
The Alaskan Way Viaduct was an elevated highway in Seattle which was completed in 1966 after 16 years of construction and decades of planning. The double-decked highway ran along the Elliott Bay waterfront above the surface street, Alaskan Way, following previously existing railroad lines. The viaduct provided Seattle with its first bypass route around the downtown business district. The viaduct…
ID Number:SHS5152
Date:1967
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Western Mill, Seattle, circa 1894
Pioneer David Denny owned the land south of Lake Union. In 1882, he opened the Western Mill on the lake's southern shore. A small community soon grew up around the lumber mill. By the end of the 1880s, streetcars and roads had been built, and the area lost its rural look. Typed on sleeve: Western Mill on Lake Union, David…
ID Number:SHS5167
Date:Circa 1894
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Ezra Meeker, Seattle, circa 1915
Born in Ohio in 1830, Ezra Meeker married and headed west with his wife and newborn son to seek a prosperous life. They settled in the Puyallup Valley in 1862 and developed a successful business raising hops, eventually selling hops on the world market. Later in life, Meeker developed an avid interest in commemorating the Oregon Trail route of the…
ID Number:SHS5182
Date:Circa 1915
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Greenwood Avenue and 85th Street, Seattle, 1904
Signs in image: J.W. Osterhout Groceries. F.B. Mills Cash Grocery. Wholesale and Retail, Hay Grain Feed Wood and Coal.Handwritten on verso: John W. Osterhout, N. 85th, NE corner Greenwood (1909). Mills - 8420 Greenwood Ave.Typed on verso: Greenwood District view north on Greenwood at 85th, 1904.SHS category: Views - Districts
ID Number:SHS5185
Date:1904
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Downtown Seattle from Beacon Hill, 1914
Seattle’s Beacon Hill blocked easy access for people and goods between the downtown commercial area of Seattle and the more agricultural Rainier Valley. Starting in 1906, a series of regrades cut through Beacon Hill, first at Jackson Street and a few years later at Dearborn Street.Here, standing on Beacon Hill, the photographer looks northwest over Chinatown (now the Chinatown -…
ID Number:SHS5194
Date:1914
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Photographer Edward S. Curtis, Seattle, 1951
Edward Sheriff Curtis was born in Wisconsin in 1868. He moved to Seattle with his mother and siblings around 1890 and became a professional photographer. Through the decade, Curtis became a respected photographer across the United States. Edward's brother Asahel was also a well-known photographer, but they were permanently estranged after Edward claimed Asahel's work as his own. In the…
ID Number:SHS5202
Date:1951
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Seattle skyline and suffragists, 1915
The print pictured here features two panoramic images, one of the Seattle skyline, with many landmarks identified, and the other of a large group of people posing together on a city sidewalk. Most of the individuals are women, and several are proudly displaying copies of The Suffragist, a weekly newspaper published by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Handwritten on…
ID Number:SHS5211
Date:1915
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Police Dept. First and Third Patrol officers posing, Seattle, April 1912
Police departments in metropolitan areas often utilize officers to patrol assigned beats throughout the community. At the time this photograph was taken, the Seattle Police Department had at least three shifts of patrols.This photo shows the uniformed officers of SPD's First and Third Patrol, posing together on the street near C. L. Hazzard's Grocery store at 524 Ninth Avenue, in…
ID Number:SHS5235
Date:1912