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Seattle City Light plant, Seattle, circa 1926
The image pictured here features Seattle City Light's shops and warehouse building at Fourth Avenue South and Spokane Street, a location now referred to as the South Service Center. The building was opened in 1926, and features a sign reading CITY LIGHT in nine-foot high letters, illuminated at night by about 400 light bulbs. Handwritten on sleeve: City Light Plant.Photographer's…
ID Number:1983.10.3061
Date:Circa 1926
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Dykeman farm on Lake Burien, circa 1925
While the first settlers arrived in the Burien area in the 1870s and 1880s, it remained quite sparsely populated well into the 20th century. This photo, taken around 1925, is believed to show "Holly Hedge" on the northeast corner of Lake Burien. The road running through the center of the photo is SW 152nd, and the buildings on the left…
ID Number:1983.10.3062.8
Date:Circa 1925
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Chalmers cars at the Paradise Inn, Mount Rainier National Park, circa 1918
In 1915, sixteen years after the creation of Mount Rainier National Park, the National Park Service built a single lane road from Longmire Springs to Paradise Valley. The Paradise Inn was built in 1916 and became a popular destination for automobile trips. A car could leave Seattle or Tacoma after breakfast and eat lunch at the Paradise Inn. Before the…
ID Number:1983.10.3065
Date:Circa 1918
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Street scene in Renton, 1925
By the mid-1920s, the Sunset Highway had been paved from Seattle through Renton on its way across Snoqualmie Pass. In Renton, automobile-related businesses grew up along the highway. This 1925 Renton photo shows the Clarke brothers' Ford dealership (left) and Mac's Service Station (right) near the highway intersection. Photographer's Reference Number: 113414
ID Number:1983.10.3068.2
Date:1925
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Renton High School, 1925
Renton's first high school was built in 1911, at a cost of $65,000. The clock in the school's tower rang on the hour and half hour and could be heard all over town. By 1931, this building was too small for the growing student body. A larger high school replaced it in 1932, and the old school building was torn…
ID Number:1983.10.3068.4
Date:1925
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Taggart Motor Co. and Georgetown City Hall, Seattle, 1925
Before it was annexed to Seattle in 1910, Georgetown was a separate city connected to Seattle by streetcar. By the mid-1920s, Georgetown was just a short drive away in the family automobile. This 1925 photo shows evidence of both the old and the new transportation. Taggart Motor Company, the Ford dealership, sits on Stanley Avenue near the streetcar tracks. The…
ID Number:1983.10.3076.3
Date:1925
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Georgetown City Hall, circa 1925
Georgetown, located to the north of Boeing Field, was once a separate city connected to Seattle by streetcar. It became part of Seattle in 1910. In the 1920s, Georgetown's old city hall remained a center of community activity. It housed a baby clinic, the police department, and a branch of the Seattle Public Library.This photo shows how the Georgetown City…
ID Number:1983.10.3076.5
Date:Circa 1925
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Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) fountain, circa 1925
In 1909, sculptor James Wehn designed three fountains with the bust of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). One was placed at Pioneer Square, another on Occidental Street and a third at the intersection of Fourth and Westlake Avenues. The fountains were designed to provide water for people, horses, and dogs.This photo shows the fountain at the intersection of Fourth and Westlake…
ID Number:1983.10.3080.3
Date:circa 1925
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Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) fountain, Seattle, circa 1925
In 1905 22-year-old Seattle sculptor James A. Wehn applied for and eventually won the commission of a local improvement fund to design a fountain and statue at the corner of Denny Way, Cedar Street and Fifth Avenue. His copper statue of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) at Tilikum Place was unveiled on Founders Day, November 13, 1912, by the Chief's great-great-granddaughter…
ID Number:1983.10.3080.5
Date:circa 1925
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USS Oregon on last voyage, Seattle, June 9, 1925
The USS Oregon battleship launched in 1893 for the United States Navy and served during the Spanish-American War (1898), the Philippine-American War (1899-1902), and WWI before she was decommissioned in 1919. In 1925, she was lent to the state of Oregon to serve as a floating monument and museum in Portland. Her stripped hulk was later used as an ammunition…
ID Number:1983.10.3087.2
Date:1925