3503 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Tom McDonald and David Grant in hiking gear, circa 1910
Sometime around 1910, Tom McDonald and David Grant dressed in their hiking clothes and posed for a Seattle photographer. The two young men, identified as students at the University of Washington, hiked across the Olympic Peninsula to the Washington coast. SHS category: Univ. of Wash. - Students
ID Number:SHS8974
Date:Circa 1910
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James Street cable car, circa 1912
Seattle's James Street cable car line opened in 1890. The fare was five cents, or $1.00 per month for students. After consolidation into the Union Trunk Line, it carried passengers and freight up the very steep slope of First Hill and on to Broadway and Madrona Park. During the regrading of James Street and Third Avenue, around 1912, the cable…
ID Number:SHS9022
Date:Circa 1912
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Canoes and houseboats on Lake Washington, Seattle, 1912
The unique floating homes of Seattle got their start almost simultaneously with the development of the city itself. Seattle's first industries were logging and fishing, both seasonal enterprises, and it became common for loggers and sailors to build themselves floating shacks from scrap boards during their off seasons. As the trend spread, houseboats were built as permanent homes for families…
ID Number:SHS9025
Date:1912
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Gazebo in Pioneer Square, Seattle, 1901
Before about 1905, Pioneer Square was the heart of Seattle's central business district. Large brick buildings were built after the Great Fire of 1889, and the square was the start of many of the city's streetcar lines. Typed on verso: Pioneer Place 1901SHS category: Streets
ID Number:SHS9129
Date:1901
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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