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View northeast from Securities Building, Seattle, 1929
Handwritten on sleeve: City View NE from Security Bldg., 1929.Webster & Stevens number: 133103
ID Number:1983.10.10790
Date:1929
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Boeing "Model C" float plane docked on Lake Union, Seattle, 1919
Aviation pioneer William Edward "Bill" Boeing (1881-1956) was born in Detroit to German immigrants. He came to Seattle in 1908, where, during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909, he saw a manned flying machine for the first time and became fascinated with aircraft. With a partner, Mr. Boeing created two B&W prototype float planes in 1916, both of which were rejected…
ID Number:1983.10.10793
Date:1919
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Buses at West Seattle ferry dock, circa 1920
Before 1900, people who lived in West Seattle traveled to Seattle by steamer or ferry. The first ferry on the West Seattle run across Elliott Bay was the "City of Seattle," which made the run in about eight minutes. A larger ferry, called the "West Seattle," joined it in 1907 and stayed on the route until 1920. Connecting roads and…
ID Number:1983.10.10816
Date:Circa 1920
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Go Hing Festival decorations on King Street, Seattle, May 1921
On May 23 through 28, 1921, Seattle's Chinese residents held a week-long carnival to raise money for the Chinese Famine Fund, which was raising money for the those impacted by famine in northern China. The event was called Go-Hing and was sponsored by the China Club, Chinese consul Goon Dip, and an advisory committee of Seattle and Washington state civic…
ID Number:1983.10.10959.2
Date:1921
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West Seattle Junction, circa 1925
The primary commercial district in the West Seattle neighborhood, commonly called the Junction, was originally formed in 1907 at the crossroads of two street car lines along what are now California Avenue SW and SW Alaska Street. Heavy promotion encouraged a residential real estate boom to the area, and the 1920s saw significant commercial growth. This image of the intersection…
ID Number:1983.10.12198.1
Date:Circa 1925
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View along Ballard Avenue with City Hall building, Seattle, October 19, 1925
The cornerstone for Ballard's city hall was laid in May 1899, and the building was completed about nine years later, about the same time that Ballard was incorporated as part of Seattle. The building housed a jail, city offices, the fire department, community meeting rooms, a ballroom, and later, a police precinct. This view shows automobiles parked in front of…
ID Number:1983.10.12223.1
Date:1925
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Egyptian Theatre, Seattle, November 11, 1940
The Egyptian Theater at 4543 University Way N.E. opened on Christmas Day of 1925. Built by T.E. Murphy, it seated 1300 people and claimed to be one of the largest and finest suburban movie houses in the Northwest. The building was later altered and used for retail stores. Signs in image: [...] [Miller?] Men's Shop. [Ode O'Day?]. Avenue Bakery. Horluck.…
ID Number:1983.10.13438
Date:1940
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Exterior of Venetian Theater, Seattle, 1946
Seattle's Venetian Theater opened in 1926 at 1427 E. Pine Street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood during a boom of theaters built to accommodate motion pictures. One of Seattle’s largest and most impressive neighborhood movie houses at the time, the Venetian was a second-run movie theater, playing movies that had already proved popular at the city’s larger downtown theaters. The…
ID Number:1983.10.16609.1
Date:1946
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North face of US Naval Reserve Armory, Lake Union, August 22, 1942
Built on the former site of a Duwamish village, the Naval Reserve Armory was announced in 1937 but trouble with funding delayed completion of the project for several years. The Armory was designed by B. Marcus Priteca, a well-known theater architect, and William R. Grant. The Works Progress Administration, one of the New Deal agencies, constructed the building. Groundbreaking occurred…
ID Number:1983.10.17273.1
Date:1942
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Northeastern corner of US Naval Reserve Armory, Lake Union, August 22, 1942
Built on the former site of a Duwamish village, the Naval Reserve Armory was announced in 1937 but trouble with funding delayed completion of the project for several years. The Armory was designed by well-known theater architect B. Marcus Priteca and William R. Grant. The Works Progress Administration, one of the New Deal agencies, constructed the building. Groundbreaking occurred in…
ID Number:1983.10.17273.2
Date:1942