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Image of South side of US Naval Reserve Armory, Lake Union, August 22, 1942
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South side 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:1983.10.17273.3
Date:1942
Image of South side of US Naval Reserve Armory, Lake Union, August 22, 1942
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South side 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:1983.10.17273.4
Date:1942
Image of Aerial view of Georgetown, from the south, September 19, 1933
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Aerial view of Georgetown, from the south, September 19, 1933

The Georgetown district lies south of downtown Seattle, below Beacon Hill. This aerial view, looking to the north, shows the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company's Bayview Brewery and businesses along Airport Way to the right, and newly-paved S. Harney Street passing through the residential area in the foreground. Beyond S. Corson Street (center to left) are the Georgetown Elementary School…
ID Number:1983.10.17511
Date:1933
Image of Aerial of Marine Hospital from south, Seattle, April 17, 1933
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Aerial of Marine Hospital from south, Seattle, April 17, 1933

This view looks northwest over the north tip of Beacon Hill and shows the newly completed Marine Hospital. Designed by John Graham, Sr. in the Art Deco style, the main building was occupied by Amazon from 1998-2010. Handwritten on sleeve: U.S. Marine Hospital 4/17/33.Photographer's number: T-164
ID Number:1983.10.17545.2
Date:1933
Image of Aerial view of Marine Hospital, Seattle, 1937
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Aerial view of Marine Hospital, Seattle, 1937

The Marine Hospital in Seattle was completed in 1932, and opened in 1933, serving veterans, merchant seamen, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Light House Service, and "federal compensation cases" (the poor and indigent). Now the Pacific Tower, and previously the Pacific Medical Center, the 16-story building is located on Beacon Hill in Seattle, at 1200 12th Avenue South. Designed by…
ID Number:1983.10.17640
Date:1937
Image of Aerial of Lake Union looking east, Seattle, September 14, 1934
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Aerial of Lake Union looking east, Seattle, September 14, 1934

The photographer is taking this view from above Westlake Avenue N. looking towards the east side of Lake Union. The Eastlake neighborhood is visible, with the Montlake Bridge in the distance. Handwritten on sleeve: Diesel Oil Sales Co. 9-14-34.Photographer's Reference Number: T-358
ID Number:1983.10.17641.3
Date:1934
Image of Aerial view of Georgetown from the southeast, 1936
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Aerial view of Georgetown from the southeast, 1936

Georgetown is located south of downtown Seattle in the Duwamish River Valley. By the time of this 1936 image, much of the river's original course had been filled in for houses, farms, and factories. Empty land created by the filling of the river’s old oxbows can be seen at the left edge of the image, bisected by South Michigan Street…
ID Number:1983.10.17774.1
Date:1936
Image of Aerial view from the southeast, looking across Georgetown to West Seattle, 1936
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Aerial view from the southeast, looking across Georgetown to West Seattle, 1936

Georgetown is located south of downtown Seattle in the Duwamish River Valley. This image shows an area of Beacon Hill, above Georgetown's commercial area and the railroad. Seventeenth Avenue South is partially paved as it heads north, past a large natural gas storage tank and the North Coast Chemical & Soap Works plant. New sidewalks have been built along Seventeenth…
ID Number:1983.10.17774.3
Date:1936
Image of Aerial view of Edgewater Apartments in Madison Park, Seattle, September 11, 1938
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Aerial view of Edgewater Apartments in Madison Park, Seattle, September 11, 1938

The Edgewater Apartments, located along the north shore of the Madison Park neighborhood, opened in January 1939. Designed by the architectural firm of John Graham, Sr., the apartments are spread throughout two-story buildings with abundant green space between them. This aerial view shows the partially completed Edgewater complex in the fall of 1938. From original inventory: written on sleeve 9-11-38…
ID Number:1983.10.17859
Date:1938
Image of Aerial of National Guard Armory, Seattle, June 29, 1939
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Aerial of National Guard Armory, Seattle, June 29, 1939

This aerial view looks south and west on what would later become the World's Fairgrounds, with the the Civic Auditorium and field in the foreground and the Armory (now the Center House) in the center. Handwritten on sleeve: 6-29-39 National Guard Armory.Photographer's number: T-921
ID Number:1983.10.17888
Date:1939
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