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Image of Gorst Air Transport seaplanes at Pier 3, Seattle, circa 1933
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Gorst Air Transport seaplanes at Pier 3, Seattle, circa 1933

Gorst Air Transport "Air Ferry" service used amphibian planes which would land in the water and then move up onto the ramp for safe and convenient passenger loading. There were various amphibious commuter biplanes used, manufactured by Boeing (the B-1E, the 204 and later the larger Model 80 and 80A tri-motors), by Keystone-Loening (the Amphibian Air Yacht), by Ryan (the…
ID Number:1987.45.17
Date:Circa 1933
Image of Puget Sound Navigation Company brochure, circa 1909
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Puget Sound Navigation Company brochure, circa 1909

The Puget Sound Navigation Company (PSNC) was founded by Charles E. Peabody in 1898. It operated a fleet of steamboats and ferries on Puget Sound in Washington and the Georgia Strait in British Columbia. Known colloquially as the Black Ball Line, the PSNC achieved a "virtual monopoly" on cross-sound traffic in the 1930s but began to struggle following World War…
ID Number:1987.61.1
Date:Circa 1909
Image of Brochure promoting a rapid transit solution for Seattle, 1926
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Brochure promoting a rapid transit solution for Seattle, 1926

Seattle’s hourglass shape and steep hills challenged land transportation from the very beginning. By the 1920s, with continuing population growth and the popularity of automobile transportation, traffic congestion had increased drastically. Concurrently, the city’s street railway system was losing money. In 1925, the Rapid Transit Committee of the Seattle City Planning Commission put together an extensive report, proposing that a…
ID Number:1987.66.3
Date:1926
Image of Seattle Rapid Transit Report to the City Planning Commission, 1925
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Seattle Rapid Transit Report to the City Planning Commission, 1925

Seattle’s hourglass shape and steep hills challenged land transportation from the very beginning. By the 1920s, with continuing population growth and the popularity of automobile transportation, traffic congestion had increased drastically. Concurrently, the city’s street railway system was losing money. In 1925, the Rapid Transit Committee of the Seattle City Planning Commission put together an extensive report, proposing that a…
ID Number:1987.66.4
Date:1925
Image of Launching of the ferry
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Launching of the ferry "Issaquah," 1914

In 1914, the Anderson Steamboat Company launched the ferry "Issaquah." The vessel was one of the first in the Pacific Northwest designed to carry automobiles as well as horsedrawn vehicles. Until 1918, the "Issaquah" sailed between Leschi, Mercer Island and Newport, where it linked up with the new highway to North Bend. The "Issaquah" could also be rented for excursions…
ID Number:1989.10.5
Date:1914
Image of Timetable of Lake Washington Steamers, 1916
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Timetable of Lake Washington Steamers, 1916

From 1875-1951 the only means of crossing the large lake to the east of Seattle, Lake Washington, was by boat. Steamboats and ferries transported passengers, vehicles, and freight across the lake. Steamboat operations on Lake Washington eventually became almost the sole province of one firm, Anderson Steamboat Company, founded by Swedish immigrant John L. Anderson (1868–1941), whose brother, Adolph Anderson,…
ID Number:1990.54.3
Date:1916
Image of Sailing vessels from Clark-Nickerson Lumber Company, circa 1900
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Sailing vessels from Clark-Nickerson Lumber Company, circa 1900

Joseph Swartz was a shingle mill owner in Granite Falls, Washington, in the 1890s and early 1900s. By 1908, he had relocated his business to Everett. Swartz was also an amateur photographer. His images of family, friends and local scenery, all on glass plate negatives, document life in Snohomish County at the turn of the 19th century.This Swartz photo, taken…
ID Number:1991.40.34
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Laundry delivery car and driver, Seattle, circa 1914
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Laundry delivery car and driver, Seattle, circa 1914

This image features a driver posing in a delivery van, on which is painted "City of Paris, French Hand Laundry, High Grade Work Our Specialty, Tel. East 2299." City of Paris French Hand Laundry operated out of 1313 E. Madison Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood; the car is parked in front of the Robinson Apartments, next door, at 1306…
ID Number:1991.48.1
Date:Circa 1914
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Men loading Frederick & Nelson delivery truck, circa 1915

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century. It…
ID Number:1993.43.20.41.1
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Bemis Bag Co. trailer with 1962 Seattle World's Fair ad painted on side, 1962
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Bemis Bag Co. trailer with 1962 Seattle World's Fair ad painted on side, 1962

The Bemis Bag Company was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1858. By the early 20th century, the company operated eight bag factories in various parts of the United States, including Seattle, making burlap and cotton bags for grain, flour, feed, and many other products. Amcor acquired the company in 2019.The Seattle plant began with production of textile bags and…
ID Number:1994.15.1.24
Date:1962
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