453 results for: Hotel Seattle
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Chin Gee Hee Building, Seattle, circa 2018
Local Chinese merchant and labor contractor Chin Gee Hee (1844-1929) and a partner built two commercial buildings on the northeast corner of Washington Street and Second Avenue, in Seattle’s original Chinatown. After these were destroyed by Seattle’s 1889 Great Fire, the partners rebuilt them in brick. These were the Phoenix Hotel, facing Second Avenue, and the neighboring Chin Gee Hee…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.ARCH121
Date:Circa 2018
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Chin Gee Hee Building, Seattle, circa 2018
Local Chinese merchant and labor contractor Chin Gee Hee (1844-1929) and a partner built two commercial buildings on the northeast corner of Washington Street and Second Avenue, in Seattle’s original Chinatown. After these were destroyed by Seattle’s 1889 Great Fire, the partners rebuilt them in brick. These were the Phoenix Hotel, facing Second Avenue, and the neighboring Chin Gee Hee…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.ARCH121B
Date:Circa 2018
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Ichiban restaurant at 6th Ave. S. and S. Main St. , Seattle, 2008
Koji and Mayumi Ogawa opened Ichiban restaurant at 601 Main Street, in the Panama Hotel building, around 1983. The small restaurant served homestyle Japanese food to its customers in the Nihonmachi or Japantown area in Seattle’s Chinatown - International District for 27 years. In early May 2010, the Ogawas posted a “Farewell letter to our loyal customers and friends” announcing…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MISC178
Date:2008
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Pianist Ruby Bishop celebrating her 90th birthday at the Swedish Club, Seattle, 2011
Ruby Bishop (1919-2019) was a popular jazz singer and pianist in the Pacific Northwest. Born and raised in Thurston County, Ms. Bishop moved to Seattle to attend University of Washington, but left school after a year to pursue a career in music. In addition to performing, she also worked for Boeing during World War II, and as a court reporter,…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC414
Date:2011
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Souvenir photo folder from the Basin Street Club, Seattle, circa 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished from World War II up until the early 1960s, when the Civil Rights movement broke down barriers barring African Americans from living and working in the larger community. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of patrons and friends, then returning the following week to sell the…
ID Number:2014.49.13.5.02
Date:Circa 1945
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Post Office band marching in a parade, Seattle, circa 1953
Here, the Post Office Band marches in a parade on Jackson Street and Occidental, past the Atlas Theatre and Atlas Hotel.
ID Number:2014.49.010.035.0175
Date:Circa 1953
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Smith Tower and 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1953
This street view looks north up Second Avenue. At right is the Smith Tower, with the offices of the Northern Pacific Railway advertised on the ground floor. Other signs in the image identify the Phoenix Jewelry Co.; Circle Theatre, Rath Cigar Co.; Metropole Hotel; Gogg Drugs; Florence Theatre; and Golden Goose.
ID Number:2014.49.010.048.0096
Date:Circa 1953
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Souvenir photo folder from the Basin Street Club, Seattle, circa 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished from World War II up until the early 1960s, when the Civil Rights movement broke down barriers barring African Americans from living and working in the larger community. Seattle-born photographer Albert J. "Al" Smith, Sr. (1916-2008) was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of patrons and friends, then returning the following…
ID Number:2014.49.13.05.02
Date:Circa 1945
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The Leon Vaughn Band, Seattle, 1948
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints.In the mid-1940s, trumpeter Leon Vaughn formed his own band…
ID Number:2014.49.14.007.12
Date:1948
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Patrons at the Basin Street club, Seattle, circa 1944
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints.On this occasion, Smith photographed a group of unidentified jazz…
ID Number:2014.49.14.035.10
Date:Circa 1944