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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
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Two white men and and Igorot man in car exhibit, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The vehicles pictured here participated in the first transcontinental auto race, beginning in New York on June 1, 1909, and ending at the AYPE on June 23, 1909. A model T Ford arrived first, but was disqualified because the drivers changed the engine during the race. The winner (the second to arrive) was a Shawmut. Six vehicles participated in the…
ID Number:1990.73.110
Date:1909
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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
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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
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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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Monorail and Space Needle, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The Space Needle and monorail have both become Seattle icons. Both opened to the public in March 1962, before the opening of Century 21, the Seattle World's Fair.
ID Number:1994.40.1
Date:1962
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Birds-eye view of Second Avenue looking north, Seattle, 1909
Taken in 1909 during the Alaska-Pacific-Yukon Exposition, this photo of Second Avenue shows a downtown street busy with trolleys, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians. The Welcome Arch for the AYPE is visible in the distance, at Second Avenue and Marion Street.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912.…
ID Number:1995.38.37.272
Date:1909
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Birds-eye view of Third Avenue looking north, Seattle, 1909
Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush from 1891 to 1908, the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909, an other subjects in California, Utah, Texas, and Colorado. Caption on image: 3rd Ave…
ID Number:1995.38.37.274
Date:1909
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Birds-eye view of Yesler Way looking west, Seattle, 1909
Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush from 1891 to 1908, the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909, an other subjects in California, Utah, Texas, and Colorado. Caption on image: Yesler Way…
ID Number:1995.38.37.275
Date:1909