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Schwabacher Bros. band waiting to join parade, Seattle, July 29, 1938
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:2015.30.4
Date:1938
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Children on Schwabacher Bros. parade float, Seattle, July 29, 1938
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:2015.30.5
Date:1938
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King County Hospital exterior, Seattle, circa 1915
In 1893-1894, King County built a hospital at the County Poor Farm in Georgetown on the Duwamish River. This replaced an earlier, remodeled farmhouse building operated as an almshouse by the Sisters of Providence. At this new facility, doctors and nurses cared for those sick and injured county residents who could not afford to pay. By 1915, the hospital had…
ID Number:2016.33.1
Date:Circa 1915
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Swedish Hospital, Seattle, circa 1925
Swedish immigrants to the Seattle area formed a large number of social, religious and business organizations in their new homeland. Swedish Hospital was organized in 1908 and moved into its location at Summit and Columbia Streets in 1912. This photo is part of an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work in the State of Washington" which was acquired by…
ID Number:2016.59.1
Date:Circa 1925
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Swedish Hospital, Seattle, circa 1920
Swedish immigrants to the Seattle area formed a large number of social, religious and business organizations in their new homeland. Swedish Hospital was organized in 1908 and moved into its location at Summit and Columbia Streets in 1912. This photo is part of an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work in the State of Washington" which was acquired by…
ID Number:2016.59.3
Date:Circa 1920
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Metropolitan Theatre, University St., Seattle, circa 1920
This south-west facing view of University Street between Fifth Avenue and Fourth Avenue includes the Metropolitan Theater. Though the Metropolitan Theatre was designed originally as a stage house, it began showing movies within two years of its opening, and alternated between presenting live theatre and movies throughout its history. Between 1925 and 1928, the Olympic Hotel was built on three…
ID Number:2016.59.40
Date:Circa 1920
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Aerial view of Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, May, 1953
The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.135
Date:1953
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Bekins Van Lines building, Seattle, 1929
This image is of the Bekins building on 12th and Madison, which was constructed with Superior Portland Cement. The Bekins Van Lines, Inc., was founded in 1891 by brothers John and Martin Bekins in Indianapolis, growing to become the largest household moving company in the United States. Bekins was acquired by Wheaton World Wide Moving in 2012. The Bekins building…
ID Number:2016.92.252
Date:1929
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Exterior of Cinema 150, Seattle, 1970
This image was taken of United Artists Cinema 150 shortly after its opening on October 3, 1969 in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood at Sixth Avenue and Blanchard Street. This movie theater was the first in the Northwest to be equipped with the Dimension 150 (or D-150) wide screen process, had a 70-foot curved screen, and featured 850 rocking chair loge seats.…
ID Number:2017.4.1
Date:1970
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Brochure from the Spring Apartment Hotel, Seattle, circa 1925
The Spring Apartment Hotel was constructed in 1922 for William H. Hainsworth, a representative of the Spring Apartment Hotel Co. The eleven-story building was designed by John Graham Sr. and built by general contractor Hans Petersen for$500,000. There were no retail storefronts and the building was entirely devoted to residential hotel purposes and remained so for three decades.This brochure advertises…
ID Number:2018.3.3.131
Date:Circa 1925