165 results for: Hotels
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Stewart Street from First Avenue, Seattle, circa 1927
Looking east up Stewart Street, three hotels are visible on the corner with 2nd Avenue: the St. Regis and the New Washington (both extant), and the Gowman (demolished). Signs in image: Pacific Highway Garage. Radio. Hotel St. Regis. New Washington. Hotel Gowman. The Home of Wilson's Modern [Business College]. Medical Baths. Ladies & Gents Hair Cut 25 Cents. Handwritten on…
ID Number:1983.10.632.2
Date:Circa 1927
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Mrs. E. Nishida, circa 1921
People of Japanese ancestry have lived in Seattle since 1879. By 1900, they had become Seattle's largest minority group. Japanese immigrants were successful farmers, and they operated hotels and small shops. However, they were unable to own property or apply for citizenship due to discriminatory immigration laws. In this photo, taken around 1921, one of Seattle's young Japanese citizens poses…
ID Number:1983.10.1068.2
Date:Circa 1921
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Alder Beach Manor, April 22, 1925
Alder Beach Manor, on the waterfront in Des Moines, Washington, opened for business in 1916 as the Alder Beach Hotel. By the 1920s, improved road connections to Seattle and Tacoma made Alder Beach Manor a popular spot for dinner, dancing or a few days' stay. When the hotel caught fire in 1930, the tide was out too far for fire…
ID Number:1983.10.1496
Date:1925
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The intersection of Fourth and Westlake Avenues, circa 1919
The intersection of Westlake and Fourth Avenues continued to develop as Seattle's business district expanded to the north. If you compare this photo, taken about 1919, with one taken at the same location about ten years earlier, it is easy to see how much car traffic in Seattle had increased. In this later photo, Fourth Avenue, to the left, has…
ID Number:1983.10.1530
Date:Circa 1919
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Chinese section of downtown Seattle, circa 1920
Starting in 1907, Chinese and Japanese businesses began moving to the area around King Street. By the 1920s, most of Seattle's Chinese residents lived and worked there. The population was largely male, because very restrictive laws kept most Chinese wives from immigrating to the United States to join their husbands. Many of the men lived in rooms in the Hotel…
ID Number:1983.10.1774.2
Date:Circa 1920
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Putting out the fire at the Hotel Lincoln, April 7, 1920
The Seattle Fire Department battled a large blaze at the Hotel Lincoln on April 7, 1920. The fire broke out in the middle of the night in the hotel's basement laundry room. By the time it was discovered, it had had burned upwards inside the walls. Many guests were trapped upstairs and had to be rescued by ladder or rope.…
ID Number:1983.10.1870.2
Date:1920
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Fire Lincoln Hotel, Seattle, April 7, 1920
The Seattle Fire Department battled a large blaze at the Hotel Lincoln on April 7, 1920. The fire broke out in the middle of the night in the hotel's basement laundry room. By the time it was discovered, it had had burned upwards inside the walls. Many guests were trapped upstairs and had to be rescued by ladder or rope.…
ID Number:1983.10.1870.8
Date:1920
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Sorrento Hotel garden, Seattle, circa 1921
By 1910, a number of hotels had been built just outside Seattle's downtown area for people traveling on business or pleasure. The Sorrento Hotel, which advertised itself as "a hotel in the heart of things," opened on First Hill in 1908. It had Seattle's first rooftop restaurant, a roof garden, and scenic views of the city, the bay, and the…
ID Number:1983.10.2171.2
Date:Circa 1921
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Sorrento Hotel entrance, Seattle, circa 1921
By 1910, a number of hotels had been built just outside Seattle's downtown area for people traveling on business or pleasure. The Sorrento Hotel, which advertised itself as "a hotel in the heart of things," opened on First Hill in 1908. It had Seattle's first rooftop restaurant, a roof garden, and scenic views of the city, the bay, and the…
ID Number:1983.10.2171.3
Date:Circa 1921
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Sorrento Hotel tea room, Seattle, circa 1921
By 1910, a number of hotels had been built just outside Seattle's downtown area for people traveling on business or pleasure. The Sorrento Hotel, which advertised itself as "A hotel in the heart of things," opened on First Hill in 1908. It had Seattle's first rooftop restaurant, a roof garden, and scenic views of the city, the bay, and the…
ID Number:1983.10.2171.4
Date:Circa 1921