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Image of Pacific Steamship Co. Explanation of Routes, 1917
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Pacific Steamship Co. Explanation of Routes, 1917

The Pacific Coast Steamship Company was an important early shipping company that operated steamships on the west coast of North America. Organized in 1867 under the name of Goodall, Nelson and Perkins, the company effectively ceased business in 1916 when its vessels were purchased by the Admiral Line. The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line)…
ID Number:2019.3.60
Date:1917
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"The Chinese," Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer, February 9, 1886

Seattle's earliest Chinese residents are believed to have arrived in the early 1860s, and while welcomed at first for the role they played in the region's development, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and were subjected to numerous laws that restricted their rights. In the mid-1870s and early 1880s the national economy took a downturn, increasingly leading white workers…
ID Number:2022.3.3.23.3
Date:1886
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"The Riot Examination," Seattle Daily Post Intelligencer, February 20, 1886

Seattle's earliest Chinese residents are believed to have arrived in the early 1860s, and while welcomed at first for the role they played in the region's development, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and were subjected to numerous laws that restricted their rights. In the mid-1870s and early 1880s the national economy took a downturn, increasingly leading white workers…
ID Number:2022.3.3.33.1
Date:1886
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"The Riot Examination," Seattle Daily Post Intelligencer, February 21, 1886

Seattle's earliest Chinese residents are believed to have arrived in the early 1860s, and while welcomed at first for the role they played in the region's development, Chinese immigrants were not allowed to vote and were subjected to numerous laws that restricted their rights. In the mid-1870s and early 1880s the national economy took a downturn, increasingly leading white workers…
ID Number:2022.3.3.34.1
Date:1886
Image of Steamship M.S. Dollar drydocked at Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, February 29, 1920
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Steamship M.S. Dollar drydocked at Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, February 29, 1920

The Seattle Division of Todd Shipyard Corporation originated in 1916, when the William H. Todd Corporation purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (formerly Moran Brothers Shipyard). Originally located on the Seattle waterfront, the shipyard built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I. Todd moved the operation to a new plant on Harbor Island in…
ID Number:2023.36.41
Date:1920
Image of Steamship M.S. Dollar drydocked at Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, February 26, 1920
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Steamship M.S. Dollar drydocked at Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, February 26, 1920

The Seattle Division of Todd Shipyard Corporation originated in 1916, when the William H. Todd Corporation purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (formerly Moran Brothers Shipyard). Originally located on the Seattle waterfront, the shipyard built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I. Todd moved the operation to a new plant on Harbor Island in…
ID Number:2023.36.42
Date:1920
Image of S.S. Fort Harrison and S.S. President [?], Admiral Line, Pacific Steamship Co., at Todd Dry Docks, Seattle, November 1918
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S.S. Fort Harrison and S.S. President [?], Admiral Line, Pacific Steamship Co., at Todd Dry Docks, Seattle, November 1918

The Seattle Division of Todd Shipyard Corporation originated in 1916, when the William H. Todd Corporation purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (formerly Moran Brothers Shipyard). Originally located on the Seattle waterfront, the shipyard built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I. Todd moved the operation to a new plant on Harbor Island in…
ID Number:2023.36.44
Date:1918
Image of Cargo Steamship in drydock, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, November 1918
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Cargo Steamship in drydock, Todd Dry Docks, Inc., Seattle, November 1918

The Seattle Division of Todd Shipyard Corporation originated in 1916, when the William H. Todd Corporation purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (formerly Moran Brothers Shipyard). Originally located on the Seattle waterfront, the shipyard built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I. Todd moved the operation to a new plant on Harbor Island in…
ID Number:2023.36.49
Date:1918
Image of East-facing view of Seattle and the Alaskan, 1888
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East-facing view of Seattle and the Alaskan, 1888

Seattle in the 1880s was a rapidly growing city, aided in no small part by the 1883 connection with the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Lumber and coal were the primary industries, but the growth of fishing, wholesale trade, shipbuilding, and shipping also contributed to the town's economic expansion and population growth. The Seattle City Census of 1888 records population at…
ID Number:SHS201
Date:1888
Image of Fire Station No. 5, Seattle, 1911
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Fire Station No. 5, Seattle, 1911

The Seattle Fire Department opened Fire Station No. 5 in 1902. It was located on the waterfront at the foot of Madison Street, where the fireboat “Snoqualmie” (known as Engine 5) was berthed. The building, shown here, housed the fireboat crew as well as Hose Company 5, with its chemical and hose wagon. Fire Chief Frank Stetson condemned the building…
ID Number:SHS2781
Date:1911
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