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Longshoremen transferring cargo at dockside, circa 1925
Longshoremen load and unload ships in ports around the world. This photo was taken in Seattle, probably in the mid-1920s. The longshoremen are loading the steamship "Manukai" of San Francisco with barrels, crates, and lumber. Some of the crates are padded with straw to cushion them from bumps. Photographer's number: 103,989
ID Number:1983.10.209.1
Date:Circa 1925
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Cobblestone miniature house at Alki, circa 1925
Seattle has had its share of odd buildings. In West Seattle, at the north end of Beach Drive, someone built a tiny house covered with stones. In the 1930s, Ripley's "Believe It or Not" supposedly described it as the "smallest, complete modern house in the United States, equipped with elevator, fireplace, and bathroom." This photo shows the house and its…
ID Number:1983.10.211
Date:Circa 1925
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Boy on post in front of house in Madrona neighborhood, Seattle, circa 1924
Tthis house typifies the so-called decorated box style of home that was very popular in Seattle neighborhoods during the first decade of the twentieth century. Handwritten on sleeve: [McSternus] [Pe.] Ext.Webster & Stevens number: 104013
ID Number:1983.10.216.2
Date:Circa 1924
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Workers shoveling snow at Snoqualmie Pass, circa 1923
Until 1931, the highway department closed the Sunset Highway through Snoqualmie Pass each winter. Work crews usually opened the road in late May, sometimes blasting through remaining drifts with dynamite. This photo from the 1920s shows workers clearing snow at the pass. Handwritten on sleeve: Snoqualmie Pass Snow.Webster & Stevens number: 104105
ID Number:1983.10.236.7
Date:Circa 1923
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Chorus girls at the Palace Hip Theatre, circa 1923
Seattle's Palace Hip Theatre, "Where everybody goes," featured vaudeville acts and feature films. In this photo, taken in the early 1920s, eight chorus girls in feathered headdresses lift their lacy skirts to show a little more leg. Most women wore long skirts at this time, and it was quite daring to show so much leg. Handwritten on sleeve: Palace Hip…
ID Number:1983.10.240.8
Date:1923
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Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons in boxing match, Shelby, Montana, July 4, 1923
Jack "The Manassa Mauler" Dempsey was the Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1919 to 1926. He originated from the small mining town of Manassa, Colorado. His career began unofficially as he traveled around the West by hopping freight trains and challenging the miners and lumbermen to barroom brawls using the name "Kid Blackie." Beating the giant, Jess Willard, in…
ID Number:1983.10.260.2
Date:1923
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Inn at Granite Falls, circa 1925
Starting in the late 1910s, The Seattle Times described a number of auto tours people could make to various scenic locations. One of these was a springtime tour to the town of Granite Falls and the nearby waterfall on the Stillaguaqmish River. This photo, taken on a spring day around 1925, shows the inn at Granite Falls, surrounded by hills…
ID Number:1983.10.294
Date:1925
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Modeling a wedding dress, circa 1927
Webster & Stevens often took advertising photographs for Seattle stores and other commercial clients. In this photo, a model shows off the latest fashion in late-1920s wedding gowns. Webster & Stevens number: 104433
ID Number:1983.10.308
Date:Circa 1927
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Olympic Hotel under construction, May 2, 1924
Seattle's Olympic Hotel, is still a downtown landmark. It was built from steel, brick, concrete, and terra cotta. Like many taller city buildings, the decoration on the lower floors is much more detailed than that on the upper floors. The elegance of the lower floors was meant to attract people at street level.This photo shows the wooden catwalks and scaffolding…
ID Number:1983.10.309.1
Date:1924
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Carousel at entrance to Woodland Park, 1924
In June 1919, George (1874-circa 1938) and Lucy Vincent (1893-1990) opened a carousel, Ferris wheel, and dance pavilion at 5501 Phinney Avenue, directly across the street from Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. Despite initial protests by neighbors and the Seattle Board of Park Commissioners, who objected to having the dance pavilion so close to Woodland Park, the Vincents operated the business…
ID Number:1983.10.316
Date:1924