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Image of Chapin Building, Seattle, circa 1900
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Chapin Building, Seattle, circa 1900

Signs in image: [M.?] Rosenthal & Co. Printing. New York Ladies Suit & Skirt Manufacturers. Horton & Monro Electricians - Motors & Dynamos - Gasoline, Gas Lamps - Gas & Electric Light Supplies - Home Light & Supply Co. Manufactures Piano Co. - Pianos at Wholesale. Chicago [Misfit?] Parlors - Clothing Made to Order at Wholesale Prices.Caption on image: Seattle…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.72
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Fire Station No. 3, Seattle, circa 1898
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Fire Station No. 3, Seattle, circa 1898

Caption on image: Wilse.Photographer's Reference Number: 593C
ID Number:Lib1988.33.86
Date:Circa 1898
Image of Black River, near Renton, circa 1898
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Black River, near Renton, circa 1898

The Black River, at the south end of Lake Washington, was once the lake's main drainage channel. It was also the main route for commerce between the lakeside towns and Seattle on Elliott Bay. In the 1910s, the building of the Lake Washington Ship Canal changed the drainage pattern of the lake, and the Black River slowly disappeared. The old…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.92
Date:Circa 1898
Image of Anders Wilse and camera in Lake Washington, circa 1900
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Anders Wilse and camera in Lake Washington, circa 1900

Norwegian Anders Wilse arrived in Seattle in the spring of 1890. Photography was an important part of his various jobs as civil engineer, cartographer, and property tax assessor. In 1897, however, he decided to become a full time outdoor photographer. Until his return to Norway in 1900, Wilse took many photographs in and around Seattle, documenting the both the area's…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.97
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Campers at Lake Washington, 1900
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Campers at Lake Washington, 1900

Some of the parks on Seattle's Lake Washington provided platforms for tent camping. City dwellers could escape to the woods and spend the warm summer days and nights by the lakeshore.This photo, taken by Anders Wilse for the Seattle Photo Company, shows a shady campsite by the shores of Lake Washington. A canoe and several other small boats are hauled…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.100
Date:1900
Image of Entrance to Woodland Park, Seattle, circa 1898
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Entrance to Woodland Park, Seattle, circa 1898

Guy Phinney developed Woodland Park during the 1890s. The park had gardens, a zoo, a large greenhouse, and many miles of winding paths through the woods. At that time, Woodland Park included Green Lake. Caption on image: Woodland Park Seattle. Wilse, SeattlePhotographer's Reference Number: 950
ID Number:Lib1988.33.105
Date:Circa 1898
Image of Entrance to Woodland Park, Seattle, circa 1900
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Entrance to Woodland Park, Seattle, circa 1900

Guy Phinney developed Woodland Park during the 1890s. The park had gardens, a zoo, a large greenhouse, and many miles of winding paths through the woods. At that time, Woodland Park included Green Lake. Caption on image: S.P.Co.Photographer's Reference Number: 1435
ID Number:Lib1988.33.111
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Makah group pulling a canoe on shore at Neah Bay, circa 1900
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Makah group pulling a canoe on shore at Neah Bay, circa 1900

The Makah people of the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula refer to themselves as Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx, which translates roughly to "the people who live by the rocks and seagulls." The early Makah were skilled mariners, using several types of canoes which they carved from western red cedar for various purposes - war, whaling, fishing, sealing, carrying cargo, and long voyages.…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.113
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Puget Sound Salish basketmaker, circa 1900
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Puget Sound Salish basketmaker, circa 1900

Coast Salish peoples are a diverse group of Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest who speak related languages and have some common cultural traditions. The Coast Salish grouping includes many different tribal groups, all with their own names for themselves and most with their own languages. Coast Salish peoples have lived in the Pacific Northwest since time immemorial and their…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.115
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Steamer
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Steamer "Queen" about to depart Seattle for Alaska, March 6, 1898

During the spring and summer of 1898, the steamer "Queen," was very busy carrying people between Seattle and southeastern Alaska. The ship passage was only the first part of the long voyage to the Klondike gold fields.In this photo, a crowd made up almost entirely of men waits at a Seattle pier to board the "Queen" or another Alaska-bound steamer.…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.116
Date:1898
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