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Image of James Street cable car, circa 1912
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James Street cable car, circa 1912

Seattle's James Street cable car line opened in 1890. The fare was five cents, or $1.00 per month for students. After consolidation into the Union Trunk Line, it carried passengers and freight up the very steep slope of First Hill and on to Broadway and Madrona Park. During the regrading of James Street and Third Avenue, around 1912, the cable…
ID Number:SHS9022
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Group at Campbell Lumber Company, circa 1907
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Group at Campbell Lumber Company, circa 1907

In April 1905, James Campbell and L.B. Stedman started the Campbell Lumber Company in Redmond, Washington. When their logging camp and sawmill opened, the business was worth $50,000.00. After two booming years of business, the company was worth $170,000.00.This photo, taken around 1907, shows workers standing outside the bunkhouse at the Campbell Lumber Company in Redmond, Washington. SHS category: Lumbering-…
ID Number:SHS9514
Date:Circa 1907
Image of James Clemmer residence, Seattle, circa 1915
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James Clemmer residence, Seattle, circa 1915

This Spanish-style home at 2612 Harvard Avenue East (near Roanoke Park) belonged to James Clemmer, who owned the first true movie theater in Seattle. The Clemmer family also owned the Kenneth Hotel at First and Cherry, which had the Dream Theater on its main floor. Typed on verso: [2600 block] Harvard East, Seattle. Home of James Clemmer, owner of the…
ID Number:SHS9521
Date:Circa 1915
Image of James Clemmer residence interior, Seattle, circa 1915
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James Clemmer residence interior, Seattle, circa 1915

James Clemmer started two of Seattle's early movie theaters, the Clemmer and the Dream. During the 1920s and 30s, he managed several other theaters, including the Fifth Avenue. His home near Roanoke Park was lavishly furnished in the style of the time. Typed on verso: Interior scene, Clemmer home, [2600 block] Harvard East, Seattle. Owner Clemmer Theater.SHS category: Homes- Interior
ID Number:SHS9525
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Charles Terry residence, Seattle, circa 1865
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Charles Terry residence, Seattle, circa 1865

Charles C. Terry, one of the original Alki settlers, acquired a considerable amount of land in the heart of downtown Seattle. Shortly after 1857, Terry erected a home at the northeast corner of James Street and Third Avenue, later the site of the Public Safety Building. In 1864 Terry became the Treasurer for the Territorial University fund and along with…
ID Number:SHS10237
Date:Circa 1965
Image of James and Ethel Stout with their delivery wagon in front of Stout Grocery, Seattle, circa 1913
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James and Ethel Stout with their delivery wagon in front of Stout Grocery, Seattle, circa 1913

James Albert Stout (1877-1962) moved to Seattle with his wife Henrietta Ethel Wilson (1876-1958) in 1910 from Michigan. They settled on Phinney Ridge in 1912 and bought a grocery store at 359 West 75th Street and later a garage and service station at 7208 Greenwood Avenue North.This image shows Ethel and James standing with their horse and delivery wagon in…
ID Number:SHS15724
Date:Circa 1913
Image of Miners meeting at Sheep Camp, Alaska for trial of camp thieves , circa 1896
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Miners meeting at Sheep Camp, Alaska for trial of camp thieves , circa 1896

At first, miners made and enforced their own laws on the Alaskan frontier. This photo shows a group of miners meeting to decide what to do about camp thieves. It was taken around 1896 at Sheep Camp, Alaska, about 12 miles north of Skagway. James Wickersham, an early Alaskan district judge reported that thieves were given thirty lashes on their…
ID Number:SHS16454
Date:Circa 1896
Image of Quileute Indians in a western Washington hop field, 1904
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Quileute Indians in a western Washington hop field, 1904

The Quileute are an Indigenous people whose historic lands are on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula, in the valleys of the Quillayute and Hoh Rivers. The Quileute are not related to either the Makah to the north or the Coast Salish peoples of western Washington and the Quileute language is unrelated to any other in the world. Quileute…
ID Number:SHS19061
Date:1904
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