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University Temple United Methodist Church, Seattle, circa 1928
The University Methodist Temple has a history that traces back to 1891 when a group of Methodists met in the Latona School to plan Sunday School classes. The church had several temporary homes and a small chapel at N.E. 42nd and Brooklyn Ave. N.E. until 1927, when this impressive structure was built at 15th Ave. N.E. and N.E. 43rd St.…
ID Number:1983.10.3566
Date:Circa 1928
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Fourth and Pike Building, October 9, 1928
Downtown Seattle still has a number of older buildings which are surfaced in terra cotta tile. This building material was particularly popular in the 1920s. It was inexpensive and easy to cast in many colors, shapes, and designs. This picture, taken in the fall of 1928, shows the tile-covered Fourth & Pike Building at its busy downtown intersection. At that…
ID Number:1983.10.3568
Date:1928
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Marlborough Apartments, Seattle, circa 1928
During the first quarter of the twentieth century, several multi-storied apartment buildings were constructed, especially on First Hill, Capitol Hill, and Queen Anne Hill. The Marlborough Apartments at 1220 Boren Avenue on Seattle's First Hill is a good example of the luxury apartment building of the time. The architect was Earl W. Morrison. Handwritten on sleeve: Marlborough Apts.Webster & Stevens…
ID Number:1983.10.3572
Date:Circa 1928
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Bon Marche, Seattle, November 13, 1928
In 1890, German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine invested their life savings of $1,200 to start The Bon Marche at First Avenue and Cedar Street. He modeled his new department store after one he had known in Paris. The Bon Marche moved to the corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street in 1896. By 1901, it had expanded…
ID Number:1983.10.3574.2
Date:1928
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St. Anne's Church, Seattle, October 24, 1928
This wooden Church of St. Anne stood on 2nd Avenue West and West Lee Street on the top of Queen Anne hill. A school building was constructed on an adjacent lot in 1922, and a convent in 1930. With increased population on Queen Anne in the 1940s and 50s, the old church became too small, and the church purchased property…
ID Number:1983.10.3576.1
Date:1928
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St. Mary's Church, Seattle, circa 1928
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church began in 1899 and moved to this location at 611 20th Avenue South a few years later. The church formerly ran a school in the adjacent building, and today they lease it to a private school. Handwritten on sleeve: St. Mary's Church.Photographer's Reference Number: 130339
ID Number:1983.10.3584
Date:Circa 1928
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Ford Motor Company assembly plant, circa 1928
In the 1920s, the Ford Motor Company had a number of buildings across the country for local assembly of Model T cars. One assembly plant was located in Seattle, at the southern end of Lake Union, in today's South Lake Union neighborhood.This photo shows the Seattle Model T assembly plant. Like many industrial buildings of its time, its large windows…
ID Number:1983.10.3598
Date:Circa 1928
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The New Orpheum Theatre, 1928
Seattle's New Orpheum Theatre opened in 1927. It was one of the largest and most elegant members of the Orpheum Circuit, a nationwide chain of "photo play" and vaudeville theaters. The August 1927 program included music on the Wurlitzer organ, a feature movie (Rod LaRocque in "The Fighting Eagle"), a newsreel, and a song and dance revue ("Ned Wayburn's Buds…
ID Number:1983.10.3603.1
Date:1928
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Old and new styles of downtown office buildings, circa 1928
By the end of the 1920s, Seattle's Third Avenue had a mix of building styles. The new Northern Life Tower, now the Seattle Tower, stands next to the older Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building. The designers said that the Tower's shape and color were inspired by the mountains and rock formations of the Pacific Northwest. The building's strong vertical lines…
ID Number:1983.10.3605.1
Date:Circa 1928
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John Marshall Intermediate School, circa 1928
Seattle had no junior high schools until the late 1920s. Students in the seventh and eighth grades stayed in small, neighborhood grade schools. John Marshall Intermediate School, one of the city's first two junior high schools, opened in September 1927 at East 68th Street and Ravenna Boulevard. It served the University and Green Lake areas. This photo shows John Marshall…
ID Number:1983.10.3609
Date:Circa 1928