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Seattle auto show, circa 1929
In 1929, the Seattle Automobile Dealers Association joined with groups in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York to host a travelling auto show. The group brought more than a million dollars worth of cars to the Hec Edmondson Pavilion at the University of Washington. Some new models were shown in the northwest for the first time/In this photo, probably taken…
ID Number:1983.10.3620.4
Date:Circa 1929
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Alderwood Manor, Lynnwood, circa 1929
In 1917 Puget Mill Company began to sell off five-acre tracts of logged land in what would become Alderwood Manor. To encourage sales, a 30-acre demonstration farm was constructed. The farm included a hatchery, gardens, and orchards. Alderwood Manor became one of the largest egg producing regions during the 1920s, but when the Great Depression hit many of the farmers…
ID Number:1983.10.3630.4
Date:Circa 1929
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University Christian Church, Seattle, circa 1929
The University Christian Church/Disciples of Christ was established in 1889 and had its first chapel in Latona. In 1913, the church relocated to 15th Avenue NE and NE 50th Streets, where it remains today. The first building completed at this site is shown on the far right of the photo. The main sanctuary with its impressive tower was completed in…
ID Number:1983.10.3649
Date:Circa 1929
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Fire station on Beacon Hill, Seattle, circa 1928
Fire Station No. 13 was constructed at 1536 14th Avenue South in 1904. In 1928, the company moved to a new single-story masonry station at 3601 Beacon Avenue South, as shown here. Handwritten on sleeve: Fire Dept New Beacon Hill Station.Photographer's Reference Number: 130913
ID Number:1983.10.3651
Date:Circa 1928
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Olympic Hotel addition under construction, Seattle, March 30, 1929
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. Handwritten on sleeve: John L. Wick -…
ID Number:1983.10.3661
Date:1929
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Pilgrim Congregational Church, Seattle, April 3, 1929
Still in existence today, the Pilgrim Congregational Church was listed at this location of Broadway and East Republican St. beginning in 1901. In 2003, the church combined with another church to become All Pilgrims Christian Church. Handwritten on sleeve: Pilgrim Cong. Church 4/3/29.Photographer's Reference Number: 131109
ID Number:1983.10.3664.1
Date:1929
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Monks Club, Seattle, circa 1929
The Monks Club was a residential mens club that began in 1904. The building shown in this photograph became the headquarters in 1915 and was located at 1334 Terry Avenue. Membership in the club extended to nonresidents who gathered for social reasons. The club closed its doors in December 1961. Handwritten on sleeve: Monks Club Exterior.Photographer's Reference Number: 131141
ID Number:1983.10.3667
Date:Circa 1929
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Kelly-Springfield truck hauling logs, circa 1925
Logging companies sometimes built railroads to haul logs out of the forest. Later, they used trucks. This photo was taken in the mid-1920s, somewhere in western Washington. A Kelly-Springfield logging truck hauls a large fir log along a track-like wooden logging road. Behind the truck are acres of cutover land. Wood was used for roads because it was cheap and…
ID Number:1983.10.3675.10
Date:Circa 1925
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Kelly-Springfield truck hauling logs, circa 1925
By the late 1920s, many logging companies had started using trucks to haul logs out of the forest and down to the sawmill. This photo was taken in the mid-1920s, somewhere in western Washington.A Kelly-Springfield truck hauls a load of fir logs along a logging road. This photo was taken in the mid-1920s by Bellingham photographer J. Wilbur Sandison and…
ID Number:1983.10.3675.15
Date:Circa 1925
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Kelly-Springfield logging truck, circa 1925
Logging companies sometimes built railroads to haul logs out of the forest. Later, they used trucks. This photo was taken in the mid-1920s, somewhere in western Washington. A Kelly-Springfield logging truck prepares to haul a large log along out of the forest. Original photo copied by Webster & Stevens. Handwritten on sleeve: Kelly Truck Co.Photographer's Reference Number: 131173
ID Number:1983.10.3675.16
Date:Circa 1925