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Unveiling the totem pole at Pioneer Square, Seattle, 1899
This Tlingit totem was carved around 1790 to honor a tribal woman named Chief-of-All-Women and it was placed in the village of Tongass on the Alaska coast. In 1899, a group of leading Seattle businessmen on a goodwill tour of southeastern Alaska stole the totem and brought it back to Pioneer Square. The businessmen were indicted for the theft, but…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.146
Date:1899
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Staff outside U.S. Assay Office, Seattle, circa 1899
The United States monetary system used to be on the gold standard. People used gold coins, as well as paper currency which was backed by gold. When gold started arriving in Seattle from the Klondike in 1898, the government opened an assay office to buy gold and to certify its purity.This photo shows the U.S. Assay Office and its staff.…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.163
Date:Circa 1899
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Steamships being built at Moran Brothers shipyard, Seattle, 1898
The Klondike gold rush brought lots of business to the Moran Brothers shipyard. In 1898, the company built twelve steamers to carry people and supplies on the Yukon River. The vessels were 175 feet long and 35 feet wide. They were built to be used in shallow river water, but they also had to be sturdy enough to make the…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.217
Date:1898
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Cargo of gold at Seattle waterfront, July 17, 1899
While the majority of Klondike miners returned to Seattle empty handed, a few adverturers brought back fortunes in gold. This photo, taken in July 1899, shows a shipment of gold brought to Seattle on the steamer "Roanoke". This one cargo was worth nearly $4 million. The "Roanoke", owned by the North American Transport and Trading Co., operated between Seattle and…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.234
Date:1899
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Dogsled outside the Pioneer Restaurant, Seattle, circa 1898
Miners headed to the Klondike gold fields had to take along a year's worth of food and other supplies. Some people bought dog teams and sleds in Seattle to carry their goods through the snow. Any dog that seemed strong enough to pull might be pressed into service.This photo, taken in between 1897 and 1900, shows a group of men…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.244
Date:Circa 1898
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Gold bricks in assay office, Seattle, circa 1898
When gold started arriving in Seattle from the Klondike in 1897, the closest assay office was in San Francisco. In 1898, the U.S. Mint opened an assay office in Seattle to buy gold and to certify its purity.This photo, probably taken in 1898, shows gold ingots in the U.S. Assay Office in Seattle. The office handled more than $15 million…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.300
Date:Circa 1898
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Northwest corner of S. Jackson St. and 6th Ave S., Seattle, circa 1925
The Rainier Heat & Power Company was founded in 1912 by William M. Chappell (1867-1921). A successful businessman and gold prospector, he came to Seattle in 1900 to invest in real estate. The Rainier Heat & Power Co. maintained a heating plant and developed buildings in Seattle's Chinatown - International District. Rainier Heat & Power Co. is listed in city…
ID Number:Lib1990.21.2
Date:Circa 1925
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Toklas, Singerman & Co. baseball team, Seattle, 1892
In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store in Pioneer Square. Originally called the San Francisco Store and later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co., the founders retired in 1892 and sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as MacDougall…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.48
Date:1892
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Seattle Police Department Band, 1915
Seattle’s Police Department Band started out by playing Sunday evening concerts at police headquarters. By the 1920s, they marched in city parades, played for city celebrations, played concerts in parks, and participated in funeral ceremonies for fallen comrades. This 1915 image shows the members of the Seattle Police Department Band posed on the sidewalk outside department headquarters. That year, the…
ID Number:Lib1991.21.1
Date:1915
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Portage Bay with view of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
In this photo of Portage Bay the fair grounds for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition are visible on the site that later became the University of Washington.The brothers Clarence R. and Otto Langstaff were prolific amateur photographers in Seattle. Clarence (1880-1941) worked as a carpenter and also spent time at Mt. Rainier as a guide. Otto (1883-1969) worked for W.P. Fuller Company…
ID Number:Lib1993.8.11
Date:1909