736 results for: Transportation
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Tip Toppers club members washing a car, Seattle, August 22, 1959
Begun as the Seattle Timberliners around 1947, the Seattle Tip Toppers' Club, a non-profit social organization for tall persons, has been part of Tall Clubs International (TCI) since 1954. Minimum height requirements for membership in the club are 5’10” for women and 6’2” for men.In this image club members Jim White, left, Al Bergman, and Zilpha Meador, wash a car…
ID Number:2000.107.171.08.03
Date:1959
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Cars and passengers waiting at Fauntleroy ferry dock, Seattle, June 17, 1937
On May 28, 1937 passenger and automobile ferry service ceased on Puget Sound due to a union strike over labor disputes with the Washington Shipowners' Association. Twenty-five ferries were tied up during the 28-day strike, which ended after Washington State Governor Clarence D. Martin interceded.In this image cars lining the dock at the Fauntleroy Terminal in West Seattle wait for…
ID Number:2000.107.171.30.01
Date:1937
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Colman clock tower in water, Seattle, December 21, 1936
The Colman Dock has held a prominent place on Seattle's waterfront since it was built by Scottish engineer James Colman in 1882. It was rebuilt in 1889 after the Great Seattle Fire, then expanded in 1908 to include a domed waiting room and a 72-foot clock tower. Struck by the steamship Alameda in 1912, the clock tower fell into Puget…
ID Number:2000.107.171.30.02
Date:1936
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Fisherman's Terminal, Seattle, February 21, 1952
On May 17, 1952 the Port of Seattle's Fishermen's Terminal at Salmon Bay between the Interbay and Ballard neighborhoods was rededicated as the home of the Pacific Northwest fishing fleet after an expansion and modernization that allowed for moorage, drydock, repair, maintenance, and supply facilities for 1,000 vessels. This image of fishing boats docked at Fishermen's Terminal was taken facing…
ID Number:2000.107.171.31.01
Date:1952
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View of Grand Trunk dock from Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1912
The Grand Trunk Pacific dock was a shipping pier located on the Seattle waterfront at the foot of Marion Street. The largest wooden pier on the West Coast when it opened in 1910, the dock was built atop 5,000 creosote-soaked piles, and constructed using 3,700,000 board feet of lumber. In 1914 the dock was destroyed in a deadly fire, then…
ID Number:2000.107.171.32.01
Date:Circa 1912
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Hanford Street terminal, Seattle, March 22, 1927
The creation of the Port of Seattle in 1911 transformed a messy jumble of privately-owned and competing waterfront companies into a publicly owned and organized entity capable of propelling Seattle into a major center for trade. In 1915 the Port constructed the Hanford Street Grain Terminal (Pier 25), on the Duwamish East Waterway, in what is now the SoDo neighborhood.…
ID Number:2000.107.171.32.02
Date:1927
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Employees with imported cars at Foreign Trade Zone, Seattle, April 20, 1950
Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) are duty-free, quota-free, secured areas in a designated customs “port of entry,” considered outside U. S. Customs territory and exempt from customs tariffs. The FTZ program was established in 1934 to stimulate economic growth and development in the United States by lowering the cost of international trade.In this image, from left, Robert Edwards, Rose Schnoberger, Bruce Williams,…
ID Number:2000.107.173.01.04
Date:1950
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Abandoned Fremont railroad station, Seattle, July 28, 1948
This derelict railroad station in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood is located just east of the George Washington Memorial Bridge (commonly called the Aurora Bridge), which is visible in the background of this image. The small depot building was remodeled and is still standing at the foot of Stone Way North as of 2017. The station was probably part of the Seattle,…
ID Number:2000.107.173.03.01
Date:1948
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Patrolman handing out Civil Defense evacuation cards, Seattle, May 20, 1955
In this image Robert Vincent, Seattle Police Department patrolman, stands in the center of southbound traffic on Fremont Avenue North to hand out civil defense evacuation cards to motorists. At the time Fremont Avenue was designated a northbound evacuation route for the city. The Fremont Bridge is visible in the background. Signs in image: Salvation Army: Your Throw-Aways Make Work…
ID Number:2000.107.173.03.03
Date:1955
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Public sculpture with snowman, Seattle, January 6, 1982
Sculptor Richard Beyer's (1925-2012) "People Waiting for the Interurban," one of the most popular works of art in Seattle, was commissioned by the Fremont Arts Council and dedicated in 1978. It is located on the southeast corner of N. 34th Street and Fremont Avenue N., and depicts six people and a dog waiting for the Seattle to Everett Interurban, a…
ID Number:2000.107.173.03.05
Date:1982