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West Spokane Street Bridge base under construction, Seattle, May 20, 1924
From 1902 to 1917, three temporary wooden bridges were built over the west water way of the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle (annexed in 1907). The first permanent steel bridge, officially known as West Spokane Street Bridge No. 1 (North), was a low-level bascule bridge that opened on November 27, 1924, Thanksgiving Day, and was in use…
ID Number:2006.7.74a
Date:1924
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Old and new West Spokane Street bridges, Seattle, June 28, 1924
From 1902 to 1917, three temporary wooden bridges were built over the west water way of the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle (annexed in 1907). This west-facing view shows one of the old wooden bridges (right) next to the first permanent steel bridge (left) under construction. The new bridge, a low-level bascule bridge, officially known as West…
ID Number:2006.7.78
Date:1924
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West Spokane Street Bridge drawbridge gears, Seattle, August 22, 1924
From 1902 to 1917, three temporary wooden bridges were built over the west water way of the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle (annexed in 1907). The first permanent steel bridge, officially known as West Spokane Street Bridge No. 1 (North), was a low-level bascule bridge that opened on November 27, 1924, Thanksgiving Day, and was in use…
ID Number:2006.7.81
Date:1924
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West Spokane Street Bridge deck under construction, Seattle, circa 1924
From 1902 to 1917, three temporary wooden bridges were built over the west water way of the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle (annexed in 1907). The first permanent steel bridge, officially known as West Spokane Street Bridge No. 1 (North), was a low-level bascule bridge that opened on November 27, 1924, Thanksgiving Day, and was in use…
ID Number:2006.7.92
Date:Circa 1924
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Panorama of West Spokane Street Bridge, Seattle, circa 1924
From 1902 to 1917, three temporary wooden bridges were built over the west water way of the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle (annexed in 1907). This panoramic view is facing east, depicting one of the old wooden bridges (right) next to the permanent steel bridge (left) near completion. The new bridge, a low-level bascule bridge, officially known…
ID Number:2006.7.94
Date:Circa 1924
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Old and New West Spokane Street Bridges, Seattle, circa 1925
From 1902 to 1917, three temporary wooden bridges were built over the west water way of the Duwamish River, connecting Harbor Island to West Seattle (annexed in 1907). This east-facing view shows one of the old wooden bridges (right) next to the permanent steel bridge (left) under construction. A lone car crosses the new bridge, a low-level bascule bridge, officially…
ID Number:2006.7.96
Date:Circa 1925
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Lake Washington ship canal during construction, Seattle, May 4, 1916
After five and a half years of construction, the Lake Washington Ship Canal opened on May 8, 1917. It connects Lake Washington, Lake Union, Salmon Bay, and Puget Sound. This image looking west from Fremont shows the construction of the Lake Washington ship canal. Prominent in the center of the frame to the right of the canal is the distinctive…
ID Number:2006.7.100
Date:1916
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Pacific Net & Twine building under construction, Seattle, circa 1918
The Pacific Net and Twine Company (later Pacific Marine Supply, then Pacific Marine Schwabacher, Inc.) was founded in 1897 in Seattle by Scottish immigrants Edward Cunningham (1878-1960) and Donald B. McBride (1862-1945). Originally selling netting and twine out of a basement, by 1913 the company had grown and moved its operations to Pier 8. In 1918 the company moved once…
ID Number:2007.4.22
Date:Circa 1918
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Pike Place Market 25th Anniversary Celebration of "Save the Market" poster, Seattle, May 16 - November 2, 1996
In the summer of 1907 the Seattle City Council designated a public market be held on Pike Place between Pike Street and Pine Street in hopes of appeasing both farmers and consumers, angry over high food prices. The Pike Place Public Market flourished in the first half of the twentieth century but became less utilized with the decline of independent…
ID Number:2007.25.34
Date:1996
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Excavation in progress for new Bon Marché building at Fourth Avenue and Pine Street, Seattle, circa 1927
The Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine. Originally located in Seattle’s Belltown district at First Avenue and Cedar Street, in 1896 the store moved to a more central location downtown at Second Avenue and Pike Street. The Bon Marché went through much remodeling and construction throughout the years. This photo shows…
ID Number:2009.20.158
Date:Circa 1927