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Pacific Telephone & Telegraph building, Seattle, November 17, 1927
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building is on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and Seneca Streets. Its cornice was removed after being damaged in the 1965 earthquake. Handwritten on sleeve: Pacific Tel. Tel. Co. Bldg. Ext. 11-17-27.Photographer's Reference Number: 128143
ID Number:1983.10.3845.2
Date:1927
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Rhodes department store interior, Seattle, circa 1927
Rhodes brothers Albert, William, Henry and Charles established the Rhodes Brothers department store in Tacoma in 1903. Albert Rhodes left Rhodes Brothers in 1907 and moved to Seattle, where he opened another store. Originally at the Arcade Building in between First and Second avenues, the store raised a portion of the Arcade Building for a new store which was constructed…
ID Number:1983.10.3850.11
Date:Circa 1927
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Vic Meyers Orchestra, probably in Seattle, December 3, 1927
Victor "Vic" Aloysius Meyers (1897-1991) was a popular bandleader in Seattle during the 1920s and early 1930s. He later unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Seattle, before winning election as Washington State Lt. Governor in 1932, a role he would serve in for twenty years.This photo of the Vic Meyers Orchestra was taken in 1927. Photographer's Reference Number: 128251Caption information source:…
ID Number:1983.10.3858.1
Date:1927
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Ben Tipp Diamonds, Seattle, circa 1927
Ben Tipp was a Russian Jew who immigrated to the United States in 1898. By 1919 he was working in a Seattle jewelry store, and in 1922 he established his own business at 1408 2nd Avenue. He moved to 1431 3rd Avenue in 1926 and installed a large sign clock at this location. Signs in image: Block's Stores - [Newer]…
ID Number:1983.10.3861.2
Date:Circa 1927
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Pipe organ at Rhodes Department Store, Seattle, circa 1927
Albert J. Rhodes opened his first store in Seattle in 1907. While visiting the East Coast, Mr. Rhodes went to the John Wanamaker store in Philadelphia and heard the famous pipe organ there. He decided that after his family opened their new expanded store in Seattle, they would install an Aeolian organ. Mr. Rhodes died in 1921, and his widow,…
ID Number:1983.10.3863.4
Date:Circa 1927
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Seattle Times Information Bureau, circa 1927
Sometime after the Seattle Times moved to its new building in 1916, the newspaper opened its Information Bureau. Anyone could call the bureau between 7:00 am and 9:00 pm to get answers to all kinds of questions, from ferry times to sports information. The bureau's staff answered callers' questions using maps, city directories, biographical reference books, sports almanacs, and many…
ID Number:1983.10.3864.6
Date:Circa 1927
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Seattle Times rural delivery, circa 1927
This photo shows a newspaper delivery driver on a rural delivery for the Seattle Times. Handwritten on sleeve: Times Rural Delivery.Photographer's Reference Number: 128298
ID Number:1983.10.3866.1
Date:Circa 1927
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Seattle Times composing room, circa 1927
The Seattle Times' composing room was on an upper floor of the Times Square Building. The text of the articles on each page of the newspaper was set by hand in metal type. Each page was then printed from a separate printing plate. This photo, taken around 1927, shows men setting type and checking page composition in the Seattle Times…
ID Number:1983.10.3874.3
Date:Circa 1927
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Republic Building, Seattle, circa 1927
The Republic Building was constructed in downtown Seattle in 1927 on Madison Street near 5th Avenue. Signs in image: Kress. Peoples Bank Bldg. Zukor's Dress Shop. The Fashion Bootery. Zinke's Shoe Re-Newing. Liggett's Drug Store. Winter Garden - 8:15 Double Bill with Chas Chaplin - 25 cents. Stage Attractions. Melrose Hotel.Handwritten on sleeve: Republic Bldg.Photographer's Reference Number: 128363Caption information source:…
ID Number:1983.10.3876
Date:Circa 1927
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Christmas tree on University Street, circa 1927
During one holiday season in the late 1920s, downtown decorations included a large Christmas tree with lights and ornaments. Groups performed nearby on a small stage. This photo shows the decorated tree in the center of an island in University Street, outside the Olympic Hotel. Description in handwritten inventory: P.S. Power & Light Co. Metropolitan X-mas treePhotographer's Reference Number: 128388
ID Number:1983.10.3883.2
Date:Circa 1927