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New Washington Hotel lobby, Seattle, circa 1928
In 1908 real estate investors John Edward Chilberg (1867-1954) and James Crawford Marmaduke (1871-1945) opened the New Washington Hotel on the northeast corner of Stewart Street and Second Avenue in what is now Seattle's Belltown neighborhood. The 13-story hotel was designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival Style and, as the city's premier hotel for several decades, welcomed many prominent guests,…
ID Number:1983.10.3996.4
Date:Circa 1928
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Lodge at Lake Lucerne, circa 1928
Lake Lucerne is located in Maple Valley, Washington. In the 1920s the lake added a lodge, part of increasingly popular lake resorts in Western Washington catering to automobile tourism. Handwritten on sleeve: Lake Lucerne Views.Photographer's Reference Number: 129277Caption information source: "When Coal Was King: 1934 Log Bridge between Pipe Lake & Lake Lucerne," by Bill Kombol, Voice of the Valley,…
ID Number:1983.10.4003.5
Date:Circa 1928
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Wilson's Modern Business College, Seattle, circa 1928
Wilson's Modern Business College opened in Seattle in 1895. It was one of several schools in the city which prepared women and men for jobs in business. Daytime and evening classes included arithmetic, geography, and spelling, as well as bookkeeping, shorthand, and commercial law. Handwritten on sleeve: Wilsons Modern Business College.Photographer's Reference Number: 129321
ID Number:1983.10.4008.2
Date:Circa 1928
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View of Lake Union from Capitol Hill, circa 1928
In the late 1920s, Lake Union was truly an industrial lake. Lining its shores were a lumber mill, a brickyard, a dry dock, the city gasworks, and other industries. Many can be seen in this photo, taken around 1928 from Capitol Hill. Smoke floats above the Fremont and Ballard lumber mills. Surplus wooden warships from World War I are anchored…
ID Number:1983.10.4011
Date:Circa 1928
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Bertha Landes and Frank Edwards, Seattle, circa 1928
Bertha Knight Landes was the first woman to be elected mayor of a major American city. In her single term, from 1926 to 1928, she improved law enforcement, expanded the programs of the parks department, and improved the management of City Light. Mrs. Landes didn't think of herself as a career politician, and she retired from politics after losing the…
ID Number:1983.10.4014.1
Date:Circa 1928
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Beach at Golden Gardens, circa 1929
During hot weather, Seattle residents went to nearby swimming beaches. They could travel north by automobile or streetcar to Golden Gardens, on Shilshole Bay. The city purchased the popular beach in 1923, and the park opened several years later. This photo of Golden Gardens beach was taken about 1929, the year the bathhouse was built. Swimmers changed their clothes in…
ID Number:1983.10.4015.1
Date:Circa 1929
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Golden Gardens beach, Seattle, circa 1928
During hot weather, Seattle residents went to nearby swimming beaches. They could travel north by automobile or streetcar to Golden Gardens, on Shilshole Bay. The city purchased the popular beach in 1923, and the park opened several years later. Handwritten on sleeve: Golden Gardens Beach Scenes.Photographer's Reference Number: 129386
ID Number:1983.10.4015.2
Date:Circa 1928
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Denny Hill regrade area, Seattle, June 8, 1928
In the late 1920s, part of Denny Hill still separated the waterfront area from Lake Union. The city had grown, and southbound traffic coming into the downtown area backed up at Denny Way. Businesses pressured the city to regrade the area. This 1928 photo shows the area to be leveled in the second Denny Hill regrading project. Handwritten on sleeve:…
ID Number:1983.10.4029
Date:1928
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West Woodland School, 1928
Seattle's population grew quickly after 1900. When the West Woodland School opened in 1910 on Fifth Avenue NW, it was already overcrowded. Wings were added to the Building in 1913 and 1925. The school continued to serve the Phinney Ridge area until the late 1980s, when it was replaced by a new building. This photo, taken in 1928, shows the…
ID Number:1983.10.4032
Date:1928
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Commodore and Duchess Apartments, Seattle, circa 1928
The decade of the 1920s witnessed an explosion of building construction in the University District. Among the new structures that arose at this time were several multi-storied apartments. The Commodore and Duchess Apartments, two adjacent buildings at 4003 and 4009 15th Avenue NE, were built in 1925 and 1927 respectively. Handwritten on sleeve: Commodore & Duchess Apts.Photographer's Reference Number: 129504
ID Number:1983.10.4033
Date:Circa 1928