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Hotel Gowman with decorations, Seattle, June 19, 1928
The Hotel Gowman was one of Seattle's downtown hotels built to accommodate large numbers of visitors. Here the hotel is decorated with flags and buntings, as well as banners indicating the Kiwanis International were holding a convention here. T. Harry Gowman was the president of the Kiwanis. The building later became known as the Stewart Hotel. Handwritten on sleeve: Gowman…
ID Number:1983.10.4036.4
Date:1928
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Briscoe School, Kent, circa 1929
The Briscoe Memorial Boys School operated in Kent from 1909 to 1970 as an Catholic orphanage and boarding school. Caption on image: Briscoe School - Kent, Washington.Handwritten on sleeve: Briscoe School, Kent, Wash.Photographer's Reference Number: 129527Caption information source: "Briscoe Memorial Boys School is founded in Kent on October 24, 1909," by Hilary Pittenger, HistoryLink.org Essay 20873
ID Number:1983.10.4037.1
Date:Circa 1929
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Truck towing crashed plane, June 24, 1929
Here, a truck tows a plane in an unknown plane crash in June 1929. Handwritten on sleeve: [C.A.] Kintz & Plane 6/24/[29].Photographer's Reference Number: 133436
ID Number:1983.10.4042.2
Date:1929
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Olympic Hotel, Seattle, circa 1929
Seattle's Olympic Hotel is still a downtown landmark. It was built from steel, brick, concrete, and terra cotta. Like many taller city buildings, the decoration on the lower floors is much more detailed than that on the upper floors. The elegance of the lower floors was meant to attract people at street level. Signs in image: Borgersens' Furs. Hotel Benjamin…
ID Number:1983.10.4049
Date:Circa 1929
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Great Northern Railway Building, Seattle, circa 1929
Shown here is the downtown Seattle office building for the Great Northern Railway on Fourth Avenue at Union Street, which was constructed in 1928 and 1929. The Great Northern Railway ran from Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington, and was developed from the Saint Paul & Pacific Railroad. It was the northernmost transcontinental railroad route in the United States. Signs…
ID Number:1983.10.4050
Date:Circa 1929
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Second Avenue looking north from University Street, Seattle, circa 1929
This streetview of Second Avenue in downtown Seattle looks north from University Street. Signs in image: [Rhodes Department Store]. [...te] Rankin's Furniture. Neon. New Washington. Billiards. Burnett Bros. Phillips - Established 1892. Frank J. Victor Inc. Handwritten on sleeve: Russell W. Sayne - 2nd Ave looking North Night [sic].Webster & Stevens number: 133598
ID Number:1983.10.4063.1
Date:Circa 1929
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Shell Oil plant, Richmond Beach, circa 1929
In the early 1912, Shell Oil opened a distribution plant at Point Wells in Richmond Beach, north of Seattle along the Puget Sound. Handwritten on sleeve: Shell Oil Co. Richmond Beach Marine Plant.Webster & Stevens number: 133606Caption information source: "Richmond Beach's First Official Residents and the town’s growth," Shoreline Historical Museum Facebook post, February 8, 2018.
ID Number:1983.10.4064.2
Date:Circa 1929
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Helene Madison leaving for a national swim meet, July 24, 1929
Helene Madison started swimming at Green Lake at age 12. At 19, she swept the women's freestyle swimming events in the 1932 Olympics. That year, she held all 16 women's world freestyle records and 56 American records. When she returned to Seattle, the city presented her with a car, a Navy and police escort, and a huge tickertape parade.This photo,…
ID Number:1983.10.4066.3
Date:1929
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Shell Oil plant, Seattle, July 24, 1929
The City Sales Office and Northern Division Office of Shell Oil Company was located at the corner of Westlake Avenue North and Highland Drive. This view looks east towards Capitol Hill. Handwritten on sleeve: Shell Plant 7/24/29.Webster & Stevens number: 133634
ID Number:1983.10.4069.2
Date:1929
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Interior of The Ranch roadhouse, August 3, 1929
In Washington state, Prohibition lasted from 1916 until 1933. During that time, making, selling, owning or drinking alcoholic beverages was against the law except for strictly-defined "family use." Individuals, restaurants, nightclubs, and roadhouses often found ways around these difficult-to-enforce state and federal laws. In Seattle, people who wanted an evening of dancing and dining, and perhaps an illegal drink, could…
ID Number:1983.10.4077.2
Date:1929