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Image of Downtown Seattle, looking north on 2nd Ave. from James St., 1907
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Downtown Seattle, looking north on 2nd Ave. from James St., 1907

This view of downtown Seattle shows the bustling Second Avenue at its James Street crossroad. The police officer in the center of the street has his hands full directing the many different kids of traffic seen here: pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, horse-drawn delivery wagons, and even early automobiles.The five story building in the foreground at the left side of the image…
ID Number:1971.5202.36
Date:1907
Image of Indigenous boat races on Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1912
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Indigenous boat races on Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1912

This image of Elliott Bay faces east with spectators lining the docks and streets of downtown Seattle visible in the background. Two Indigenous wooden dugout canoes with 11 men each are racing south along the shoreline in front of Belltown. The event likely took place during one of the Golden Potlatch celebrations staged in the summers of 1911, 1912, and…
ID Number:1971.5202.73
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Colonial Building, 1st and Seneca St., Seattle, circa 1903
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Colonial Building, 1st and Seneca St., Seattle, circa 1903

This image shows the Colonial Building, also called Colonial Block, located at the southwest corner of First Avenue & Seneca Street in the Central Business District of Downtown Seattle. Designed in 1902 by Max Umbrecht, the building was one of several structures restored in the early 1980s for Waterfront Place, a mixed-use development.Confusingly, there is another building referred to as…
ID Number:1972.5346.2
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Palmer building at 1st Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1903
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Palmer building at 1st Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1903

This view shows the Hotel York (previously Ripley Hotel) located at the northwest corner of First Avenue and Pike Street in the Palmer Building. Designed by architects Arlen Towle and Frank Wilcox in 1890, the Palmer Building was razed in 1904 after foundation damage sustained during the 1903 construction of a tunnel beneath the city by Great Northern Railway. Business…
ID Number:1972.5346.5
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Corliss P. Stone building, 1210 2nd Ave., Seattle, 1904
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Corliss P. Stone building, 1210 2nd Ave., Seattle, 1904

This street view shows the east side of Second Avenue between Seneca and University Streets in downtown Seattle. The large white building in the center of the frame is the Stone building, commissioned in 1902 by Seattle's third mayor, Corliss P. Stone (1838-1906), and designed by Edwin Walker Houghton (1856-1927), the architect of the Moore Theatre and Hotel. The C.…
ID Number:1972.5346.10
Date:1904
Image of Abbott Hotel building, 3rd Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1900
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Abbott Hotel building, 3rd Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1900

This view of the southeast corner of Third Avenue and Pike Street in downtown Seattle shows the Abbott Hotel building. The building, also known as the Fisher Building, was designed about 1890 by architect Elmer H. Fisher (1840-1905); it is no longer standing. Businesses in image: Great American Importing Tea Co., Teas, Coffees, Spices; Fashion; Richards & Giersch Barbers and…
ID Number:1972.5346.11
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Hotel Diller, 1st Ave. and University St., Seattle, circa 1903
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Hotel Diller, 1st Ave. and University St., Seattle, circa 1903

This view of the southeast corner of First Avenue and University Street in downtown Seattle features the Hotel Diller at 1220 First Avenue. The hotel was designed by Louis L. Mendel, Sr. (1867-1940), for businessman Leonard Diller (1839-1901), opening in 1890 during a period of reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1889. This building is one of only two hotels…
ID Number:1972.5346.14
Date:Circa 1903
Image of Hotel Sterling, 1412 3rd Ave., Seattle, circa 1906
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Hotel Sterling, 1412 3rd Ave., Seattle, circa 1906

This view of Third Avenue in downtown Seattle shows the Hotel Sterling. The hotel was built in 1903 during a boom in hotel development in conjunction with rising economic opportunities and population growth, as well as the opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. The building was remodeled in 1934 by Stimson and McDonald, Architects, and still stands on…
ID Number:1972.5346.15
Date:Circa 1906
Image of Antlers Hotel, 320 Union St., Seattle, 1904
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Antlers Hotel, 320 Union St., Seattle, 1904

The Antlers Hotel, seen here on the northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and Union Street in Seattle, was opened and managed by Frank L. Crampton from 1903-1910. The building is no longer standing. Note the surveyor working on the city streets in the bottom left of the frame. Businesses in image: Osier & [unreadable] Fashion; Pacific Window Shades Mfg. Co.;…
ID Number:1972.5346.16
Date:1904
Image of Hotel Ramona, 1st Ave. and Seneca St., Seattle, circa 1903
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Hotel Ramona, 1st Ave. and Seneca St., Seattle, circa 1903

The Hotel Ramona, shown here on the northeast corner of First Avenue and Seneca Street, catered to a middle and working-class clientèle. This was one of many hotels that were built on First Avenue from 1884 until 1910, after the 1883 arrival of the Northern Pacific link to the transcontinental railroad made travel to Seattle much easier. This building is…
ID Number:1972.5346.23
Date:Circa 1903
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