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Image of View of Latona Bridge and Lake Union, Seattle, circa 1915
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View of Latona Bridge and Lake Union, Seattle, circa 1915

Seattle's first substantial bridge to cross Lake Union was the Latona Bridge, a pile-driven, fixed-span bridge linking the Eastlake neighborhood to the University District at Portage Bay. Constructed in 1891 for Seattle pioneer and investor David T. Denny (1832-1903) as an extension of his Rainier Power & Railway Co., the bridge was rebuilt in 1902 to allow pedestrian and vehicular…
ID Number:1983.10.1383.2
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Fishermen's Terminal at Salmon Bay, circa 1918
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Fishermen's Terminal at Salmon Bay, circa 1918

For many years, commercial fishermen have kept their boats at Fishermen's Terminal, in Salmon Bay, just west of the Ballard Bridge. This sheltered area of the Lake Washington Ship Canal gives easy access to Puget Sound. In this photo, taken in about 1918, fishermen are checking and mending their gill nets. Their fishing boats are tied up along the dock.…
ID Number:1983.10.2159.1
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Log rafts near the Ballard Bridge, circa 1919
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Log rafts near the Ballard Bridge, circa 1919

Lumber mills lined both sides of the Lake Washington Ship Canal near Ballard. Rafts of logs were floated to the mills, where they were cut into lumber. In this photo, taken in about 1919, log rafts float at the southeast side of the Ballard Bridge, near the Bolcom Canal Lumber Company. Phinney Ridge rises in the right background. Webster &…
ID Number:1983.10.2476.1
Date:Circa 1919
Image of Log rafts near Ballard Bridge, Seattle, circa 1919
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Log rafts near Ballard Bridge, Seattle, circa 1919

Lumber mills lined both sides of the Lake Washington Ship Canal near Ballard. Rafts of logs were floated to the mills, where they were cut into lumber. In this photo, taken in about 1919, log rafts float near the Ballard Bridge. Handwritten on sleeve: Ballard MillWebster & Stevens number: 96765
ID Number:1983.10.2476.2
Date:Circa 1919
Image of Bolcom Canal Lumber Company, Seattle, circa 1919
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Bolcom Canal Lumber Company, Seattle, circa 1919

Lumber mills lined both sides of the Lake Washington Ship Canal near Ballard. Rafts of logs were floated to the mills, where they were cut into lumber. In this photo, taken in about 1919, log rafts float near the Bolcom Canal Lumber Company. Handwritten on sleeve: Ballard MillWebster & Stevens number: 96765
ID Number:1983.10.2476.3
Date:Circa 1919
Image of Barge being built at Anderson Shipyard, Houghton, circa 1921
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Barge being built at Anderson Shipyard, Houghton, circa 1921

In 1907, Captain John Anderson joined with the owners of the Bartsch & Tompkins shipyard at Houghton, Washington to found Anderson Shipbuilding Corporation. With the outbreak of World War I in Europe in 1914 and the opening of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in 1917, Anderson modernized the yard and started building larger ships. In 1918, the shipyard built four…
ID Number:1983.10.2530.3
Date:Circa 1921
Image of Ballard neighborhood from across Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1922
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Ballard neighborhood from across Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1922

This view looks across Salmon Bay into Ballard, with the Ballard Locks on the left through the trees. Handwritten on sleeve: Ballard panorama.Photographer's Reference Number: 93611
ID Number:1983.10.2845.1
Date:Circa 1922
Image of Young woman listening to a radio on the yacht
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Young woman listening to a radio on the yacht "Muriel," circa 1923

This fashionably dressed young woman gazes out over what is probably Seattle's Portage Bay as she listens to a radio. Radios were still quite new in the 1920s. They had two parts: a receiver which picked up the signal, and a large, trumpet-shaped speaker which made the signal loud enough to hear. The receiver was large because it operated with…
ID Number:1983.10.2985.2
Date:Circa 1923
Image of Man with harpoon cannon, Bellevue, circa 1925
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Man with harpoon cannon, Bellevue, circa 1925

From the 1920s to 1940, the ships of the American Pacific Whaling Company spent each winter in Bellevue. During the winter, the company made repairs to the ships and equipment and got them ready for the next Alaska whaling season. This photo shows a man checking out the harpoon cannon on the bow of the Westport. The vessel was part…
ID Number:1983.10.3975
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Montlake and Laurelhurst neighborhoods, Seattle, April 25, 1930
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Montlake and Laurelhurst neighborhoods, Seattle, April 25, 1930

This photo looks out over Montlake to Portage Bay and the Lake Washington Ship Canal, with Laurelhurst in the background. Handwritten on sleeve: City View Montlake & Laurelhurst Dist. 4/25/30.Photographer's Reference Number: 135096
ID Number:1983.10.4222
Date:1930
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