162 results for: Port of Seattle
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Pier 6, Seattle, circa 1915
Pier 6 (now Pier 57) was built in 1902 by John B. Agen and acquired by the Milwaukee Road railroad company in 1912. Known as Milwaukee Pier, it was used by shipping lines and other companies until the Port of Seattle bought the pier in 1968. Hal Griffith Jr. obtained the pier in 1989 and turned it into the attraction…
ID Number:1983.10.196.1
Date:Circa 1915
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Port of Seattle grain terminal, Seattle, circa 1927
For many years, Seattle has been a major port for the shipment of grain from eastern Washington and other grain-growing states to the east coast and Pacific ports. In 1915, the Port of Seattle built a large grain elevator and storage facility at its Hanford Street Terminal, in the industrial area south of downtown Seattle. The facility was expanded several…
ID Number:1983.10.812
Date:Circa 1927
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Shozo Tsutakawa in front of the Japanese American Commission Company, Seattle, circa 1919
Shozo Tsutakawa (1877-1951) was a successful Japanese businessman who immigrated to the US around 1904 and started the Japanese American Commission Company, importing and exporting food and other goods to and from Japan. He was also president of the Japanese Commercial Club in Seattle. In 1919, Tsutakawa wrote an article in the Seattle Times about the huge growth in trade…
ID Number:1983.10.1617.1
Date:Circa 1919
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Shozo Tsutakawa in front of Japanese American Commission Company, circa 1919
Shozo Tsutakawa (1877-1951) was a successful Japanese businessman who immigrated to the US around 1904 and started the Japanese American Commission Company, importing and exporting food and other goods to and from Japan. He was also president of the Japanese Commercial Club in Seattle. In 1919, Tsutakawa wrote an article in the Seattle Times about the huge growth in trade…
ID Number:1983.10.1617.2
Date:Circa 1919
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Japanese silk weavers, circa 1920
During the 1920s, millions of dollars of Japanese raw silk came through the port of Seattle on the way to mills in the eastern United States. From time to time, groups of Japanese businessmen and other Japanese citizens visited the city to promote the silk trade. In this photo, taken around 1920, four Japanese silk weavers in kimonos pose for…
ID Number:1983.10.1970.3
Date:Circa 1920
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Fall City High School, circa 1920
In 1908, James Stephen, Seattle school architect, was joined in business by his son, Frederick Bennett Stephen. The firm of Stephen & Stephen designed public school buildings from Vancouver and Port Townsend in western Washington to Wenatchee and Ellensburg in the central part of the state.This photo, probably taken in the 1920s, shows Stephen & Stephen's Fall City High School,…
ID Number:1983.10.2254
Date:Circa 1920
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Wireless operator at the harbor, September 1921
The Port of Seattle was very busy during the 1920s. The harbor radio station, call letters KPE, was located on Pier 1 at the end of Yesler Way. Ships leaving or entering the harbor radioed their estimated arrival or leaving times and other messages to KPE. This helped the port control ship traffic. This photo shows a wireless radio operator…
ID Number:1983.10.2280.3
Date:1921
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Snow vehicle, circa 1926
Because Seattle was the closest major American port to Alaska, a number of Arctic explorers came through the city. Some tried out their equipment in the area. This photo, probably taken in 1926, shows a snow vehicle being tested near Snoqualmie Pass. This early snowmobile seems to have been part of the equipment considered by the British air explorer Hubert…
ID Number:1983.10.3112.1
Date:Circa 1926
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Steamship "Princess Kathleen" at the B.C. Steamship Company wharf, August 15, 1930
By the early 1930s, Seattle's waterfront near Lenora Street had roadways and parking areas on wooden trestles. Ships in the Canadian trade docked in this area. This 1930 photo shows the B.C. Coast Steamship Company's "Princess Kathleen" (right) at the Lenora Street Pier. The vessel carried passengers between Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle. The "Border King" (left) carried general freight between…
ID Number:1983.10.4177.1
Date:1930
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Smith Cove terminals, Seattle, February 21, 1931
Originally home to a village of the Duwamish people, the area that became known as Smith Cove was settled by European Americans in the 1850s. Doctor, farmer, and territorial legislator Henry Smith (1830-1915) received a land claim of 160 acres on the deep water cove on the north side of Elliott Bay in 1853. Smith Cove, just south of what…
ID Number:1983.10.4369.1
Date:1931