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Correspondence
Letter on birch bark, August 29, 1898
The letter pictured here was written on birch bark by Joe Masters, a prospector, to his wife while traveling up the Koyukuk River in Alaska. Gold deposits were discovered on the middle fork of the river, sparking a gold rush similar to the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon Territory of Canada 500 miles to the east. In 1898 about…
ID Number:1969.4798.8
Date:1898
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Employees inside Admiral Line terminal at Pier D, Seattle, 1925
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company was an important early shipping company that operated steamships on the west coast of North America. Organized in 1867 under the name of Goodall, Nelson and Perkins, the company effectively ceased business in 1916 when its vessels were purchased by the Admiral Line. The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line)…
ID Number:1970.4892.3
Date:1925
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Admiral Line terminal at Pier D, Seattle, 1925
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company was an important early shipping company that operated steamships on the west coast of North America. Organized in 1867 under the name of Goodall, Nelson and Perkins, the company effectively ceased business in 1916 when its vessels were purchased by the Admiral Line. The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line)…
ID Number:1970.4892.10
Date:1925
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Admiral Line ship and terminal at Pier D, Seattle, 1925
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company was an important early shipping company that operated steamships on the west coast of North America. Organized in 1867 under the name of Goodall, Nelson and Perkins, the company effectively ceased business in 1916 when its vessels were purchased by the Admiral Line. The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line)…
ID Number:1970.4892.13
Date:1925
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U. S. Postal Office, employees of Motor Vehicle Unit, Seattle, June 11, 1939
This portrait of the Motor Vehicle Unit employees was taken outside the U. S. Post Office garage. The photograph is part of a series of group portraits of employees of various Seattle stations, taken between 1935-1952. Among the men posed here is George E. Starr (1884-1980), Seattle Postmaster from 1934-1954. Handwritten on negative: U. S. Post Office Motor Vehicle Unit,…
ID Number:1972.5319.74
Date:1939
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Passengers boarding the Ferry Kalakala on Lake Union, Seattle, September 7, 1950
This image of passengers boarding the Ferry Kalakala at the U. S. Naval Marine Corps Armory (now MOHAI) on Lake Union is part of a series of photographs taken during the 37th biennial convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers, which took place in Seattle on September 4-7, 1950. Two boat rides were scheduled aboard the ferry Kalakala for…
ID Number:1972.5319.78
Date:1950
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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
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Corner of 2nd Avenue & Pike St. Seattle, circa 1903
This image is of the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street in what is now the Pike Place Market neighborhood of downtown Seattle. This building is no longer standing. Businesses in image: Acme Business College, J. W. Wilson Photographers Studio; Pike Street Oyster House & Restaurant; J. M. Lyon & Co., Books and Stationery; E. C. Neville, Physician,…
ID Number:1972.5346.3
Date: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
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Germania Hall building at 2nd Ave. and Seneca St., Seattle, circa 1903
This is a view of Germania Hall, located on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Seneca Street in downtown Seattle. This building is no longer standing. The building to the right of Germania Hall is Olympic Hall, which was used at least from 1896-1912 for union meetings and by Mount Zion Baptist Church. Businesses in image: Germania Café and…
ID Number:1972.5346.7
Date:Circa 1903