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Woman in kitchen at the Seattle Gas Company's model kitchen, April 29, 1932
In the 1930s, the Seattle Gas Company's headquarters was at the Gasco Building at 1507-11 Fourth Avenue in Seattle. The first floor included a model kitchen with gas appliances, as shown in this photograph. Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle Gas Co Ext & Int, 4-29-32.Photographer's Reference Number: 138577Caption information source: "Program Doubles Area of Gasco Headquarters," Seattle Daily Times, April 29,…
ID Number:1983.10.4393.1
Date:1932
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View south from King Street Station tower, Seattle, May 14, 1932
This view of Seattle looks south, over the neighborhood now known as SODO, from King Street Station. Handwritten on sleeve: View from Depot Tower 5-14-32.Photographer's Reference Number: 138645
ID Number:1983.10.4395.2
Date:1932
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Swimming pool at the Washington Athletic Club, September 13, 1932
The Washington Athletic Club opened its 21-story building at Sixth Avenue and Union Street in 1930. By the end of the 1930s, Helene Madison and many other champion swimmers had trained in the club's modern swimming pool. This photo, taken in September 1932, shows a women's swimming group at the side of the Washington Athletic Club pool. Photographer's Reference Number:…
ID Number:1983.10.4412
Date:1932
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Steamship "Santa Rosa" arriving on maiden voyage, December 18, 1932
In the 1930s, the "Santa Rosa" was one of the most modern ships to visit northwest ports. It carried passengers and freight from Seattle through the Panama Canal and on to New York City, with many stops along the way. The ship's dining rooms had sliding roofs so that passengers could dine under the stars in the tropics. This 1932…
ID Number:1983.10.4418.5
Date:1932
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Old Federal Office Building, March 8, 1933
Seattle's Old Federal Office Building was called the New Federal Office Building when it opened in 1933. Forty government agencies were gathered under one roof. This allowed area residents to go to one place to deal with alcohol prohibition, customs regulations, veterans' issues, agricultural concerns, federal taxes, and other business. This photo shows the Art Deco-style Federal Building when it…
ID Number:1983.10.4422
Date:1933
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Hooverville, August 19, 1933
During the hard times of the 1930s economic depression, many unemployed and homeless people settled just west of where Seattle's Kingdome now stands. They built ramshackle houses out of scrap material and elected their own mayor. The area was nicknamed Hooverville or Hoover City by people who blamed President Herbert Hoover for causing the Depression.This 1933 photo, taken at Seattle's…
ID Number:1983.10.4435.2
Date:1933
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Colman Dock, circa 1934
For many years, travellers went to Seattle's Colman Dock at the foot of Marion Street to catch ferries to Bremerton, Port Angeles, or other towns on Puget Sound. The dock building housed the ferry offices and a marine supply company. Ye Olde Curiosity Shop is just behind the whale ribs and totem pole on the ground floor. Colman Dock and…
ID Number:1983.10.4483
Date:Circa 1934
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Second and Pike, Seattle, circa 1934
This view shows the building at the northwest corner of Second Street at Pike Street in downtown Seattle. Handwritten on sleeve: Second & Pike Streets for Grasscup & [Morrow].Photographer's Reference Number: 14015[?]
ID Number:1983.10.4488
Date:Circa 1934
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Coliseum Theatre, November 3, 1934
By 1915, Seattle's downtown commercial core was booming. In March 1915, local lumber baron and businessman C. D. Stimson leased lots on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Pike Street to the newly-formed Coliseum Company to build a theater designed specifically for movies, then called photoplays. The Coliseum Photo Playhouse was designed by noted theater architect B. Marcus Priteca,…
ID Number:1983.10.4493
Date:1934
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Garfield High School, Seattle, December 15, 1934
In 1917, the Seattle School Board authorized the purchase of property at 24th Avenue and East Jefferson Streets for a new high school. A 12-room wooden structure was constructed in 1920, followed by the three-story brick building shown here. As the 1920s progressed, Garfield's student body increased to over 1,500. A bond issue passed in 1929 provided funds for an…
ID Number:1983.10.4496
Date:1934