3379 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Ranke House and Cabrini Hospital, Madison St., Seattle, circa 1925
This image features the three-story, Queen Anne Style Ranke House at the southeast corner of Madison Street and Terry Avenue on First Hill. First Hill was the residence of choice in the 1890s for elite Seattle residents who wanted to escape the fast pace of downtown. This mansion was built by German immigrants, contractor, and socialites Otto Ranke (1842-1892) and…
ID Number:1980.6877.48
Date:Circa 1925
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Bay Building on the corner of First Avenue and University Street, Seattle, circa 1925
Pierson Photo Co. was located in the Bay Building in the 1920s. Signs visible in image include: U.S. Army Goods Store, Aronson Hardware Co., Sullivan Electric Co., Griffin Envelope Co., O.K. Cabinet Works, and Teller's.Stamped on verso: Pierson Photo Co. Commercial Photographers 401 Bay Bldg. Main 0204 Seattle, Wash.
ID Number:1980.6877.55
Date:Circa 1925
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Hotel Alvord, 9th Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1925
The Alvord Hotel at 914 Pike Street, is seen here looking north across Ninth Avenue. The five-story hotel was completed in 1924 and operated initially by John Gerald, then from 1942 by Eddie Mainwaring, and from 1945 by L. Stark. In about 1960 this neighborhood was cleared for the construction of the Seattle Freeway and Interstate 5. The Alvord’s publicity…
ID Number:1980.6877.60
Date:Circa 1925
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Madison Street cable cars next to Lennon's store on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1910
This image shows people getting on the Madison Street cable car next to Lennon's Gloves and Umbrellas on Second Avenue. Signs on the store building read "Forced to vacate. $60000.00 worth of gloves, umbrellas and hosiery. Thrown to the mercy of the public." Lennon's store moved from the location shown here into the Baillargeon Building, on Second Avenue and Spring…
ID Number:1980.6877.73
Date:Circa 1910
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Two men with horse drawn delivery wagons outside of Kristoferson's Dairy, Seattle, circa 1914
Swedish immigrants Alfred and Alberta Kristoferson moved to Washington in the late 1800s to start a dairy. By the early 1900s, Son August Kristoferson soon took the reins of the dairy business after his father's death in 1914. Kristoferson's Dairy was originally located on Fifth Avenue South but soon moved to 1218 First Avenue South where it stayed until moving…
ID Number:1980.6877.75
Date:Circa 1914
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Van de Kamp's Bakery windmill-shaped building on Queen Anne hill, Seattle, circa 1930
Van de Kamp's was founded in 1915 by Theodore Van de Kamp and Lawrence L. Frank, beginning as a potato chip stand in downtown Los Angeles. The first retail bakery store opened in 1921, in a building designed in the shape of a windmill, complete with rotating arms. The Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakery chain of bakeries and coffee…
ID Number:1980.6877.92
Date:Circa 1930
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Girls wearing Dutch costumes in tulip display, Seattle, circa 1930
These two girls, dressed in traditional Dutch costumes, pose amid a tulip display for Van de Kamp's bakeries. Under a sign in the center of the photo sits a model of the trademark Van de Kamp's windmill store. The sign reads, "Miniature of windmill stores soon to be erected in neighborhood centers. Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakeries, Seattle. Los…
ID Number:1980.6877.93
Date:Circa 1930
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Seattle Tent & Awning Co. employees, Seattle, circa 1925
Seattle Tent and Awning Company was begun by S. W. Robb (1866-1929) when he arrived in Seattle in 1896; in 1919 he sold the business to Thomas H. McGroge. The company advertised as "Manufacturers and Jobbers" of silk and canvas tents and goods for mountaineers, sportsmen, and lumber camps. During WWI the plant was the largest producer of goods in…
ID Number:1980.6877.95
Date:Circa 1925
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Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925
The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard sawmills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. In 1958 the largest fire in Seattle since the fire of…
ID Number:1980.6877.117
Date:Circa 1925
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Men stacking lumber at Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, circa 1920
The Seattle Cedar mill, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard mills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. The mill was rebuilt after a huge fire in 1958, but closed for…
ID Number:1980.6877.118
Date:Circa 1920