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Downtown Seattle from Seventh Avenue and Alder Street, 1914
In 1914 Seattle's population had reached an estimated 304,126. According to the 1914 Polk Seattle City Directory, Seattle boasted the "largest clay products plant on the Pacific Coast; largest shoe factory on Pacific Coast; largest jewelry manufacturing concern on Pacific Coast; largest condensed milk concern in the West; largest dry docks on Pacific Coast; largest fisheries and lumbering interests in…
ID Number:1980.6923.9
Date:1914
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Seattle from Beacon Hill, circa 1909
Much of downtown Seattle was built on land reclaimed from Elliott Bay and the mouth of the Duwamish River. This four-part panoramic image faces northwest from Beacon Hill and shows the area south of downtown before the Jackson Street regrade (1907-1909) cut through the hill for better access to the Rainier Valley.The King County Courthouse, with its tall cupola, can…
ID Number:1980.6923.10
Date:Circa 1900
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Independence Day parade, Seattle, July 4, 1898
During the Independence Day celebrations in Seattle in 1898, the place of honor in the parade was held by the Fifth Regiment, Canadian Militia. The militia received a standing ovation from the crowd in a "demonstration of Anglo-Saxon unity," likely spurred on by the defeat the previous day of the Spanish Fleet off Santiago Bay, Cuba, by U. S. forces,…
ID Number:1980.6923.16
Date:1898
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Cable car at 2nd Ave. and Cherry St., Seattle, 1908
In this image taken at Cherry Street facing north on Second Avenue, a woman boards a cable car in the center of a bustling street. Signs in image: Traveler 5¢ Cigars; Granam & Moore Jewelers; Plymouth Shoe Co.; L. L. Moore, Jewelers; Dr. Erwin, Dentist; Crawford, Conover, & Fisken, Fire Insurance; Crawford & Conover, Real Estate; North American Life; Washington…
ID Number:1980.6923.20
Date:1908
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Downtown Seattle and South Lake Union, circa 1925
This north-facing photograph of downtown Seattle appears to have been taken from a tall building located at Fourth Avenue and Seneca Street. Several historic buildings can be seen in the image, as well as Lake Union in the distance. At about the center of the frame the ornate Coliseum Theater, opened in 1916, stands at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street.…
ID Number:1980.6923.34
Date:Circa 1925
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Men with horse team on First Avenue, Seattle, circa 1890
In this image, a group of men pose with a horse-drawn wagon on the boardwalk along First Avenue just past Cherry Street. The wagon appears to be carrying a large slab of marble or other stone, perhaps part of the reconstruction efforts after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, when rebuilding efforts favored steel, stone, and brick construction over the…
ID Number:1980.6923.41
Date:Circa 1890
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Front Street Cable Railway Company power house and cable cars, Seattle, circa 1890
In 1888, J. M. Thompson, a developer of San Francisco’s cable car lines, joined with Seattle developer Fred Sander to build the Front Street Cable Railway. The line ran along what is now First Avenue from Pioneer Square to Pike Street, and south along Second Avenue. Thompson and Sander later extended service to the north, up steep Queen Anne Hill.In…
ID Number:1980.6923.47
Date:Circa 1890
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View of 3rd Ave. and Pine St., Seattle, 1908
This image of the intersection of Third Avenue and Pine Street was taken facing southeast. Visible in the distance are the two towers of St. James Cathedral (completed in 1907) at 804 Ninth Avenue in the First Hill neighborhood. A transitional period in transportation is illustrated here, with a streetcar, several automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles in evidence. Signs in image:…
ID Number:1980.6923.48
Date:1908
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Spectators watching a circus parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1900
In this image spectators perch on carts to watch the circus parade on Second Avenue at the corner of James Street in downtown Seattle. The large brick building across the street is the Butler Hotel, and the pale building to the left is a corner of the Seattle Hotel. Handwritten on verso: Street Scene on Circus day, Seattle Wash.
ID Number:1980.6923.53
Date:Circa 1900
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Crowd watching a circus parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1900
In this image spectators perch on carts to watch the circus parade on Second Avenue at the corner of James Street in downtown Seattle. The large brick building across the street is the Butler Hotel, and the pale building to the left is a corner of the Seattle Hotel. Handwritten on verso: Street Scene, Seattle Wash. Waiting for the Circus…
ID Number:1980.6923.54
Date:Circa 1900