162 results for: Port of Seattle
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Atlantic Street piers, Seattle, circa 1932
This aerial view features docks that were owned by the Port of Seattle and utilized by shipping companies. Handwritten on sleeve: Port of Seattle Atlantic Street docks A-B from street.Photographer's Reference Number: 138570
ID Number:1983.10.4392.1
Date:Circa 1932
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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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Finnish community at Smith Cove, August 2, 1935
Until the late 1930s or 1940s, a small community made up mainly of Finns lived near Smith Cove, north of downtown Seattle. They owned their one and two story homes, but the Great Northern Railway owned the land. Many residents worked in the logging, fishing, and railroad industries. A former resident remembers swimming with other children in the waves made…
ID Number:1983.10.4536.3
Date:1935
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Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) at her house, circa 1893
Kikisoblu was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). By the time this photo was taken, probably in the 1890s, her Suquamish and Duwamish people had been exiled to the Port Madison Reservation. White settlers renamed her Princess or Queen Angeline and built her a new home. Her house was located on Western Avenue near what is now Pike…
ID Number:1983.10.6086
Date:Circa 1893
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Old sailor with ship model, circa 1906
Many sailors stayed in Seattle and other port cities when they became too old for the hard work at sea. In Seattle, some lived at the Seamen's Institute home on Western Avenue.In this photo, taken at the Seamen's Institute around 1906, a retired sailor works on a model ship. Photographs and pictures decorate the net hanging on the wall behind…
ID Number:1983.10.7695
Date:Circa 1906
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Group of Suquamish people waiting at Colman Dock, Seattle, circa 1911
The Suquamish tribe lived on Bainbridge Island and fished in the waters of Puget Sound long before Seattle was founded. The Suquamish carved dugout canoes and used them to travel to fishing and hunting grounds across Puget Sound. Fishing, especially for salmon, was of central importance to the Suquamish for both subsistence and culture. Suquamish fishers used subtle environmental clues…
ID Number:1983.10.7723
Date:1911
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Man and woman, possibly Suquamish, seated inside a Seattle building, circa 1910
Although the photographers did not identify this couple or the location, it is possible that they are Suquamish, waiting in Seattle's federal courthouse. At approximately the same time, a group of Suquamish were photographed at Seattle's Colman Dock returning to the Port Madison Reservation, on Bainbridge Island, after trying to collect payments for land sold to the government. Webster &…
ID Number:1983.10.7792
Date:Circa 1910
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Harbor Island from downtown Seattle, circa 1913
With the expansion of Japanese trade and the start of construction on the Panama Canal, Seattle expected its port business to boom. Beginning around 1905, developers filled in an area of tide flats at the mouth of the Duwamish River for huge new piers and warehouses. This was called Harbor Island.This photo, taken from downtown Seattle, shows Harbor Island in…
ID Number:1983.10.9745
Date:Circa 1913
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South Piers 1 and 2, Seattle, circa 1915
Signs in image: Port of Seattle South Pier 2 - American-Hawaiian S.S. Co. Port of Seattle South Pier 1 - American-Hawaiian S.S. Co.Handwritten on sleeve: Port of Seattle South Piers 1 & 2.Webster & Stevens number: 38465
ID Number:1983.10.9797.3
Date:Circa 1915
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Lander Street Wharf, Seattle, circa 1916
Sign in image: Port of Seattle - Lander St. Wharf - American-Hawaiian S.S. Co.Handwritten on sleeve: Lander St. Dock.Webster & Stevens number: 47634
ID Number:1983.10.10234
Date:Circa 1916