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Image of Township No 24 North Range No 4 East, 1864
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Township No 24 North Range No 4 East, 1864

This hand drawn map shows early land ownership for King County Township No 24 North Range No. 4 East, providing names and property boundaries of original purchasers and claimants. These boundaries encompass what is now known as Rainier Beach neighborhood at the Southernmost point, up to the Yesler Terrace neighborhood at the North. It also includes the original of the…
ID Number:1976.6389A.1
Date:1864
Image of Township No 25 North Range No 3 East and Township No 25 North Range No 4 East, 1864
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Township No 25 North Range No 3 East and Township No 25 North Range No 4 East, 1864

This hand drawn map shows early land ownership for King County Township No 25 North Range No. 4 East and Range No. 3 East, providing names and property boundaries of original purchasers and claimants. These boundaries encompass what is now known as the First Hill neighborhood at the Southernmost point, up to North 85th, just above the present-day Green Lake…
ID Number:1976.6389A.2
Date:1864
Image of Markus and Albert Mayer jewelry store in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, 1898
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Markus and Albert Mayer jewelry store in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, 1898

Soon after striking gold on the banks of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory, brothers Albert Mayer (1871-1929) and Markus Mayer (1877-1950) established a watch and jewelry making business in Dawson City. Their older brother, Joseph Mayer (1868-1937), started Joseph Mayer Bros. in Seattle, which began by selling souvenir spoons, flatware, and wholesale jewelry, and grew into a major…
ID Number:1979.6792.1
Date:1898
Image of Portrait of Elizabeth Stacy, Seattle, 1886
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Portrait of Elizabeth Stacy, Seattle, 1886

Real estate investor Martin Van Buren Stacy (1837-1901) and his wife, Elizabeth A. (Briggs) Stacy (1824-1904), were married on Camano Island in 1870 and moved to Seattle shortly thereafter. In 1885 they built their first mansion, at 308 Marion Street. The mansion where Elizabeth died at the northeast corner of Boren and Madison survives, as the University Club. Handwritten on…
ID Number:1979.6840.5
Date:1886
Image of Portrait of Colonel Granville O. Haller, Seattle, circa 1880
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Portrait of Colonel Granville O. Haller, Seattle, circa 1880

Granville Owen Haller (1819-1897) was a U. S. Army officer who served in the Florida, Mexican, and Civil wars before coming to Washington Territory in 1852 with his wife Henrietta M. Haller (1824-1910) and their children, Alice May (Haller) Nichols (1851-1887), George Morris Haller (1852-1889), Charlotte (Haller) McKee (1854-1932), and Theodore Newell Haller (1864-1930). In 1860 they were stationed at…
ID Number:1979.6840.7
Date:Circa 1880
Image of Portrait of Henrietta Haller, Seattle, circa 1880
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Portrait of Henrietta Haller, Seattle, circa 1880

Henrietta Maria (Cox) Haller (1824-1910) was born in Ireland, arriving in New York with her parents in 1837. She married U. S. Army officer Colonel Granville O. Haller (1819-1897) and the couple had four children, Alice May Haller Nichols (1851-1887), George Morris Haller (1852-1889), Charlotte Haller McKee (1854-1932), and Theodore Newell Haller (1864-1930). The family moved to Washington Territory in…
ID Number:1979.6840.8
Date:Circa 1880
Image of Thomas and Warren French posing inside their grocery store, Seattle, circa 1910
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Thomas and Warren French posing inside their grocery store, Seattle, circa 1910

Siblings Irene French Cardiff Witt (1854-1932), Thomas Franklin French (1862-1944), and Warren Harrison French (1868-1922) were all born in Illinois and moved to Seattle. Warren arrived in 1888, and helped fight the 1889 Great Fire. The French brothers are mentioned as part of a group of Seattleites met by Seattle Times reporter T. A. Davies during his 1897 trip to…
ID Number:1979.6841.2
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Portrait of Irene, Thomas, Warren, and Margie French, Seattle, circa 1910
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Portrait of Irene, Thomas, Warren, and Margie French, Seattle, circa 1910

Siblings Irene French Cardiff Witt (1854-1932), Thomas Franklin French (1862-1944), and Warren Harrison French (1868-1922) were all born in Illinois and moved to Seattle. Warren arrived in 1888, and helped fight the 1889 Great Fire. The French brothers are mentioned as part of a group of Seattleites met by Seattle Times reporter T. A. Davies during his 1897 trip to…
ID Number:1979.6841.12
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Portrait of Irene, Thomas, George, and Warren French, Seattle, circa 1920
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Portrait of Irene, Thomas, George, and Warren French, Seattle, circa 1920

Siblings Irene French Cardiff Witt (1854-1932), Thomas Franklin French (1862-1944), and Warren Harrison French (1868-1922) were all born in Illinois and moved to Seattle. Warren arrived in 1888, and helped fight the 1889 Great Fire. The French brothers are mentioned as part of a group of Seattleites met by Seattle Times reporter T. A. Davies during his 1897 trip to…
ID Number:1979.6841.13
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Panorama of Seattle, 1878
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Panorama of Seattle, 1878

This image of Seattle faces southeast across Pike Street, toward Mount Rainier, which is just visible beyond Beacon Hill. According to "Choir's Pioneer Directory," at the time of this photo Seattle had 4,681 residents, 586 buildings, and seven miles of wooden sidewalks. The large square building in the upper left corner of the frame is the Territorial University, built in…
ID Number:1980.6923.38
Date:1878
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