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Image of Medical-Dental Building, Seattle, circa 1925
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Medical-Dental Building, Seattle, circa 1925

The Medical-Dental Building is located between 5th and 6th Avenues on Olive Way, and leases to primarily medical and dental practices. When built in 1925, the Medical Dental Building was one of the tallest at intersection of Olive Way and Westlake Avenue. This photo shows the building around the time of its construction. Handwritten on sleeve: Medical Dental Bldg.Webster &…
ID Number:1983.10.430
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Workers at the Lighthouse Broom Company, circa 1925
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Workers at the Lighthouse Broom Company, circa 1925

The Lighthouse for the Blind was one of Seattle's early community service organizations. It provided work for people with impaired vision so they could support themselves and their families. Employees made brooms, wove rags into rugs, and cane fiber into chair seats. In this photo, a woman weighs a finished broom. Bunches of broom straw sit on the floor in…
ID Number:1983.10.433.1
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Lake Retreat, January 1, 1925
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Lake Retreat, January 1, 1925

By the 1920s, The Seattle Times ran regular articles describing trips that Seattleites could take in their cars. A January 1925 Seattle Times Auto Tour took drivers out through the countryside to Lake Retreat, a secluded spot east of Ravensdale, near Kent. This photo, taken for the Times' tour article, shows Lake Retreat. Webster & Stevens number: 111849
ID Number:1983.10.457.6
Date:1925
Image of Seattle waterfront near the Canadian Pacific dock, circa 1925
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Seattle waterfront near the Canadian Pacific dock, circa 1925

Starting in the late 19th century, trade with Asia grew to be an important part of Seattle's economy. By the 1920s the waterfront was crowded with piers, railroad tracks, and warehouses. A roadway had been built to keep the increasing car traffic away from the busy railroad tracks. This photo, taken in the 1920s near the Canadian Pacific dock, shows…
ID Number:1983.10.459
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Formal gardens, reservoir, and pavilion at Volunteer Park, circa 1914
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Formal gardens, reservoir, and pavilion at Volunteer Park, circa 1914

In the early 1900s, the Olmsted Brothers firm of landscape designers submitted a plan for Volunteer Park to the city of Seattle. The design included curving roads and formal gardens. A water tower was built in 1906, and the conservatory was added in 1912.This photo shows the reservoir, small lily ponds, gardens, and a long pavilion with a bandstand at…
ID Number:1983.10.463.2
Date:Circa 1914
Image of Main Street, Bothell, circa 1925
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Main Street, Bothell, circa 1925

In its earliest days, Bothell was the home of a lumber camp and a shingle mill. Later, the area turned to dairy farming, poultry, and produce. When this photo was taken in the 1920s, Bothell had a wide, paved main street and was part of the transportation network of a busy and growing region. Webster & Stevens number: 111955
ID Number:1983.10.479
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Tourists in open-top observation cars, 1925
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Tourists in open-top observation cars, 1925

In the summer of 1925, the Great Northern Railway inaugurated its new open-top observation cars in the Rocky Mountains near Glacier Park. In Seattle, the railroad kicked off this new service with an open-air trip between King Street Station and Skykomish.In this 1925 photo, a group of sightseers sit in the Glacier Park observation car in Seattle's King Street Station…
ID Number:1983.10.495.2
Date:1925
Image of View of the Denny Regrade area, circa 1925
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View of the Denny Regrade area, circa 1925

Denny Hill, which stood north of Seattle's downtown was thought to block the city's growth. The steep hill was removed in two stages between the 1890s and the 1930s, and the land was regraded. The area where Denny Hill stood is still known as the Denny Regrade.This photo was taken in about 1925, after the first Denny Hill regrading project.…
ID Number:1983.10.498
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Rhodes ten-cent store, circa 1927
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Rhodes ten-cent store, circa 1927

Five-and-ten-cent variety stores were very popular in the earlier part of the twentieth century. Seattle's locally-owned five and dime was Rhodes Brothers Ten Cent Store. This photo shows the elegant facade of Rhodes Brothers' second downtown store, which occupied this space on the west side of Fourth Avenue at 318 Pike Street from 1924-1931. Since the mid-1980s, the site has…
ID Number:1983.10.506
Date:Circa 1927
Image of Hardwood floor inside Seattle Times model home, Seattle, June 17, 1925
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Hardwood floor inside Seattle Times model home, Seattle, June 17, 1925

In 1925 the Seattle Times sponsored a model house at 1400 Terry Street. The furnished, Tudor-style cottage gave visitors a chance to see the latest ideas in home building and home decoration. This photo features floors laid by Standard Hardwood Floor Co. Sign in image: Hardwood Floors [Laid?] by Standard Hardwood Floor Co. Handwritten on sleeve: Times Model House 6-17-25.Webster…
ID Number:1983.10.513.2
Date:1925
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