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View of Holgate Street looking east at 9th Avenue South, Seattle, May 22, 1923
This photograph of Holgate Street looking east towards Beacon Hill depicts two workmen at ground level, perhaps working on the pilings which raise the street and buildings above the marshy ground. Other pedestrians are also visible. This area south of downtown Seattle was originally made up of tidal flats; soil dredged from the Duwamish River and sluiced from the Denny…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.7.2.19
Date:1923
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Beacon Hill regrading, Seattle, July 2, 1923
This photograph shows the north end of Beacon Hill facing north. Dearborn Street is visible coming from the left center edge of the frame, between Beacon Hill and what will later be the Chinatown - International District of Seattle. Advertisement billboards visible in the image are for Wrigley's Gum and Wing Foot Tires. This area south of downtown Seattle was…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.7.2.58
Date:1923
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Wooden lock in Montlake Ditch, Seattle, circa 1900
The Montlake Cut, between the Montlake and University District neighborhoods in Seattle, connects Lake Washington and Lake Union as part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. When it was completed in 1916, it marked the realization of a 62-year-old idea to link the lakes with Puget Sound, creating a freshwater harbor in Seattle and a waterway connecting Seattle's shipping harbor…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.14
Date:Circa 1900
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Facing north on Commercial Street, Seattle, circa 1895
This image, taken facing north along Commercial Street (now First Avenue South), shows Seattle's central business district, likely a few years after the Great Fire of 1889. The street in the foreground crossing the frame from left to right is likely Jackson Street, visibly raised above ground level like many streets were after the fire. The brick building in the…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.26
Date:Circa 1895
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Wharf and beach homes on waterfront, Seattle, circa 1895
Predating the settlement that became the city of Seattle, the Duwamish had an encampment with two longhouses situated along the north central waterfront, roughly at the intersection of present-day Bell Street and Alaskan Way. By around the 1860s, the longhouses were gone, leaving only modest beach structures. In the 1890s the waterfront from Pike Street north to Broad Street had…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.78
Date:Circa 1895
Ephemera
Trolley Trips in City and Suburbs on the Car Lines of the Seattle Electric Company, circa 1910
In 1898, the Seattle Electric Company was granted a contract to consolidate the city's 22 separate streetcar lines and private street railways. The SEC was an arm of the national Stone & Webster utility cartel, which also controlled the city's electrical grid and operated the Puget Sound Electric Railway (PSE), an interurban line linking Tacoma, Seattle, and Everett. By 1941,…
ID Number:Lib1992.35.1
Date:Circa 1910
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Ballard locks under construction, Seattle, 1914
In this photo of the Salmon Bay waterway, the construction site of the Hiram Chittenden locks is visible. The locks had their official opening in 1917. The brothers Clarence R. and Otto Langstaff were prolific amateur photographers in Seattle. Clarence (1880-1941) worked as a carpenter and also spent time at Mt. Rainier as a guide. Otto (1883-1969) worked for W.P.…
ID Number:Lib1993.8.34
Date:1914
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Ballard locks under construction, Seattle, 1914
In this photo, a small boat travels west along the Salmon Bay waterway next to the construction site of the Hiram Chittenden locks, which had their official opening in 1917. The brothers Clarence and Otto Langstaff were prolific amateur photographers in Seattle. Clarence worked as a carpenter and also spent time at Mt. Rainier as a guide. Otto worked for…
ID Number:Lib1993.8.35
Date:1914
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Great Northern Railroad bridge construction, Ballard, 1912
The bascule bridge that crosses Salmon Bay was built for the Great Northern Railroad and completed in 1914. This photo shows its stone supports during the initial stages of construction. The photographer stood on the Magnolia side of the waterway, looking towards Ballard. The brothers Clarence and Otto Langstaff were prolific amateur photographers in Seattle. Clarence worked as a carpenter…
ID Number:Lib1993.8.37
Date:1912
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Doe and fawn, Stoneway Concrete, Renton, Washington, 1972
Stoneway Concrete was established in 1912 in Renton. This photo of a doe and fawn on the edge of their facility was taken by Seattle Times photographer Josef Scaylea in 1972. Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the Pacific Northwest. He…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.161
Date:1972