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View east from Denny Hotel, Seattle, circa 1890
Denny Hill once stood north of what is now Seattle’s central business district, between Second and Fifth Avenues. Between 1889 and 1906, the Denny (later Washington) Hotel dominated its southern slope. This photo looks east from the hotel. Original photo copied by Webster & Stevens.Caption on image: Seattle East from Denny Hotel.Photographer's Reference Number: 523, 373XAdditional caption information: HistoryLink essay…
ID Number:1983.10.6082.2
Date:Circa 1890
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View of Seattle, circa 1888
Between about 1888 and 1893, Seattle grocer Charles Louch sold groceries, seeds, cigars, and other goods from his store on Front Street (now First Avenue). At some point, he advertised his store, and his 1888 brand of hams and bacon, using give-away photographs of downtown Seattle with his roof sign prominently displayed in the foreground.This photo, taken by Walter Davis…
ID Number:1983.10.6083
Date:Circa 1888
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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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View of Seattle, looking northwest from 12th St. and Dearborn, circa 1882
Much of Seattle was built on land reclaimed from Elliott Bay and the mouth of the Duwamish River. Muddy tide flats once extended all the way to the foot of Beacon Hill. Roads and railroad tracks were built over the flats on wooden trestles. Regrades in the early 20th century flattened Seattle’s hills and also provided more material for reclaimed…
ID Number:1983.10.6089
Date:Circa 1882
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First Presbyterian Church, Stacy residence, and First Methodist Episcopal Church, Seattle, 1890
The buildings shown in this photograph are, from left to right: First Presbyterian Church, the Martin Van Buren Stacy residence (on the northeast corner of 3rd and Madison), and the First Methodist-Episcopal Church on the southeast corner. Original photo copied by Webster & Stevens.Caption on image: 3rd St. South From Madison.Handwritten on sleeve: 3rd South from Madison.Webster & Stevens number:…
ID Number:1983.10.6102
Date:1890
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Arthur Denny's cabin at Alki Point, circa 1902
The twelve adults and twelve children of the Denny Party were among Seattle's first white settlers. They landed at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. David Denny had already arrived before the rest of the group and started the new settlement's first cabin. The second cabin was built for Arthur Denny's family. The cabin was forty years old when it…
ID Number:1983.10.6111
Date:Circa 1902
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Great Western Iron and Steel Company, Kirkland, circa 1892
In 1888, Seattle investors convinced British industrialist Peter Kirk to open a steel mill in Kirkland, named in his honor. They hoped that the Moss Bay Iron and Steel Works, reorganized in 1890 as the Great Western Iron and Steel Company, would turn Kirkland into the Pittsburgh of the West. The city boomed as speculators subdivided land and built substantial…
ID Number:1983.10.6113
Date:Circa 1892
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Yesler's Wharf after a blizzard, January 1880
Seattle's record snowstorm began on January 5, 1880. Eight days later, the snow was a record 5 feet 4 inches deep. In this photo, the snow covers the rooftops, ship spars, and hillsides. The owner of the wooden building in the center tried to prop up his building with poles, but the snow was so heavy that the roof collapsed.…
ID Number:1983.10.6117.1
Date:1880
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John J. McGilvra's farm, circa 1870
President Lincoln appointed John J. McGilvra United States Attorney for Washington Territory. In 1864, McGilvra and his family settled near Lake Washington, in today's Madison Park district. They called their home Laurel Shade. At his own expense, McGilvra built a road from the farm to Seattle, along the route which became Madison Street.This stereographic photo shows John McGilvra's property, Laurel…
ID Number:1983.10.6122
Date:Circa 1870
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King County Courthouse, became Seattle City Hall, 1882
In 1882, the government of King County occupied a wood frame courthouse at Third Avenue, between Jefferson Street and Yesler Way in downtown Seattle. In 1890, the county offices moved up the hill to a new courthouse near the present site of Harborview Hospital and sold the old building to the city of Seattle. This photo shows the King County…
ID Number:1983.10.6136
Date:1882