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Traffic on Pike Street looking east from First, Seattle, 1920
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ID Number:1983.10.10818.1
Date:1920
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Indigenous family selling baskets in downtown Seattle, circa 1912
At the turn of 19th to 20th centuries, Indigenous artists in the Pacific Northwest were making baskets and carvings specifically for the tourist trade and were experimenting with form and design. Making baskets for sale became an important income source for many Indigenous families. In this photo, two women and a boy sit by their baskets on Second Avenue, outside…
ID Number:1983.10.PA2.1
Date:Circa 1912
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Ships in a Puget Sound port, circa 1907
Shipbuilding and repair was prime industries in Seattle and other Puget Sound ports. This photo shows the "Favorite," a former San Francisco ferry which has been brought in for modernization. The conversion probably involved replacing the ferry's steam-powered engine with a gasoline-powered one. Several sailing ships are docked in the background. The photograph was taken sometime between 1902 and 1912…
ID Number:1983.10.PA5.4
Date:Circa 1907
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Ferry "West Seattle" heading into Seattle, circa 1907
The sidewheeler "West Seattle" was built in Tacoma for the short run between Seattle and West Seattle. Starting in July 1907, the vessel began service as the second ferry on the run, carrying passengers, buggies, and delivery wagons. In 1920, the "West Seattle" was replaced with a smaller steamer because more people were driving or taking the streetcar between the…
ID Number:1983.10.PA5.15
Date:Circa 1907
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Skinner & Eddy shipyard, circa 1917
In 1916, the Skinner & Eddy Corporation opened a shipyard at the foot of Massachusetts Street on the site of the old Moran Brothers yard. Skinner & Eddy built 75 vessels during World War I, becoming Seattle's largest shipyard. The end of the war, in 1918, brought a depression in shipbuilding, and the yard was sold in 1923.This photo of…
ID Number:1983.10.PA5.20
Date:Circa 1917
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Large western red cedar tree, circa 1925
The western red cedar or redcedar, the largest tree in the Pacific Northwest, is an environmentally and culturally important tree in the region. Indigenous tribes have long used the tree for homes, canoes, fishing, art, clothing, and medicines. An important part of the ecosystem, the western red cedar is naturally insect- and fungi-resistant and the shade from the tree helps…
ID Number:1983.10.PA21.14
Date:Circa 1925
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T.T. Minor School, circa 1925
Construction began on T.T. Minor School in 1889, the year Washington became a state. The Seattle school was named for Thomas T. Minor, former mayor and head of the school board. The original eight room school building opened in 1890 with more than 200 students. Starting in 1921, the city's program for deaf students was housed at T.T. Minor.This photo…
ID Number:1983.10.PA23.77
Date:Circa 1925
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Bartenders and patrons holding beer glasses at Hotel Globe bar, Seattle, circa 1910
Seattle's Globe Hotel operated from 1898 until the mid 1960s in a building originally built in 1891 as a warehouse. The building, historically called the Marshall-Walker Building, is a four story brick block located on the southeast corner of South Main Street and First Avenue South. Part of the city's historic Pioneer Square neighborhood, the building now houses office and…
ID Number:1983.103.1
Date:Circa 1910
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Crowd in front of Colonial Theatre, Seattle, circa 1929
The Colonial Theatre, located at 1515 4th Avenue, opened July 16, 1913. Used primarily as a movie theater, it survived until 1972. In this photo a large crowd of young people pose in front of the theater, which is showing the classic Western “The Virginian,” released in 1929.
ID Number:1984.38.29
Date:Circa 1929
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Stevens family Christmas card, 1916
Ira J. Webster and Nelson N. Stevens, natives of Michigan, moved to Seattle in 1899 and spent several years working for local photographers. In 1903 they opened their own studio with the motto, "Anything. Anytime. Anywhere." Eventually growing to a staff of 17 photographers, the team was among the front runners of the use of photography in commercial advertising, photojournalism,…
ID Number:1984.48.1
Date:1916