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Image of Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Pier D with Steamer Spokane in dock, Seattle, circa 1907
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Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Pier D with Steamer Spokane in dock, Seattle, circa 1907

The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co. and the Pacific Coast Railway. Handwritten on image: R3434. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/Seattle, USA.Signs in image: Schwabacher Hardware Company, Pier D/ Columbia & Puget Sound R.R./ Pacific Coast Steamship Co.Typed on verso: Waterfront view of…
ID Number:1978.6585.6a
Date:Circa 1907
Image of Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Pier D from Railroad Avenue, Seattle, circa 1916
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Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Pier D from Railroad Avenue, Seattle, circa 1916

The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co. and the Pacific Coast Railway. Handwritten on image: 17533. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/1212 Fourth Ave/Seattle, USA.Signs in image: T.F. Clark Co. Inc. Copper Sheet Metal Works/ Copper Smithing, Draper Engine Works, Pier D/ The Admiral…
ID Number:1978.6585.7a
Date:Circa 1916
Image of Coal yard at Madison Park showing lake frontage and barges, Seattle, circa 1915
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Coal yard at Madison Park showing lake frontage and barges, Seattle, circa 1915

The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co., and the Pacific Coast Railway. The Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, originally the Seattle & Walla Walla, became part of the Pacific Coast Railway in 1916. Handwritten on image: 4580. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/1212 Fourth…
ID Number:1978.6585.21b
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Coal yard at Madison Park showing street frontage on Laurelshade Avenue, Seattle, circa 1915
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Coal yard at Madison Park showing street frontage on Laurelshade Avenue, Seattle, circa 1915

The Pacific Coast Company was organized in 1897, and comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co., and the Pacific Coast Railway. The Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, originally the Seattle & Walla Walla, became part of the Pacific Coast Railway in 1916. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/1212 Fourth Ave/Seattle, USASigns in image:…
ID Number:1978.6585.21c
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Tug S.L. Dowell on Lake Washington, Seattle, circa 1915
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Tug S.L. Dowell on Lake Washington, Seattle, circa 1915

Handwritten on image: 4581. Embossed photographer's mark: F.H. Nowell/1212 Fourth Ave/Seattle, USATyped on verso: "Tug S.L. Dowell" to be renamed "Pacific Coast." Part of equipment purchased with Madison Park Yard on Lake Washington for having coal barges on the lake.
ID Number:1978.6585.21d
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Alaska Steamship Company at Piers 1 and 2, Seattle, circa 1898
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Alaska Steamship Company at Piers 1 and 2, Seattle, circa 1898

The Alaska Steamship Company was formed in 1894, initially to ship passengers and fishing products between Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. In 1896 gold was discovered on the banks of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory, triggering a stampede of prospectors into Seattle and an era of prosperity that lasted for more than a decade. The Alaska Steamship Company…
ID Number:1978.6603.1
Date:Circa 1898
Image of Admiral Line Ma-Chiong score card, circa 1925
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Admiral Line Ma-Chiong score card, circa 1925

The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line) was a steamship company based in Seattle which operated five ocean liners sailing from Seattle to Japan and China. Pictured here is a stationery card provided to passengers aboard the S. S. President McKinley, which was built in 1921 and in 1922 became part of the Admiral Line…
ID Number:1978.6667.1
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Clock at Colman Dock, Seattle, 1910
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Clock at Colman Dock, Seattle, 1910

This clock, built by the E. Howard Co. of Boston, was installed at Seattle's Colman Dock in 1908. The clock served as a beacon for land and water travelers, its four 54-inch dials lit from inside. On the evening of April 25, 1912, the steamship Alameda slammed into the dock and the tower sheared off, fell onto the Alameda, and…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.59
Date:1910
Image of Seattle Tent & Awning Co. employees, Seattle, circa 1925
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Seattle Tent & Awning Co. employees, Seattle, circa 1925

Seattle Tent and Awning Company was begun by S. W. Robb (1866-1929) when he arrived in Seattle in 1896; in 1919 he sold the business to Thomas H. McGroge. The company advertised as "Manufacturers and Jobbers" of silk and canvas tents and goods for mountaineers, sportsmen, and lumber camps. During WWI the plant was the largest producer of goods in…
ID Number:1980.6877.95
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Rowe Machine Works dock, Ballard, circa 1930
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Rowe Machine Works dock, Ballard, circa 1930

Rowe Machine Works was located at the foot of 24th Avenue NW in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, on the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Rowe Machine Works operated at the same location through the 1980s.In this photograph, the tug Tatoosh and fishing vessel Grizzly II are docked in front of the Rowe Machine Works building, perhaps for repairs. Barbee Dry…
ID Number:1980.6877.156
Date:Circa 1930
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