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Image of Grover Cleveland High School, circa 1927
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Grover Cleveland High School, circa 1927

The construction of Cleveland High School on Maple Hill in 1927 gave Georgetown and south Seattle residents a six-grade junior-senior high school in their own neighborhood. When the new school opened, transferring students paraded up the hill from their old school carrying their books. This photo shows the new Cleveland High School on top of Maple Hill. Webster & Stevens…
ID Number:1983.10.755
Date:Circa 1927
Image of Ballard Building, June 20, 1927
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Ballard Building, June 20, 1927

The Ballard Building was built in the 1920s by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Because of this, it is sometimes called the Eagles Building. The opening of the Ballard Building marked the shift of Ballard's commercial area to Market Street. This photo shows the multi-purpose Ballard Building in 1927. It houses the Bagdad Theater, drug and department stores, and meeting…
ID Number:1983.10.783
Date:1927
Image of University Way, looking north from 45th Street, circa 1927
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University Way, looking north from 45th Street, circa 1927

University Way, nicknamed "The Ave" is the business district closest to the University of Washington. University students, faculty, and staff can easily walk to the University Bookstore, restaurants, banks, and other businesses in the area. This photo shows The Ave, with its streetcar tracks, in about 1927. The tiled building on the left corner is now a jewelry store. The…
ID Number:1983.10.791
Date:Circa 1927
Image of View of Pine Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues, Seattle, circa 1917
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View of Pine Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues, Seattle, circa 1917

This view of Seattle faces southwest from Pine Street (running left to right in foreground of image) towards First Hill, with the two 175 foot-tall towers of St. James Cathedral visible in the center distance. The photo must have been taken after February 2, 1916, the date of the collapse of the domed roof of the cathedral. It may have…
ID Number:1983.10.1430
Date:Circa 1917
Image of New homes on Capitol Hill, Seattle, circa 1915
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New homes on Capitol Hill, Seattle, circa 1915

Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood is part of a long ridge that overlooks downtown, and was logged off beginning in the 1880s. The neighborhood's chief developer, James Moore (1861-1929), gave the hill its name in 1901.This view of newly constructed craftsman-style houses was taken at what appears to be 18th Avenue NE and E Galer Street. The residences may have been…
ID Number:1983.10.1538.10
Date:Circa 1915
Image of View of Western Ave., Seattle, circa 1919
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View of Western Ave., Seattle, circa 1919

This view of Seattle was taken facing north from about where the Public Market Parking Garage is now located. The large building in the center of the frame is the Seattle Seamen's Institute (also Seamen's Bethel, or Seaman's Hotel), opened by the Seamen's Friend Society in 1904 as a home for retired sailors and mariners. On the eastern side of…
ID Number:1983.10.1659.4
Date:Circa 1919
Image of Stacks of lumber drying at the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company's mill in Ballard, circa 1919
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Stacks of lumber drying at the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company's mill in Ballard, circa 1919

The Seattle Cedar Mill, located just west of the Ballard Bridge, was the largest in Ballard. At the mill, logs were cut into lumber which was then dried for at least nine months before being sold. The stacks of drying lumber were over 50 feet high. In 1958, these stacks caught fire and burned. Ballard residents remembered the huge blaze…
ID Number:1983.10.1692.2
Date:Circa 1919
Image of Sorrento Hotel garden, Seattle, circa 1921
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Sorrento Hotel garden, Seattle, circa 1921

By 1910, a number of hotels had been built just outside Seattle's downtown area for people traveling on business or pleasure. The Sorrento Hotel, which advertised itself as "a hotel in the heart of things," opened on First Hill in 1908. It had Seattle's first rooftop restaurant, a roof garden, and scenic views of the city, the bay, and the…
ID Number:1983.10.2171.2
Date:Circa 1921
Image of Sorrento Hotel entrance, Seattle, circa 1921
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Sorrento Hotel entrance, Seattle, circa 1921

By 1910, a number of hotels had been built just outside Seattle's downtown area for people traveling on business or pleasure. The Sorrento Hotel, which advertised itself as "a hotel in the heart of things," opened on First Hill in 1908. It had Seattle's first rooftop restaurant, a roof garden, and scenic views of the city, the bay, and the…
ID Number:1983.10.2171.3
Date:Circa 1921
Image of Sorrento Hotel tea room, Seattle, circa 1921
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Sorrento Hotel tea room, Seattle, circa 1921

By 1910, a number of hotels had been built just outside Seattle's downtown area for people traveling on business or pleasure. The Sorrento Hotel, which advertised itself as "A hotel in the heart of things," opened on First Hill in 1908. It had Seattle's first rooftop restaurant, a roof garden, and scenic views of the city, the bay, and the…
ID Number:1983.10.2171.4
Date:Circa 1921
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