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Photograph
Men with horse team on First Avenue, Seattle, circa 1890
In this image, a group of men pose with a horse-drawn wagon on the boardwalk along First Avenue just past Cherry Street. The wagon appears to be carrying a large slab of marble or other stone, perhaps part of the reconstruction efforts after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, when rebuilding efforts favored steel, stone, and brick construction over the…
ID Number:1980.6923.41
Date:Circa 1890
Photograph
Workmen posing with stone slab, Seattle, circa 1890
In this image stone carvers, with their wooden mallets and chisels, pose with a large slab; notes on the image indicate the slab's size but not its function. Perhaps the slab was an element of a new building under construction in the aftermath of the 1889 Great Fire, when the rebuilding effort favored steel, stone, and brick construction over the…
ID Number:1980.6923.65
Date:Circa 1890
Photograph
Southwest view of Seattle after fire, July 1889
The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the City, destroying 100 acres of Seattle's business district and waterfront. The city didn't take much time to mourn; most businesses decided to rebuild where they had been, and rebuilding began almost immediately, creating a building…
ID Number:1980.6923.118
Date:1889
Photograph
South-facing view of Seattle after fire, July 1889
The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the City, destroying 100 acres of Seattle's business district and waterfront. The city didn't take much time to mourn; most businesses decided to rebuild where they had been, and rebuilding began almost immediately, creating a building…
ID Number:1980.6923.122
Date:1889
Drawing
Drawing of Orpheum theater, Seattle, circa 1927
Seattle's Orpheum Theatre opened August 25, 1927, and was heralded as one of the finest vaudeville and "photoplay" houses on the West Coast. Designed in Spanish Renaissance style by the famous architect B. Marcus Priteca, the building stood at the corner of 5th and Stewart until 1967, when it was destroyed for construction of the Washington Plaza Hotel. This pen…
ID Number:1980.7021.62.3
Date:Circa 1927
Photograph
Businesses at corner of Pine Street and Fourth Avenue, Seattle, 1967
This image shows the intersection of Pine Street and 4th Avenue, looking south along Fourth. Through the 1960s and 70s, proposals were put forward to convert this area into an urban park with retail and commercial spaces, but lawsuits and controversies delayed any work until 1986. The new Westlake Center opened on October 20, 1988, including an indoor mall, an…
ID Number:1980.7067.1.15.1
Date:1967
Photograph
Central Building under construction, Seattle, October 31, 1907
This image was taken during construction of the Central Building at Third Avenue and Marion Street in downtown Seattle, which was completed in 1909 and still stands as of 2017. Designed by local architect Charles Ronald Aldrich (1866-1939), the building utilized a steel frame and reinforced concrete intended to ensure the building withstood fires and earthquakes. The image was taken…
ID Number:1980.7134.18
Date:1907
Photograph
Men in Metro Sewer project pipe, Seattle, February 1962
The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, commonly known as Metro, was designed to provide regional solutions for the problems of King County's fast-growing metropolitan area. In 1958, after rejecting a proposal for an agency with authority over a range of issues, voters approved a plan authorizing Metro to deal with a single pressing problem -- wastewater treatment. Over the next decade,…
ID Number:1981.7227.7.1
Date:1962
Ephemera
Metro Quarterly, April 1964
The Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, commonly known as Metro, was designed to provide regional solutions for the problems of King County's fast-growing metropolitan area. In 1958, after rejecting a proposal for an agency with authority over a range of issues, voters approved a plan authorizing Metro to deal with a single pressing problem -- wastewater treatment. Over the next decade,…
ID Number:1981.7227.11
Date:1964
Cartographic material
Map of the City of Seattle and Adjacent Territory, Bogue Map No. 3, 1911
Virgil Gay Bogue (1846-1916) was a civil engineer, originally from Norfolk, New York, who after working briefly as assistant engineer in Brooklyn, New York, and 10 years working with railroads in Peru, came to the Washington Territory in the 1880s as an employee of the Northern Pacific Railway. After a stint at the Union Pacific Railroad, Bogue started his own…
ID Number:1981.7231.17
Date:1911