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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.60
Date:Circa 1920
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.61
Date:Circa 1920
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.62
Date:Circa 1920
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.64
Date:Circa 1920
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House constructed by Long Building Company, Seattle, circa 1920
J. Stanley Long (1883-1959) was a contractor who built homes in Seattle neighborhoods for more than 50 years. Born in Ohio, Long studied law in Chicago, and moved to Seattle in 1906. In Seattle, rather than practicing law, Long focused his energies on the growth potential of the local housing market. Long built and sold his first house in 1906.…
ID Number:2010.76.1.65
Date:Circa 1920
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David Thomas Denny II home on Queen Anne Hill, circa 1890
Seattle pioneers David T. Denny and Louisa Boren married in 1853 and lived in a small house on their homestead claim where Seattle Center and surrounding area is today. Denny accumulated enough wealth from various business ventures to build this mansion on Queen Anne Hill around 1890. Unfortunately, the family suffered significant financial losses during the Panic of 1893 and…
ID Number:2011.26.2
Date:Circa 1890
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Edgecomb and Moore log train at Ballard trestle, circa 1890
Though unattributed, the photograph was probably taken by Seattle photographer John P. Soule.
ID Number:2011.26.7.39
Date:Circa 1890
Poster
Elliott Bay Water Taxi poster, Seattle, 1997
West Seattle is Seattle's oldest and biggest neighborhood, situated on a peninsula in Elliott Bay. Early public transportation between West Seattle and Seattle was mostly limited to the irregular and infrequent service provided by “Mosquito Fleet” steamships that traveled from port to port around Puget Sound. In 1888 the West Seattle Land and Improvement Company built a dock and launched…
ID Number:2012.26.65
Date:1997
Menu
Kuehnoel's Triple "XXX" Barrel menu, cica 1945
Kuehnoel's Triple "XXX" Barrel was a popular drive-in located at 2822 Rainier Avenue in Sick's Stadium. There were several triple XXX locations in the Seattle area, and this location was home to "the oldest Triple XXX in Seattle". The Triple XXX brand was licensed by Southern Beverage Company in Texas to over 150 Triple XXX bottlers. The largest distributor of…
ID Number:2014.3.1.16
Date:Circa 1945
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Open Books poetry shop, Seattle, February 2018
In 1995, Open Books: A Poetry Emporium opened in an extended bungalow at 2414 N 45th St in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood. It was, and continues to be, one of the few poetry-only shops in the nation. Open Books relocated to the corner of First Avenue and Cherry Street in Pioneer Square in 2022. This image shows Open Books in its…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.ARCH360
Date:2018