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Image of Welder at launch of the USS Coronado at the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company shipyard, Seattle, July 1, 1966
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Welder at launch of the USS Coronado at the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company shipyard, Seattle, July 1, 1966

Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.12.1j.4
Date:1966
Image of Women employees at Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle, January 19, 1944
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Women employees at Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle, January 19, 1944

Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.w546
Date:1944
Image of Chapin Building, Seattle, circa 1900
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Chapin Building, Seattle, circa 1900

Signs in image: [M.?] Rosenthal & Co. Printing. New York Ladies Suit & Skirt Manufacturers. Horton & Monro Electricians - Motors & Dynamos - Gasoline, Gas Lamps - Gas & Electric Light Supplies - Home Light & Supply Co. Manufactures Piano Co. - Pianos at Wholesale. Chicago [Misfit?] Parlors - Clothing Made to Order at Wholesale Prices.Caption on image: Seattle…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.72
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Dearborn Building, Seattle, circa 1900
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Dearborn Building, Seattle, circa 1900

Signs in image: H.H. Dearborn & Co. Real Estate - Office 313 2nd Ave. So. Music Hall. Dearborn. Metropolitan Printing and Binding Co. Merz Dairy Supply Co.Caption on image: Seattle Photo Co.Photographer's Reference Number: 55
ID Number:Lib1988.33.127
Date:Circa 1900
Image of L.C. Smith Block, Seattle, circa 1900
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L.C. Smith Block, Seattle, circa 1900

This image shows the L.C. Smith building at the corner of 1st Ave and Jackson Street. Signs in image: Sunde & Erland Sailmakers and Riggers. Pacific Net & Twine Co. Warehouse - Golden Rule Bazaar Co. E.J. Bowen - Seeds. Henshaw [...].Caption on image: Seattle Photo Co.Photographer's Reference Number: 156
ID Number:Lib1988.33.201
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Great Northern Hotel, Seattle, circa 1898
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Great Northern Hotel, Seattle, circa 1898

The Terry Denny Building, also known as the Great Northern Hotel, is on the west side of 1st Avenue South between South Washington Street and Yesler Way. Signs in image: Pride of Seattle Hand Laundry (on wagon). Terry Denny. Hotel Northern. M. Levy & Co. Importers & Jobbers. Paints, Varnishes. Cigars & Tobacco.Photographer's Reference Number: 161
ID Number:Lib1988.33.209
Date:Circa 1898
Image of Collins Block, Seattle, circa 1898
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Collins Block, Seattle, circa 1898

Signs in image: Dr. Nelson, Dentist. Wilson's Modern Business College. The Lace House.Collins. The Copeland Medical Institute. Vienna Cafe - Restaurant. German Bakery. Bartell Drugs Co.Photographer's Reference Number: 189
ID Number:Lib1988.33.222
Date:Circa 1898
Image of Burke Building, Seattle, circa 1898
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Burke Building, Seattle, circa 1898

Judge Thomas Burke selected architect Elmer H. Fisher to design two buildings in 1889, one of which was the impressive Burke Building on the northwest corner of 2nd and Marion. Construction had barely begun when the June 1889 fire destroyed much of Seattle's business district, so completion was delayed until 1891. Fragments of this building remain as decorative elements in…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.448
Date:Circa 1898
Image of Morrison Music Company advertisement, Seattle, circa 1950
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Morrison Music Company advertisement, Seattle, circa 1950

Howell O. “Morrie” Morrison (1888-1984) and Alice Nadine (Lanterman) Morrison (1982-1978) created the Pacific Northwest’s first local popular music empire, the Morrison Music Company. The Morrison’s business began as a sheet music publication company, capitalizing on the success of Alice’s hit songs, the royalties from which provided the company’s start-up capital. The sheet music company evolved into a series of…
ID Number:Lib1990.8.198
Date:Circa 1950
Image of Seattle Business College group portrait, circa 1925
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Seattle Business College group portrait, circa 1925

The Metropolitan Business College began in 1889 as a small private business school called the Seattle Business College. The school was started by Josephine Hall and her husband in Seattle's Boston building, where it remained until 1891. Initially, the Seattle Business College taught only shorthand and typing, expanding its curriculum to include Bookkeeping, Accounting, Business Law, English, and Mathematics after…
ID Number:Lib1991.25.45
Date:Circa 1925
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