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Corner of Fourth Avenue and University Street, Seattle, January 31, 1924
This photo shows the corner of Fourth Avenue and University Street in downtown Seattle. The building on the corner is the Curtis Studio, a photography business managed by Edward Curtis's wife, Clara. A sign atop the studio indicates that this location is the future site of the Stimson Building, one of a group of buildings designed by architects Howells and…
ID Number:1971.5117.2
Date:1924
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Construction of Stimson Medical Center Building, Seattle, 1924
Charles D. Stimson (1857-1929) moved to Seattle in 1889 and by 1909, may have been Seattle's most influential person, as he headed the Metropolitan Bank, the General Insurance Company of America, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition effort, and the Metropolitan Building Company. His wife, Harriet Mary Overton (1862-1936), was a dedicated supporter of the Seattle Symphony. Their daughter Dorothy Stimson Bullitt (1892-1989)…
ID Number:1971.5117.3
Date:1924
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St. James Cafe business card, circa 1900
This card for the St. James Cafe in Pioneer Square gives an address on South Third Street which corresponds to the location of a St. James Hotel listed in city directories from 1891 through 1905. Under proprietors Nels Lund and John Lang, the St. James Cafe was probably a food establishment associated with the hotel of the same name.
ID Number:1971.5190.13
Date:Circa 1900
Ephemera
Application for Registration of Trademark by R.C. Erskine, May 17, 1905
Robert Chase Erskine (1876-1971) came to Seattle in 1899 and became a prominent businessman, elected three times as president of the Seattle Real Estate Association. Having upheld a boyhood pledge to his mother to never drink alcohol, when he died at age 95 he left a six-figure trust fund to promote total abstinence from alcohol in the young. A street…
ID Number:1971.5202.5
Date:1905
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Seattle Hardware Company Building, 1st Ave. S. and King St., Seattle, 1905
The Seattle Hardware Company, founded in 1883, lost its original Pioneer Square building in the Great Fire of 1889. After operating out of several temporary locations, the firm opened a new, seven-story building at First Avenue South and King Street in 1905. Handwritten beneath image: The Plant of The Seattle Hardware Co., Among the Largest Wholesale Houses in SeattlePhotographer's number:…
ID Number:1971.5202.21
Date:1905
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Diamond Ice & Storage Co., Western Ave. and Union Ave., Seattle, circa 1903
Diamond Ice & Storage Co. was located on the southwest corner of Western Avenue and Union Avenue in Seattle. The building is no longer standing, and a Public Storage facility now occupies the site at 1334 Alaskan Way. This photograph is part of an album titled "Views of Businesses and Buildings, Area: Pine to Madison, 4th to Western."
ID Number:1972.5346.20
Date:Circa 1903
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Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, 1941
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.4
Date:1941
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Dock No. 2 at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, 1943
This view of Dock No. 2 at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard was taken in 1943. Visible on the right side of the frame, a U.S. Army barge is docked nearby. The Salmon Bay Bridge (or, BNSF Railway Bridge No. 4) can be seen in its raised position in the background at the top right of the frame.Olson…
ID Number:1972.5503.18
Date:1943
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U.S. Navy ship YF-453 in dry dock at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, circa 1943
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.88
Date:Circa 1943
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Group at launch of Navy lighter YC-842 at the Olson & Winge Marine Works yard, Seattle, October 20, 1943
Olson & Winge Marine Works was formed in 1941 by Oscar E. Olson (b. 1882) and Carl B. Winge (1891-1956). The two met in 1910 while working for King and Winge Shipbuilding Company, started in 1899 by Carl's uncle, Albert M. Winge (1868-1916), and his partner Thomas J. King (1843–1925). From around 1941 to 1944, the Olson & Winge yard…
ID Number:1972.5503.92
Date:1943