453 results for: Hotel Seattle
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Hotel Alvord, 9th Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, circa 1925
The Alvord Hotel at 914 Pike Street, is seen here looking north across Ninth Avenue. The five-story hotel was completed in 1924 and operated initially by John Gerald, then from 1942 by Eddie Mainwaring, and from 1945 by L. Stark. In about 1960 this neighborhood was cleared for the construction of the Seattle Freeway and Interstate 5. The Alvord’s publicity…
ID Number:1980.6877.60
Date:Circa 1925
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Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925
The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard sawmills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. In 1958 the largest fire in Seattle since the fire of…
ID Number:1980.6877.117
Date:Circa 1925
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Moen family outside their house, Seattle, circa 1910
Ole and Anna Moen, both immigrants from Norway, met in Minnesota in the 1880s. She was a waitress at a hotel and he played cornet in the hotel band. He moved to Seattle in 1889 and she followed two years later; they were married the day she arrived. Ole and Anna are shown here with their seven children - Carl…
ID Number:1980.6880.42
Date:Circa 1910
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Downtown Seattle from Seventh Avenue and Alder Street, 1914
In 1914 Seattle's population had reached an estimated 304,126. According to the 1914 Polk Seattle City Directory, Seattle boasted the "largest clay products plant on the Pacific Coast; largest shoe factory on Pacific Coast; largest jewelry manufacturing concern on Pacific Coast; largest condensed milk concern in the West; largest dry docks on Pacific Coast; largest fisheries and lumbering interests in…
ID Number:1980.6923.9
Date:1914
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Downtown Seattle and South Lake Union, circa 1925
This north-facing photograph of downtown Seattle appears to have been taken from a tall building located at Fourth Avenue and Seneca Street. Several historic buildings can be seen in the image, as well as Lake Union in the distance. At about the center of the frame the ornate Coliseum Theater, opened in 1916, stands at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street.…
ID Number:1980.6923.34
Date:Circa 1925
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View of 3rd Ave. and Pine St., Seattle, 1908
This image of the intersection of Third Avenue and Pine Street was taken facing southeast. Visible in the distance are the two towers of St. James Cathedral (completed in 1907) at 804 Ninth Avenue in the First Hill neighborhood. A transitional period in transportation is illustrated here, with a streetcar, several automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles in evidence. Signs in image:…
ID Number:1980.6923.48
Date:1908
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Spectators watching a circus parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1900
In this image spectators perch on carts to watch the circus parade on Second Avenue at the corner of James Street in downtown Seattle. The large brick building across the street is the Butler Hotel, and the pale building to the left is a corner of the Seattle Hotel. Handwritten on verso: Street Scene on Circus day, Seattle Wash.
ID Number:1980.6923.53
Date:Circa 1900
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Crowd watching a circus parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1900
In this image spectators perch on carts to watch the circus parade on Second Avenue at the corner of James Street in downtown Seattle. The large brick building across the street is the Butler Hotel, and the pale building to the left is a corner of the Seattle Hotel. Handwritten on verso: Street Scene, Seattle Wash. Waiting for the Circus…
ID Number:1980.6923.54
Date:Circa 1900
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Downtown Seattle facing east, July 12, 1939
This image of downtown Seattle appears to have been taken facing east from atop a building on Occidental Avenue South near South Main Street. The prominent street in the picture, which is visible on both the left and right edges of the frame, is likely Occidental Avenue South, which runs south from Yesler Avenue in Pioneer Square. Several prominent landmarks…
ID Number:1980.6985.1
Date:1939
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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