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Image of Ben Paris and two men posing at Ben Paris Sporting Goods and Recreation, Seattle, circa 1935
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Ben Paris and two men posing at Ben Paris Sporting Goods and Recreation, Seattle, circa 1935

Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. His namesake store, the Ben Paris, was a combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, sporting goods establishment, and was a Seattle institution for many years. It was located on the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Pine Street on the lower level of the Eitel Building.…
ID Number:1991.64.2
Date:Circa 1935
Image of Benjamin M. Paris and three men posing at Ben Paris Sporting Goods and Recreation, Seattle, circa 1930
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Benjamin M. Paris and three men posing at Ben Paris Sporting Goods and Recreation, Seattle, circa 1930

Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. His namesake store, the Ben Paris, was a combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, sporting goods establishment, and was a Seattle institution for many years. Opened in the late 1920s, it was located on the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Pine Street on the lower…
ID Number:1991.64.3
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Portrait of the members of the Gander Club, Seattle, circa 1940
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Portrait of the members of the Gander Club, Seattle, circa 1940

The Gander Club was an organization of prominent Seattle outdoorspeople, headed by Ben Paris, an avid sportsperson, entrepreneur, and conservationist. The objective of the club was to promote outdoor sports in Washington state and to provide lasting friendships for its members. This photo of the members of the Gander Club, some holding signs with their names, was probably taken in…
ID Number:1991.64.7
Date:Circa 1942
Image of Interior of the Paris Brothers Billiard and Lunch Room, Auburn, circa 1925
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Interior of the Paris Brothers Billiard and Lunch Room, Auburn, circa 1925

Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. Ben Paris and his brother John opened their first pool parlor on California Avenue in West Seattle in 1911, and added a series of combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, and sporting goods establishments. This photo, probably taken in the 1920s, shows the interior of the…
ID Number:1991.64.19
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Wood & Iverson sawmill panorama, Hobart, 1915
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Wood & Iverson sawmill panorama, Hobart, 1915

The Wood and Iverson Lumber Company began in 1896 as a shingle mill, and by 1909, owners William Washington Wood (1868-1932) and Ivar Christian Iverson (1872-1945) had saved enough money to buy timber acreage at Hobart, Washington. In 1915 they opened a large sawmill, complete with a blacksmith shop, a locomotive house, brick dry kilns, a log pond, and a…
ID Number:1991.82.43
Date:1915
Image of Salesmen with appliances outside Ben Franklin Electric Company, Seattle, circa 1935
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Salesmen with appliances outside Ben Franklin Electric Company, Seattle, circa 1935

The Ben Franklin Electric Company's "No. 1" store was located at the corner of First Avenue and Union Street in downtown Seattle. Starting in the early 1920s, Ben Franklin supplied Seattle residents with a growing variety of electrical appliances, from washing machines to refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, and more. Here, company manager Rolland B. Condon (right) shows off a new Haag…
ID Number:1991.83.1
Date:Circa 1935
Image of Exterior of Forestry Building at AYPE, Seattle, 1909
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Exterior of Forestry Building at AYPE, Seattle, 1909

The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in 1909 in Seattle to publicize the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds were located on the campus of the University of Washington, where many new buildings were built to accommodate the fair. The Forestry Building was sponsored by the State of Washington and was intended to showcase the state's…
ID Number:1991.94.1
Date:1909
Image of Bunkhouses at Polson Logging Company camp, circa 1918
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Bunkhouses at Polson Logging Company camp, circa 1918

This Clark Kinsey photo of employees and bunkhouses at a Polson Logging Company camp was probably taken somewhere near Grays Harbor. The portable dwellings were hauled from place to place along the logging railroad.Clark Kinsey started taking photographs in western Washington in the 1890s. He spent several years in the Klondike before returning to the Puget Sound region. In 1913,…
ID Number:1992.21.11
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Cedar Falls Lake, circa 1915
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Cedar Falls Lake, circa 1915

Starting in 1895, the City of Seattle began to purchase land in the upper Cedar River watershed to supply water and electric power for the growing city. In 1914, workers completed a large masonry dam just below Cedar Lake (now Chester Morse Lake), and the lake became a reservoir. As the city added more land to its holdings, the people…
ID Number:1992.44.1
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Steam train at Keechelus, circa 1910
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Steam train at Keechelus, circa 1910

The Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railroad, completed through Snoqualmie Pass, Washington in 1909, connected Seattle with Ellensburg. The railroad carried men and supplies to a growing number of mining operations and logging camps in the Cascade Mountains. It also brought tourists to view the scenery and enjoy other outdoor activities.This photographic postcard of a Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound…
ID Number:1992.44.17
Date:Circa 1910
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