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Broadway Building at Broadway and Madison Street, 1905
By 1905, Seattle businessmen had built many large buildings in the downtown area. Larger commercial buildings were being built in outlying neighborhoods too.This photo shows the Broadway Building, at the corner of Broadway and Madison Street. It had a drugstore and a grocery store on the ground floor and a dancing school upstairs. A horsedrawn grocery cart waits by the…
ID Number:1983.10.7370.1
Date:1905
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Schwabacher Grocery Co., 1905
Schwabacher Brothers & Company, a San Francisco firm, opened an branch in Seattle in the 1860s. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods and other materials to the logging camps, mill towns and farming communities. The first supplies were delivered across the water and upriver by steamer. In later years, the…
ID Number:1983.10.7374.2
Date:1905
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First Methodist Episcopal Church at Third Ave. and Marion St., 1905
Seattle's First Methodist Episcopal Church stood at the corner of Third Avenue and Marion Street. It was torn down in 1908 when Third Avenue was regraded. The congregation then built a new building, First Methodist Church, further up Marion Street, at Fifth Avenue.This 1905 photo of Seattle's First Methodist Episcopal Church gives a good idea of its Victorian gothic architecture.…
ID Number:1983.10.7376
Date:1905
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Horses outside Carter Contracting & Hauling Co., Seattle, 1905
Sign in image: Carter Contracting & Hauling Co. - Board and Sale Stables.Handwritten on sleeve: Carter Hauling Co. Teams 1905.Webster & Stevens number: 3563
ID Number:1983.10.7377.2
Date:1905
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Hoffman Carriage Co., Seattle, circa 1905
Handwritten on sleeve: Hoffman Carriage Co.Webster & Stevens number: 3509A
ID Number:1983.10.7381
Date:Circa 1905
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Antique fire engine, Seattle, 1905
Handwritten on sleeve: Fire Engine of 1800s, 1905.Webster & Stevens number: 3513
ID Number:1983.10.7382
Date:1905
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Hotel Ramona, Seattle, circa 1905
The Hotel Ramona was located on the northeast corner of 1st Avenue and Seneca Street, and survived well into the twentieth century. The small building on the left of the photo survives, although much altered. Signs in image: [Cre...] - Largest Seller in the World. Bell Tailors. Yates. Kentucky Liquor Co. Restaurant - Fish & Oysters - Seats for Ladies…
ID Number:1983.10.7384
Date:Circa 1905
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Fallers cutting a tree, circa 1905
The loggers who cut down trees were called fallers. Using their axes, they cut notches in the trunk for springboards. They then stood on the springboards and felled the tree with a crosscut saw. Cutting above ground level was easier because the trunk was narrower, and there was less pitch to gum up the saws. Even so, it might take…
ID Number:1983.10.7393
Date:Circa 1905
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Bucking logs, circa 1905
Buckers got the logs ready to be hauled out of the woods. They cut off branches, and cut the trunks into proper lengths for the sawmill. They also beveled the ends of the logs to make them easier to move. Like all logging, bucking was very dangerous work, particularly on steep slopes. At any time, a log might roll over…
ID Number:1983.10.7394
Date:Circa 1905
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YWCA camp on Bainbridge Island, 1905
Seattle's Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) was founded in 1894 by a group of women who wanted to help the city's working women. At that time, many young women came to Seattle in search of jobs, but ended up on the streets. The YWCA provided meals, classes, and a variety of clubs and activities, including camping on Bainbridge Island. The…
ID Number:1983.10.7397.2
Date:1905