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Seattle Police Department car, 1967
This image shows a Seattle Police Department car parked on a downtown street around 1967. This model is a Plymouth Fury, which was a popular model for police cars in the 1960s and 1970s.
ID Number:1980.7067.1.26.2
Date:1967
Postcard
King Street Station waiting room, Seattle, circa 1911
This postcard highlights the interior of the Northern Pacific Depot at the King Street Station in Seattle. Postmarked April 27, 1911, from Southbend, Wash.; one-cent stamp.Handwritten on verso: Dear Aunt: Thanks for the card. We are all well and hope you are the same. Please ans. soon. Dora B.Addressed to Mrs. A.G. Busha in Crosby, Minn.
ID Number:1980.7080.2
Date:Circa 1911
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Horse-drawn buggy, probably at Willowmoor Farm, Redmond, circa 1910
In 1904, Seattle banker James W. Clise bought land along the Sammamish Slough, near Redmond, Washington, and began to build a hunting lodge and summer retreat. During the next three years, the family greatly expanded the original building which they called Willowmoor. They moved there permanently in 1907. Over the years, Clise expanded the property and developed a model farm…
ID Number:1980.7158.2.3
Date:Circa 1910
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Group riding in carriage at Willowmoor Farm, Redmond, circa 1910
In 1904, Seattle banker James W. Clise bought land along the Sammamish Slough, near Redmond, Washington, and began to build a hunting lodge and summer retreat. During the next three years, the family greatly expanded the original building which they called Willowmoor. They moved there permanently in 1907. Over the years, Clise expanded the property and developed a model farm…
ID Number:1980.7158.2.4
Date:Circa 1910
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Rainier Beach trolley on 4th Avenue in deep snow, Seattle, February 2, 1916
The Big Snow of 1916 came after an exceptionally cold January during which about 2 feet of snow had already accumulated. In early February a storm hit which added an additional 21.5 inches of snow in one 24-hour period. The new and heavy snow added ice, trapping trolleys and cars, freezing railroads, halting classroom education and businesses, and collapsing roofs…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.71.2
Date:1916
Ephemera
The Guide, December 29, 1934
Begun in December 1922, The Guide (or the Official Weekly Guide to Seattle & Seattle Amusement Guide) was a weekly publication for visitors to Seattle and offered for free through authorized dealers or at a subscription of $3 per year. Joseph Dana Roberts (1907-1952) is listed as the editor and publisher, with Tom Renton as the staff artist, operating out…
ID Number:1980.7166.4.1
Date:1934
Postcard
Great Northern railroad depot at the Cascade Tunnel, circa 1915
In 1903, a steam-powered Great Northern Railway train stalled in the 2.6 mile long Cascade Tunnel, near Stevens Pass, Washington. As the air filled with coal smoke, 100 passengers and crew members nearly suffocated. During the next few years, the company ran an electrical system through the tunnel. Starting in 1909, small electric engines pulled railroad cars from one end…
ID Number:1981.7182.26
Date:Circa 1915
Ephemera
City of Seattle local improvement tax receipt, 1903
This January 8, 1903, receipt from the City of Seattle's Treasury Department was issued to a Jennie Kinney for a payment of $6.43. The fee was for the Local Improvement Tax, used to create roads, pavement, and sidewalks in Seattle. This payment was for Lot Six, Block Three, and the Street was Broadway and DeForest for the Nagles Addition. It…
ID Number:1981.7191.6.6
Date:1903
Postcard
Model T driving through cedar stump, circa 1913
Ford automobiles popularized car vacations and Sunday drives. This postcard shows a Model T driving through a huge cedar stump on one of Washington's scenic back roads. Caption on image: A Washington Cedar Stump.Photographer's Reference Number: 45
ID Number:1981.7224.2.5
Date:Circa 1913
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Electric locomotive at Skykomish, Washington, circa 1950
In 1909, the Great Northern Railway Company began using electric engines to pull trains and their steam locomotives through the Cascade Tunnel in Washington's Cascade Mountains. Smoke from the coal-fired steam engines had nearly killed 100 people in the tunnel in 1903. On the steep downhill runs, the electric engines actually generated power which went back into the system.This 1950s…
ID Number:1981.7265.1
Date:Circa 1950