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Image of Northwest Mutual Fire Association office, Seattle, 1907
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Northwest Mutual Fire Association office, Seattle, 1907

Two men work at desks, with a large map of Seattle on the wall. Handwritten on sleeve: NW Mutual Fire Assn 1907.Webster & Stevens number: 5781
ID Number:1983.10.7575
Date:1907
Image of Kitchen interior, 1905
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Kitchen interior, 1905

At the beginning of the 20th century, many Seattle-area housewives cooked on coal stoves in their kitchens. Because coal was difficult to light, the fire was always kept burning. This also helped heat the kitchen and nearby rooms. Water could be heated by running it through the stove. A flue vented dangerous coal fumes to the outside.In this 1905 Seattle…
ID Number:1983.10.7580
Date:1905
Image of Four thousand salmon on dock, circa 1905
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Four thousand salmon on dock, circa 1905

In 1905, three-quarters of Washington state's salmon catch came from Puget Sound. The fish were brought in to Seattle, Bellingham, Anacortes and other Puget Sound ports where they were cleaned, processed and canned. This photo, probably taken around 1905, shows an estimated 4,000 salmon on the dock of a Puget Sound cannery. Notes: Original title: 4000 salmon. Letters J.M.B. obliterated.Original…
ID Number:1983.10.7583
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Interior of the Moore Theatre, circa 1910
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Interior of the Moore Theatre, circa 1910

The building housing the Moore Theatre and Moore Hotel opened on Second Avenue and Virginia Street in December 1907. The theater seated over 2,000 people, and it soon became one of Seattle's leading cultural centers.This photo of the Moore Theatre interior was taken sometime after 1907. The photographer stood in the balcony to take a picture of the ceiling decoration,…
ID Number:1983.10.7587
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Loggers with large log, circa 1907
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Loggers with large log, circa 1907

Handwritten on sleeve: Group of Loggers on large log.Photographer's Reference Number: 5366
ID Number:1983.10.7590
Date:Circa 1907
Image of Frederick & Nelson, circa 1910
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Frederick & Nelson, circa 1910

Business at Seattle's Frederick & Nelson department store was so good in the late 1890s that the store needed more space. In 1897, the owners leased part of the Rialto Building, on Second Avenue at Madison Street. By 1906, the store had expanded to occupy the whole building. Here, the owners of this landmark department store installed one of the…
ID Number:1983.10.7604.1
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Theater curtain with advertisement for Schwabacher Bros. & Co., circa 1905
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Theater curtain with advertisement for Schwabacher Bros. & Co., circa 1905

Some Seattle businesses advertised on theater curtains. This photo, taken at the Argus Theatre sometime after 1903, shows an ad for Schwabacher Bros. & Co. Schwabacher Brothers was a wholesale grocery firm which sold canned goods, cigars, coffee, and other products throughout the northwest. The company even had permanent agents in Alaska to supply the Alaskan trade. Webster & Stevens…
ID Number:1983.10.7607
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Second and Yesler, Seattle, circa 1907
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Second and Yesler, Seattle, circa 1907

Signs in image: [Merchants] Despatch Transportation Co. New York Central Lines. Wilson-[M...] Books & [Stationer...]. Furnished Rooms. Globe Medical Co. D. Goldfarb, Tailor. Lovera Havana Cigars - Wm. Gottstein. Standard Laundry (on wagon). Joseph Finkelberg Diamond Broker - Jewelry [...] Spectacles. Chicago Collateral Bank - Chicago Loan Office. The Bohemian. P-I. Idle Hour Cut Plug. C.W. [Mulle...]. Hotel Merchant. Merchants…
ID Number:1983.10.7608
Date:Circa 1907
Image of Standard Furniture building, Seattle, circa 1908
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Standard Furniture building, Seattle, circa 1908

Standard Furniture Company was an early Seattle retailer of imported furniture, owned by Herbert A. and Ralph Schoenfeld, that opened in 1888. The enterprise constructed and opened a permanent high-rise on Second Avenue in 1908, and later moved to Tacoma. Signs in image: Standard Furniture Co. Your Credit is Good.Handwritten on sleeve: Standard Furniture Bldg.Photographer's Reference Number: 5546Caption information source:…
ID Number:1983.10.7610
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Standard Furniture interior, Seattle, circa 1908
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Standard Furniture interior, Seattle, circa 1908

Standard Furniture Company was an early Seattle retailer of imported furniture, owned by Herbert A. and Ralph Schoenfeld, that opened in 1888. The enterprise constructed and opened a permanent high-rise on Second Avenue in 1908, and later moved to Tacoma. Handwritten on sleeve: Standard Furniture Main Floor.Photographer's Reference Number: 5554Caption information source: "Schoenfeld Family Papers, 1904-1996," https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv75408
ID Number:1983.10.7612.1
Date:Circa 1908
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