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Class at Wilson's Modern Business College, circa 1910
Wilson's Modern Business College opened in Seattle in 1895. It was one of several schools in the city which prepared women and men for jobs in business. Daytime and evening classes included arithmetic, geography, and spelling, as well as bookkeeping, shorthand, and commercial law.In this photo, taken around 1910, a group of men and women sit in a shorthand or…
ID Number:1983.10.7650
Date:Circa 1910
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Auburn State Bank, Washington, 1913
Auburn, Washington, grew from 957 to 3,163 inhabitants between 1910 and 1920. It was a prosperous town, connected to the rest of the nation by three rail lines. Local residents and businesses did their banking at Auburn National Bank or the Auburn State Bank.This 1913 photograph shows the two-story brick building of the Auburn State Bank, founded in 1908. A…
ID Number:1983.10.7651
Date:1913
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Second Avenue at Union Street, circa 1910
Downtown Seattle was a very busy place in the early 1900s. In this photo, taken around 1910, shoppers fill the sidewalks near the Seattle Daily Times building and the Bon Marche. Webster & Stevens number: 5631
ID Number:1983.10.7655
Date:Circa 1910
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Second and Marion, Seattle, circa 1910
Signs in image: Turrell's Shoes. Restaurant. Hotel Savoy. Piano. Pantages. Billiards. Rathskeller. Dentist. Hats.Handwritten on sleeve: Second Ave. for Marion.Photographer's Reference Number: 5740
ID Number:1983.10.7658
Date:Circa 1910
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Ballard neighborhood from across Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1913
Note from MOHAI records: Adams School on 28th Street NW. Handwritten on sleeve: Pan - Ballard.Photographer's Reference Number: 5742
ID Number:1983.10.7659.1
Date:Circa 1913
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Ballard locks under construction, Seattle, circa 1913
For years, there was no easy or cheap way to move logs, coal, and other resources directly from the east side of Lake Washington to Elliott Bay. There were many plans and several attempts to build a canal via Lake Union. However, none was successful until the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built. Ground was broken for the Lake Washington…
ID Number:1983.10.7659.2
Date:Circa 1913
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Moving a log down a trailing chute, circa 1910
Loggers often used wooden chutes to move cut logs to a central loading place. The chutes were temporary structures, built out of long straight logs called "chute sticks." In gravity chutes, logs slid downhill under their own weight. In trailing chutes, logs were pulled along by cables.This photo, taken around 1910, shows a trailing chute crossing a trestle near Cook's…
ID Number:1983.10.7663.2
Date:Circa 1910
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Skidding logs on a temporary bridge, circa 1910
In the northwest forests, wood was so plentiful that loggers used it to build many kinds of temporary structures. This photo, taken in about 1910, shows a temporary bridge used for skidding logs across a ravine at Cook's Camp, near Brennan, Washington. Notes: The photographer may be Axtell, a photographer based in Edmonds, Washington, who took other photographs at Cook's…
ID Number:1983.10.7664
Date:Circa 1910
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Yarding logs with a steam donkey, circa 1910
Yarding is the process of hauling logs to a central loading area or landing. Starting in the 1880s, steam engines began to replace animal teams for yarding logs. These steam donkeys or donkey engines were fueled with ever-plentiful wood. A long cable was attached to a log, and the donkey engine reeled it in. Many donkey engines were built on…
ID Number:1983.10.7666
Date:Circa 1910
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Second Bartell Drug store, Seattle, circa 1908
George H. Bartell Sr., the founder of one of the longest-running family-owned drugstore chains in the United States, opened his second store here at 506 2nd Avenue. The building was soon demolished to make way for the construction of the Smith Tower at 2nd Avenue and Yesler that opened in 1914. Signs in image: Pabst Milwaukee Beer on Draught. Babcock's…
ID Number:1983.10.7669.3
Date:Circa 1908