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King County Poor Farm, circa 1907
In 1854, Washington's legislature made counties responsible for caring for all poor, sick, and homeless people whose relatives could not support them. Counties could build workhouses or poor farms and contract out the care of sick and indigent adults. Starting in 1877, King County operated a County Poor Farm on the Duwamish River, where destitute people lived and worked.This photo,…
ID Number:1983.10.7773
Date:Circa 1907
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Fremont Avenue looking north, Seattle, circa 1907
Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, northwest of Lake Union, was named after a town in Nebraska where some of its early promoters hailed from. Fremont started in the 1880s as a settlement around a sawmill, and grew to a town of 5,000 before it became part of Seattle in 1891. Signs in image: Mabel E. Canney - Piano. [...] Laundry. Fremont Drug…
ID Number:1983.10.7777
Date:Circa 1907
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New York Block, circa 1906
The New York Block was one of a number of brick and stone buildings built just after Seattle's Great Fire of 1889. It was seven stories tall and was located at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Cherry Street. This photo shows the New York Block in 1906 or 1907. At that time, lawyers, investment brokers, and insurance agents…
ID Number:1983.10.7778
Date:Circa 1906
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Olympia Brewing Co. bottling plant, Seattle, circa 1907
Sign in image: Olympia Beer - "It's the Water." Handwritten on sleeve: Olympia Brewing Co. Bottling Plant - Seattle Freezing Room.Photographer's Reference Number: 6902
ID Number:1983.10.7787
Date:Circa 1907
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Albers Bros. Milling Co., Seattle, circa 1907
Albers Bros. Milling Company had a large warehouse and dock at the foot of Massachusetts Street, south of downtown Seattle. Trainloads of oats and other grains came in from eastern Washington. After they reached the milling company, the grains were processed and packaged before shipment to grocery wholesalers. Handwritten on sleeve: Albers Mill.Photographer's Reference Number: 6939
ID Number:1983.10.7791.2
Date:Circa 1907
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Man and woman, possibly Suquamish, seated inside a Seattle building, circa 1910
Although the photographers did not identify this couple or the location, it is possible that they are Suquamish, waiting in Seattle's federal courthouse. At approximately the same time, a group of Suquamish were photographed at Seattle's Colman Dock returning to the Port Madison Reservation, on Bainbridge Island, after trying to collect payments for land sold to the government. Webster &…
ID Number:1983.10.7792
Date:Circa 1910
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Group of Native Americans, 1910
Sometime in 1910, a photographer from the firm of Webster & Stevens snapped this image of a formally dressed group of Indigenous men and women inside an unidentified Seattle building. It is possible that the group was involved in pursuing land claims or fishing rights granted by treaty with the United States. Webster & Stevens number: 6940
ID Number:1983.10.7793
Date:1910
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Cherry Street looking east from First Avenue, Seattle, circa 1907
Signs in image: Smoke. Schelle's Grotto. Broten & Fischer [Ta...]. Montana Stables - Messengers. [...] [Floral] Company. Rathskeller. Fancy Ladies Tailoring. Seattle Theatre. Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office - National District Telegraph Company - Fire and Burglar Alarm Service. [Anderson?] Supply Co. Lowman Building. Handwritten on sleeve: View Up Cherry St from 1st Ave.Photographer's Reference Number: 6953
ID Number:1983.10.7796
Date:Circa 1907
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Dreamland Skating Rink, Seattle, circa 1908
Sign in image: This Hall Can Be Rented for Dances, Entertainments, Conventions - For Particulars See McKinley & Watson, 1402 First Ave.Handwritten on sleeve: Dreamland Skating Rink.Photographer's Reference Number: 6966
ID Number:1983.10.7797
Date:Circa 1908
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Wrecked IWW union hall, July 18, 1913
A number of political movements swept Seattle in the late 1890s and early 1900s. One of the most radical groups was a labor union called the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Its members were commonly called Wobblies. The activities and opinions of the IWW sometimes angered other citizens. In 1913, a group of sailors invaded the IWW's Seattle union…
ID Number:1983.10.7800
Date:1913