Pictured here are five Seattlites who lived and/or worked on E. Jefferson Street in Seattle's Squire Park neighborhood. The individuals are identified on the verso of the photograph left to right as: Robert Ross "Bob" Hedges, born in Oklahoma in 1881, was a car operator at Puget Sound Traction Light & Power (PSTL&P); Vincent Amato, born in Italy in 1876, was the proprietor of a barber shop at 1315 East Jefferson Street; Murphy, another employee of PSTL&P; John, a mechanic; and Nicholas Velcheff (kneeling), born Koln Veltcheff in Bulgaria in 1889, was a motorman at PSTL&P. At the time, Puget Sound Traction Light & Power Company operated a street car barn at 14th Avenue and East Jefferson Street.
Caption information source: https://pauldorpat.com/2010/09/11/seattle-now-then-the-central-bus-terminal Caption information source: "City Light's Birth and Seattle's Early Power Struggles, 1886-1950," by Walt Crowley, HistoryLink.org Essay 2318
ID Number: 1972.5373.20
Date: 1918
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 2.5 x 4.25 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
