This image of the intersection of Third Avenue and Pine Street was taken facing southeast. Visible in the distance are the two towers of St. James Cathedral (completed in 1907) at 804 Ninth Avenue in the First Hill neighborhood. A transitional period in transportation is illustrated here, with a streetcar, several automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles in evidence.
Signs in image: Pickering's Delicatessen; Muller Wholesales; Hotel St. Francis; The Walton Apartments; Selz Shoes; Hotel Willard; Grote Bank; Jacobs Photos; Seattle Business College; Albert B. Lord; Seattle Laundry; H. E. Orr Building; Owl Cigars; Baadecker & Co. Wholesale Milliners; Hotel Georgian; Indianapolis & Flyer, Tacoma; Pure Foods; Federal Paint and Wall Paper Co.; Hotel Raleigh; Hotel Loring; Star Paint and Wall Paper Co., Interior Decorators; Queen Quality, That Big Blue Bag 5¢; C. H. Dahlem & Co., Paint and Wall Paper; Grant's Cafe; Manhattan Hotel; Wrigley's Spearmint Flavor Gum; Dr. Steiner Photographer's number: 23543
Caption information source: https://www.stjames-cathedral.org/history/timeline.aspx
ID Number: 1980.6923.48
Date: 1908
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : b&w ; 7.25 x 10 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.
Credit: MOHAI, Benjamin Pettit Photograph Collection, 1980.6923.48
