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Image of American Bank Building, Seattle, 1916
1983.10.10316
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American Bank Building, Seattle, 1916

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The American Bank Building, an early skyscraper on the southeast corner of 2nd Avenue and Madison Street, was actually two buildings in one, with two entrances and two lobbies. It was demolished in the 1980s.

Signs in image: YMCA - All That's Good for a Man. American Deposit Vaults. [...] Drug Store. Shane & Wolff - Clothes. Empire Building." Light Luncheon. Beacon Coal. Lee Hong - Chinese Medicine.
Handwritten on sleeve: American Bank Bldg., 1916
Webster & Stevens number: 50915
ID Number: 1983.10.10316
Date: 1916
Creator(s): Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 glass negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.10316
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects: Street Views, Businesses and Corporations

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