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Police officer directing traffic at 4th and Pike, Seattle, circa 1920

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In this image an unidentified Seattle Police officer directs pedestrian, automobile, motorcycle, and wagon traffic from the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Pike Street. Visible behind him on the northwest corner of the intersection is the menswear store Tailored Ready Co. The store sold "men's and boys' clothing, uniforms, hats, caps, trunks, and suit cases," at 401-403 Pike Street from about 1905 until 1925. Since 1984, the Century Square Building has occupied this site, renumbered as 1501 Fourth Avenue.

Caption information source: http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/8779
ID Number: 1983.10.1089.1
Date: Circa 1920
Creator(s): Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 glass negative : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.1089.1
Copyright: No Known Copyright