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Image of Police officer directing traffic at 4th and Pike, Seattle, circa 1920
1983.10.1089.2
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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, and wagon traffic from the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Pike Street. On the right side of the frame, the menswear store Tailored Ready Co. is visible on the northwest corner of the intersection. 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.

Webster & Stevens number: 64967

Caption information source: http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/8779
ID Number: 1983.10.1089.2
Date: Circa 1920
Creator(s): Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 5 x 7 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, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.1089.2
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects: Police and Law Enforcement

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