This aerial view of downtown Seattle was taken facing north from the present-day location of the SoDo neighborhood. Prominent in the foreground is King Street Station and the rail yard that opened in 1906 to serve both the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway, and has served Amtrack since 1971. The waterfront and Elliott Bay are visible on the left edge of the frame, and Lake Union is visible in the top right.
Signs in image: Seattle Hardware Company; Marshall-Wells & Co.; Dagg-Derneden Co, Manufacturers of Green Hood Shirts; Union 76; Smith Tower Annex & Garage; M. Futuya Co.; Hotel Frye; Cosmers Drug Company; Sunkist; Hotel Reynolds; UDL; Hotel New Richmond. Webster & Stevens number: T-450
Physical Description: 1 negative : nitrate, 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.
