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Image of Shell Oil plant, Seattle, July 24, 1929
1983.10.4069.2
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Shell Oil plant, Seattle, July 24, 1929

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The City Sales Office and Northern Division Office of Shell Oil Company was located at the corner of Westlake Avenue North and Highland Drive. This view looks east towards Capitol Hill.

Handwritten on sleeve: Shell Plant 7/24/29.
Webster & Stevens number: 133634
ID Number: 1983.10.4069.2
Date: 1929
Creator(s): Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.4069.2
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects: Transportation, Businesses and Corporations, Lake Union

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