View from Exchange Building along Second Avenue, Seattle, May 5, 1930

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View from Exchange Building along Second Avenue, Seattle, May 5, 1930

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When it opened in 1930, at 821 Second Avenue, Seattle's Exchange Building was the tallest building in the downtown business district. This image shows the view from the Exchange Building to the north northeast, along Second Avenue. The tall flag-topped building in the distance is the Northern Life Tower (now the Seattle Tower).

Handwritten on sleeve: City View from Exchange Bldg. 5/5/30.
Photographer's Reference Number: 135101

Caption information source: Sally B. Woodbridge and Roger Montgomery, A Guide to Architecture in Washington State, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1980.

ID Number: 1983.10.4218

Date: 1930

Creator(s): Webster & Stevens, Photographer

Physical Description: 1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.4218

Subjects: Neighborhoods