Downtown Seattle looking north from James Street, Seattle, circa 1900

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Image of Downtown Seattle looking north from James Street, Seattle, circa 1900 — 1983.10.6039.3

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Downtown Seattle looking north from James Street, Seattle, circa 1900

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For this view, the photographer stood atop a building situated between Western Avenue and Post Alley. The impressive structure in the right background is the Denny (later Washington) Hotel. Seattle Hardware Company at 819-823 First Avenue is in the Colman Building on the right. Railroad Avenue is visible on the left; the smoke appears to be coming from one of the stacks near the waterfront.

Original photo was copied by Webster & Stevens.
Signs in image: Commission Merchants. Tents. Schwabacher Bros. & Co. - Wholesale Grocers. Wilson Grain Co. Geo. W. Childs - 5 Cent Cigar. Northwestern Iron Works. Renton Coal. Far Famed Gen. Arthur Cigar. The Miner Hotel. Collins Sherman Foley Co. Stable. [...] Lumber [...] Co. - Lumber Yard, Planing Mill. The Arlington. Hotel Diller. Northwest Fixture. Standard Furniture. Campbell Block. Seattle Hardware Co.
Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle panorama (143010).
Webster & Stevens number: 362x2X

ID Number: 1983.10.6039.3

Date: Circa 1900

Creator(s): Seattle Photographic Co., Photographer

Physical Description: 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.

Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.6039.3

Subjects: Puget Sound