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1983.10.7356.1
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Mrs. C.H. Pomeroy's houseboat interior, Seattle, 1905
Order an ImageHouseboats have been popular in various parts of Seattle for many years. Plain and fancy summer houseboats showed up on Lake Washington soon after the opening of the Yesler cable car line in 1888. Both upper class and working class people lived in houseboats on Lake Union. There were speakeasy houseboats during Prohibition and working class houseboat dwellings on the Duwamish during the Depression.
This photo of Mrs. C.H. Pomeroy's home was part of a feature on houseboats as a summer home published in the Seattle Times on August 6, 1905. According to the article Mrs. Pomeroy lived in the houseboat during the winter, and rented it out in the summer.
Handwritten on sleeve: Houseboat Int & Ext 1905.
Webster & Stevens number: 3335
Caption information source: "House Boats on Lake & Sound," Seattle Times, August 6, 1905, Magazine Section, p. 8.
This photo of Mrs. C.H. Pomeroy's home was part of a feature on houseboats as a summer home published in the Seattle Times on August 6, 1905. According to the article Mrs. Pomeroy lived in the houseboat during the winter, and rented it out in the summer.
Handwritten on sleeve: Houseboat Int & Ext 1905.
Webster & Stevens number: 3335
Caption information source: "House Boats on Lake & Sound," Seattle Times, August 6, 1905, Magazine Section, p. 8.
ID Number: 1983.10.7356.1
Date: 1905
Creator(s):
Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 glass negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.7356.1
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects:
Homes and Housing
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