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1983.10.7972
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Seattle City Hall, circa 1911
Order an ImageIn 1890, Seattle's City Hall moved into King County's old courthouse at Third Avenue and Jefferson Street. Seattle's population grew very fast during the next eighteen years. As the city boomed, the city government kept adding on to the old building. The building looked so strange that people nicknamed it the "Katzenjammer Castle" after a popular comic strip of the time.
This photo shows Seattle's old city hall building in about 1911. The original courthouse building is to the left in the photograph.
Webster & Stevens number: 8297
This photo shows Seattle's old city hall building in about 1911. The original courthouse building is to the left in the photograph.
Webster & Stevens number: 8297
ID Number: 1983.10.7972
Date: Circa 1911
Creator(s):
Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.7972
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects:
Government and Public Services
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