Taken in 1909 during the Alaska-Pacific-Yukon Exposition, this photo of Second Avenue shows a downtown street busy with trolleys, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians. The Welcome Arch for the AYPE is visible in the distance, at Second Avenue and Marion Street.
Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush from 1891 to 1908, the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909, an other subjects in California, Utah, Texas, and Colorado.
Caption on image: Second Ave - Looking North Seattle Wash 09 Businesses visible in photo: G.O. Guy Drugs; H.H. Kullies Cigars; The Junction Photographer's number: 567
Physical Description: 1 photographic postcard : b&w ; 3.5 x 5.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv00695
Credit: MOHAI, O.D. Goetze Photographs and Other Material, 1995.38.37.272
