Just over two years after Seattle's Great Fire, Seattle's July 4, 1891 parade vehicles gathered at the Northern Pacific Railroad's waterfront warehouses. Local businesses, including a bank and a boot store, sponsored some of the carriages. Newsboys from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ride in the large flag-draped vehicle to the lower left. Photographer Frank LaRoche's wagon is in the upper center.
This image was taken facing southeast towards Beacon Hill. A portion of the Elliott Bay tidelands can be seen in the upper right of the image. The long, wood-framed Northern Pacific warehouses shown here were located at the foot of Third (now S. Third) Avenue, where it intersects with Lane Street.
Handwritten on mount: July 4, 1891 Signs in image: W. W. Buchanan & Sons; S. T. Co.; Post-Intelligencer News Boys; Emmanuel Myer, Prop.; La Roche, Photographer; P. V. Styer & Bros. Gas and Electric Furnitures; The Red Front Clothing House; Northern Pacific Railroad Co.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : b&w ; 9.25 x 7 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
