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Image of Waterfront from near Yesler's wharf, Seattle, circa 1882
SHS3506
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Waterfront from near Yesler's wharf, Seattle, circa 1882

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Caption on mount: Peterson & Bro., Seattle, Wash. Ter.

Caption on verso: Seattle Art Gallery, Peterson & Bro., Photograph Artists, Front Street, Seattle, King Co. Washington Territory.
Typed on verso: View looking north from near Yesler, early 1880's.

SHS category: Waterfront
ID Number: SHS3506
Date: Circa 1882
Creator(s): Peterson & Bros., Photographer
Credit: MOHAI, SHS3506
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Washington Territory, European American Settlement

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