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Businesses on Second Avenue after the Great Fire, Seattle, July 1889
Order an ImageSeattle's Great Fire, June 6, 1889, burned its way northwards to roughly Spring Street and Second Avenue. By July, businesses throughout the burned-out area had reopened in tents, houses, or wherever they could find space. This July 1889 image shows Second Avenue north of Spring Street. The large sign at the left boldly promotes "Tents Signs Printed Anytime".
Signs visible in image: J. Whiton Hardware; Doheny & Marum Dry Goods; Avery, Kirk & Lansing; Arthur Lett's Gent's Furnishing Goods.
Caption information source: arcadenw.org Issue 34.1: Visualizing the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.
Signs visible in image: J. Whiton Hardware; Doheny & Marum Dry Goods; Avery, Kirk & Lansing; Arthur Lett's Gent's Furnishing Goods.
Caption information source: arcadenw.org Issue 34.1: Visualizing the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.
ID Number: SHS514A
Date: 1889
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on cardboard mount: b&w ; 5 x 8 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.
Credit: MOHAI, SHS514A
Copyright: No Known Copyright