File:Seattle, looking west from the Smith Tower, ca 1913 (SEATTLE 3048).jpg
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Summary
English: Seattle, looking west the Smith Tower, ca. 1913
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Photographer |
creator QS:P170,Q4803332
English: University of Washington Libraries says unknown, but they also say "On verso of image: Curtis and Miller, commercial photographers. 625 Colman Bldg., Seattle, Wash." That would be Asahel Curtis and Walter Miller.
creator QS:P170,Q4803332 |
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Title |
English: Seattle, looking west the Smith Tower, ca. 1913 |
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Original caption |
English: Seattle, looking west from 1st Ave. and Yesler Way, ca. 1913 |
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Description |
![]() English: Shows the Pioneer Building On verso of image: Curtis and Miller, commercial photographers. 625 Colman Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
This is taken from the Smith Tower (possibly while still under construction, but certainly not before February 1913) and before July 30, 1914, when the Grand Trunk Pacific Dock had a fire; it was rebuilt, but differently. |
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Depicted place | Seattle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
between February 1913 and 30 July 1914 date QS:P571,+1913-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1913-02-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1326,+1914-07-30T00:00:00Z/11 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Seattle Photographs |
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Order Number InfoField | SEA0627 |
Annotations InfoField | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
First & Yesler.
Colman Dock
Grand Trunk Pacific Dock
Metropolitan Life Building, still extant 2020
Pioneer Building, still extant 2019
Fire Station No. 5
Butler Hotel
Hotel Seattle
Olympic Block
Yesler Building, still extant 2019
L-shaped Schwabacher Building, still extant 2019
619 Western, still extant 2020. Sign on the side: sign: "E.P. Jamison | Earth, Stone and Concrete Handling Machinery | Foundry Equipment and Supplies | Pig Iron | Coal & Coke | Railway & Conttactors Equipment | American Hoists & Derricks | John Deere Plow Co." Then, not legible here but known from File:Railroad Ave, looking north from Washington St, 1910 or shortly after (SEATTLE 3086).jpg: "Plows | Disc Harrows | Drills | [?] ". Then "Bar Iron & Steel | Steel Rails and Fastenings | Track Supplies | Locomotives & Cars | Mechan[…]"
Starr Boyd Building
Pier 2, later Pier 51.
Pier 1, later Pier 50
Duwamish Head
Luna Park (amusement park)
1 Yesler Way, still extant 2019
Kenneth Hotel; sign (just above) says, "Safe Kenneth Hotel"
Flyer dock
Pier 3, still extant 2019 as Pier 54
Pier 4, still extant 2019 as Pier 55
Pier 5, still extant 2019 as Pier 56
Pier 6, still extant 2019 as Pier 57
Schwabachers Wharf
Post Station, Seattle Steam Company
Lowman Building, still extant 2019
sign: "Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America | Pacific Coast Division"
sign: "Arlington Dock Co."
sign: "A. Bridge & Co. | Largest clothiers on the Coast."
sign "…es Storage Warehouse"
sign: "Cigar | 5¢"
ad for Goodrich Tires
sign: "Panama Bar | Studer & Kaufmann Props."
sign: "Grand Trunk Pacific Steamships | Prince Rupert and Prince George | Victoria, Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Stewart | Grand Trunk Railway System | Double Track Route to Atlantic Coast via Niagara Falls."
sign: "Grand Trunk Pacific Steamships | [illegible]"
sign: "Falkenburg & Laucks". This was a company involved in metallurgy.
sign: "Canadian Pacific | Princess Line to | Prince Rupert | Ketchikan | and Alaska Points | Offices […?] Ave."
sign: "Pier 1 | Northern Pacific Railway | Canadian Pacific Steamship Co."
sign: "Canadian Pacific"
sign: "Northern Pacific Pier No. 1"
sign: "[…?] these stairs Canadian Pacific ticket office […?]"
sign: "Ship [Chandlery]"
signs in window for "State Bank [of?] Seattle"
sign: "Watches | Jewelry"
sign: "108"
sign, possibly "E. Hoesler" or "E. Hoesler", "Mfg. Jeweler"
John Deere sign (with logo) on roof, seen from rear.
sign: "[Pol]son Implement Co."
sign: "Lowman & Hanford Co. | Office furniture"
sign: "[obscured] Free Museum for Men | Entranc 625
sign: "Silver Building". Note same name on building to the right.
sign: "Silver Building". Note same name on building to the left.
sign: "Free Museum of Anatomy"
sign: "Lowman & Hanford Co. | Printers Stationers [… illegible]"
sign, appears to be "Dr. Ong Dent[ist]"
sign: "Trick & Murray"
sign: "Printing A.A. Sherman"
sign: "Standard Cloak & Suit Co."
sign: "Pacific Alaska Navigation Co."
sign: "G.T.P. [St]eamships"; that is, "Grand Trunk Pacific".
sign: "G.T.P. Steamships"; that is, "Grand Trunk Pacific".
sign: "Pier No. 3" with Northern Pacific logo.
sign: "Pier No. 3" with Northern Pacific logo.
sign: "Pacific Net & Twine". This is on Pier 6/57; later they were located at Pier 8/59.
sign: "Big Cleanup Sale"
sign: "Pier 2 | Northern Pacific Railway Co. | Alaska Steamship Co."
sign: "Ships to all Alaska [Points]"
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