File:2nd Ave. looking north from Yesler Way, 1913 - DPLA - 549ca29c98b10853791132a995f1cd97.jpg
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2nd Ave. looking north from Yesler Way, 1913 ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Creator InfoField | Webster & Stevens | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2nd Ave. looking north from Yesler Way, 1913 |
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Transcribed from front of photograph: "Streets. Second Avenue 1913. Looking North from Yesler Way. 1. L. C. Smith building under construction. 2. Seattle Hotel. 3. Hoge Building." Transcribed from back of photograph: "Right side: Smith Building. Collins Block. Alaska Block. Left side: Yesler Block. Seattle Hotel. Butler Hotel. Bailey Building (Railway Exchange). Hoge Building." |
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1913 date QS:P571,+1913-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q7442157 |
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Annotations InfoField | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
Metropole Building, still extant 2022
Hotel Seattle, demolished in the 1960s
Butler Hotel. The bottom 2 stories remain 2022 as part of Butler Garage.
Bailey Building, still extant 2022 as Broderick Building.
Hoge Building, still extant 2022
Smith Tower. Here, under construction. Still extant 2022.
Dugdale's Billiard Parlor, torn down soon after this photo.
Collins Block, still extant 2022
Crown Building, demolished late 1920s
Oriental Block, extant 2022 as Corona Building
Alaska Building, extant 2022
American Savings Bank and Empire Building, demolished in the 1980s
sign: "[…]e Cross Dental Co."
sign: "Rainier Laundry | Office 103"
sign: "G.O. Guy Drugs"
sign: "Gus Brown"
sign: "Billiards"
sign: "Empire Bu[ilding]"
sign: "Gold Shield Coffee"
sign: "Dr. Mittan | Dentist"
sign: "The Whitney Company | Builders | 602-3 Pacific Block, Seattle | New York, Boston, Denver, Seattle"
sign: "Lumber in this bui[ld]ing furnished by Seattel Mill and [Mf]g. Co 'of course'"
sign: "Plumbing […] Rautman Plum[bing…]"
sign: "Steel & cement used in the construction of this building tested and inspected by Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory" (then some small, illegible print"
street clock showing time as exactly noon
sign, partly legible, for "Russwin Builders Hardware" and "Ernst Hardware & Plumbing"
sign: "[…]f world wide reputation | 4[2-]story L.C. Smith Building | [Tallest o]ffice building inthe world outside of New York City | […ob]servation floor and balcony | […] completeness of equipment and fineness of finish | T[ypif]ies Seattle spirit and growth | […] sent from any part of the world addressed simply | ["…]ry L.C. Smith Building U.S.A." | […] delivered here without delay | [Tenant]s are to be of the highest business standing, | […]st character and most enterprising | 100% FINE SERVICE | […]s are at the inspection bureau in the Pacific Block | [Jus]t across the way. Always glad to show them."
New Washington Hotel, extant 2022 as Josephinum
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