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English: Railroad Avenue looking south, Seattle, ca. 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Anders Beer Wilse  (1865–1949)  wikidata:Q144339
 
Anders Beer Wilse
Description Norwegian photographer
father of Robert Charles Wilse
Date of birth/death 12 June 1865 Edit this at Wikidata 21 February 1949 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Flekkefjord Municipality Oslo
Work period 1900–49
Work location
Kristiania (Oslo), Kragerø, Seattle
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q144339
Title
English: Railroad Avenue looking south, Seattle, ca. 1898
Description
English: Signs in image: MacDougall & Southwick Co. Alaska Clothing & Blankets. [...r] Brothers Farm Machinery. Paints Oils and Glass. Aggers & Parker, Commission. Jno. W. DeCamp & Co. [...] - Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry. The Campbell Co., Commission. J.W. Godwin & Co. Seattle T&A Co. - Tent Factory - Up Stairs. Kline & Rosenberg Bookbindery. W.P. Boyd & Co. Dry Goods. Washington Savings Bank. [...] Outfitting Company - [...] Miners Outfits. J.M. Hixson and Co. Inc. - Hay, Grain and Produce. [Wilton?] Hardware Co. Z.C. Miles Co. Schwabacher Hardware Co. - Ship Chandlers - Alaska Outfitters. The Hotel - Northern. Puget Sound Machinery Depot - Mill Machinery, Engines, Boilers, [...ing], Packing, [...] Pipe Fittings [...].

Caption on image: Railroad Ave. Seattle. Wilse.

Typed on sleeve: Photo taken from between Madison and Marion Streets, looking south on Railroad as far as Washington, Puget Sound Machinery Depot in the distance. Seattle and International Railroad cars in foreground. Wilse photo No. 896. Ca. 1897-1900.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle; Warehouses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle

The Seattle and International Railroad was successor to the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway.

The tall chimney is the steam plant Old Post Station, still extant 2022.
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date circa 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print: b&w
Dimensions height: 7.5 in (19 cm); width: 9.5 in (24.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,7.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,9.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
3096
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1949, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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