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Seattle Mail and Herald, v. 7, no. Progress, Dec. 19, 1903 (

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Hampton, Edgar L

Title

Seattle Mail and Herald, v. 7, no. Progress, Dec. 19, 1903

Description

This edition (labeled "Progress Edition" rather than a number) was a special 66-page edition of this weekly newspaper, which normally only ran to 16 pages.

Page 8b includes Edward S. Curtis portrait "Type of the Puget Sound Aborigines." Additional Curtis photos appear on pages 28 and 31a. Page 9 article "Seattle's Fifty Years of Progress" by Edmund S. Meany discusses Seattle history. Article includes several historical photographs. Page 12 article "City Building" discusses Seattle's industries. and growth. It includes a historical photos and photos of private residences. Photos of the Washington Hotel appear on pages 13, 31 and 33. Photographs of Railroad Avenue and the Seattle harbor appear on page 16. Photographs of the Moran Brothers Ship Yard appear on page 17. Pages 18-21 include portraits of prominent Seattle men including James A. Moore, Robert Moran, Jacob Furth and James J. Hill. Page 23 article "A Girl's Opportunity in the West" discusses options for young women to homestead land in the west. Page 24 article "Logic and Lumber" discusses the lumber industry in Washington and includes photos. Page 26 article "The Rural Northwest" discusses farming. Page 29 article "Politics in the Northwest" discusses the political climate and includes photos of Native Americans. Page 32a includes panoramic photograph of the Seattle tide lands. Page 34 features article "Seattle Street Railroads" with photographs. Page 26 article "The New Garden of Eden" discusses travel in the Puget Sound area. Article on Three Tree Point appears on page 41. Page 32 article includes portraits of prominent Seattle businessmen. Page 44 article discusses the Seattle-Tacoma Interurban. Page 53 includes a Butterworth Mortuary advertisement with photos of the mortuary. Articles on pages 46 and 55 discuss mining in Washington. Page 58 includes photos of the Pidduck-Ross grocery store on 2nd Avenue and its employees.

Lower photo here is described as "the Snoqualmie Road", so it probably led from Seattle to Snoqualmie Falls. At this time, that probably meant going around the north end of Lake Washington, so there's a pretty large area where this photo could imaginably be located.

Date

19 December 1903

Collection

Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

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DPLA identifier: 86766e2958f27c46f6ee4c9267f9e82c
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_mh_198239_1903_07_Progress

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