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English: Spectators watching a circus parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1900   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Spectators watching a circus parade on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1900
Description
English:

Circus parades were always popular with Seattleites. Here, a crowd watches an elephant and rider at the corner of Second Avenue and James Street. The large brick building across the street is the Butler Hotel, and the pale building to the left is a corner of the Seattle Hotel.

Handwritten on verso: Street Scene on Circus day, Seattle Wash.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Circus parades--Washington (State)--Seattle; Spectators--Washington (State)--Seattle
Probably the John Robinson circus, which visited Seattle on July 22, 1890. Here's an ad in the P-I from a few days before and Here's a P-I article from the day after that recaps the events and mentions the elephants. And as a bonus, a progress report on the Bailey Building (referred to here as the Harrisburg Building) from 6 days after the circus parade, mentioning how a good share of the first story is up.
Depicted place
English: Second Avenue (Seattle, Wash.) United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date MOHAI said circa 1900
date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, but given that the office building that became the Butler Hotel is complete and the Bailey Building (still extant 2021 as the Broderick Building) is barely started: between September 1889 and 1890
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1889-09-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1326,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
. As discussed in the description, most likely 1890-07-22.
Medium
English: 1 photographic print on cardboard mount: b&w; 4.75 x 6.5
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
9683
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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Public domain
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.
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MOHAI, Benjamin Pettit Photograph Collection, 1980.6923.53
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