File:1st Ave. S. north from S. Main St., 1877 - DPLA - cba405c3ec6594d520b34747ecd7fec1.jpg

Original file ‎(6,839 × 5,275 pixels, file size: 2.89 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

English

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary edit

1st Ave. S. north from S. Main St., 1877 (

)

Creator

Original photographer unknown; copied by Theodore E. Peiser

Title

1st Ave. S. north from S. Main St., 1877

Description

Transcribed from image: "West side of Commercial St. [later 1st Ave.] between Washington and Main. Seattle 1877." Description from the same photo in the University of Washington's Asahel Curtis Collection: "Location depicted is west side between S. Washington St. and S. Main St. Original photographer unknown; copied by Theodore Peiser [10075]. Shows W. A. Jennings, groceries, the San Francisco Store (Toklas and Singerman, props.), Hall Paulson & Co., furniture, L. A. Treen, boots and shoes. According to Peiser, people standing on walk, left to right, are: (1) unknown; (2) George Reynolds; (3) Lew Parsons; (4) Jesse George; (5) unknown; (6) Melody Choir. According to Prosch, Seattle Album 1, p.22, the bystanders here are Wm. A. Jennings, Ed. Reynolds, George Finn, Frank Rummer, Melody Choir, Paul Singerman, D. B. Jackson, Bailey Gatzert and others."

Date

1877

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

Source/Photographer

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.

Record in source catalog
DPLA identifier: cba405c3ec6594d520b34747ecd7fec1
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_shp_40460

Permission
(Reusing this file)

Public domain	This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1929, and if not then due to lack of notice or renewal. See this page for further explanation.	United States
	This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States; this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.