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English: Battery St., looking north from 2nd Ave., May 6, 1921   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Battery St., looking north from 2nd Ave., May 6, 1921
Description
English:

Shows Denny School in center.

On verso of image: Second and Battery, 5-6-1921, Denny School?.

PH Coll 266.175

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Street lights--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Subjects (LCSH): Battery Street (Seattle, Wash.); Second Avenue (Seattle, Wash.); Dwellings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Automobiles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Denny School (Seattle, Wash.); Denny Regrade (Seattle, Wash.)
This is actually looking northeast. In this part of Seattle, the grid runs at about 45° to true north. Most Seattle residents would think of this as "looking east" because, over much of its length, Second Avenue runs north-south.
Depicted place Seattle
Date Taken on 6 May 1921
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
1279
Source
English: Seattle Photographs
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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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SEA0393
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