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Fire origin from 1st Ave. and Spring St., June 6, 1889 (

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Creator



Alternative names	Theo Peiser; Theodore Peiser
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	6 October 1853	11 February 1922
Location of birth/death	California	California
Authority file	: Q56159174 VIAF: 34126673 LCCN: no2002061807 WorldCat

Title

Fire origin from 1st Ave. and Spring St., June 6, 1889

Description

Transcribed from photograph: "Fire. June 6, 1889. At place of origin. Front Street looking South from Spring Street. Fire began at southwest corner of Front Street and Madison Street. Center: dome of Frye's Opera house. M. R. Maddock's building is the white building."

There seems to be some question of the authorship of this photo.

Seattle Public Library attributes it to Theodore E. Peiser.
Museum of History and Industry gives no attribution
University of Washington Library, in its Asahel Curtis Collection attributes a cropped version to * Asahel Curtis; he is probably responsible for printing that crop, but not for the original photo, taken when he was about 15 years old.
University of Washington Library, in its Boyd and Braas Collection, attributes it to William F. Boyd.

The Boyd and Peiser attributions are both plausible.

Date

Taken on 6 June 1889

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: ff1748db89617aa78f64f14fad0c5952
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_shp_5097

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