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English: Start of the Great Seattle fire, 1889   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: William Boyd
Title
English: Start of the Great Seattle fire, 1889
Description
English:

Seattle's Great Fire began in a basement woodshop, when a worker threw water on an overheating pot of glue. The fire spread very quickly because most of Seattle's downtown buildings were built of wood. This photo was taken on June 6, 1889, shortly after the fire started. Crowds are standing in Front Street (now First Avenue), looking towards the fire. The photo was taken by William Boyd and copied later by Webster & Stevens

Original copy negative Original photograph: Boyd, William, June 6, 1889. Copied after 1902 by Webster & Stevens

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Business districts; Crowds; Fires; Great Fire, Seattle, Wash., 1889
Depicted place
English: Seattle (Wash.)
Date 1889
date QS:P571,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
5850
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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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.
Other versions
File:Aftermath of the Seattle fire of June 6 showing Frye's Opera House catching fire, with Minneapolis Art Studio on the right and a (SEATTLE 2972).jpg
File:Fire of June 6, 1889 looking south along 1st Ave from Spring St showing the beginning of the fire (SEATTLE 2423).jpg
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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