File:Workers making metal work for Smith Tower, ca 1912 (MOHAI 7007).jpg
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editEnglish: Workers making metal work for Smith Tower, ca. 1912 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Workers making metal work for Smith Tower, ca. 1912 |
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Description |
English: Gaggin & Gaggin, an architectural firm in Syracuse, New York, designed Seattle's Smith Tower. Construction began in 1910, and the 42-story building opened in 1914. At that time, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.
This photo, taken in 1912 or 1913, shows workmen, including one teenager, making the iron and brasswork used in the the Smith Tower's lobby and elevator shaft. The building still stands at the corner of Second Avenue and Yesler Way in downtown Seattle.
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English: Seattle (Wash.) |
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Date |
circa 1912 date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w |
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height: 16 cm (6.2 in); width: 21 cm (8.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,16U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,21U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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Credit Line InfoField | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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