Paul Dorpat Collection
Browse photographs from the Paul Dorpat Collection which documents the history of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. At this time, a small sampling of images has been digitized while the collection is actively being processed.
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Aerial view of downtown Seattle looking SE from 4th Ave. and Columbia St., December 10, 1982
Aerial view of the I-5 freeway, 4th Ave. and 5th Ave. starting at Columbia St. and going through downtown Seattle, Pioneer Square, and the International District. Construction of Columbia Tower and the King County Adult Detention building can be seen, as well as the Yesler Way bridge over the freeway, the former Seattle City Hall and King County Administration building.
Identifier: spl_dor_00016
Date: 1982-12-10
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Sandell & Reneau barber shop, Ballard, ca. January 1912
Four white barbers posing behind chairs, one with client sitting down, and a Black man holding a broom standing in the middle of Sandell & Reneau Barber Shop, 5205 Ballard Ave. The William Curtiss Co. building (5016 20th Ave) is seen through the window of the shop. A partial sign reflected in the mirror reads "Henry George," who was a proponent of the single-tax doctrine, along with his son Henry George, Jr., then a New York State Representative in Congress. A sign declaring the business a ""Union Shop"" hangs above the mirror.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00019
Date: 1912-01
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Snoqualmie Falls, ca. 1910s
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00225
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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New Richmond Hotel at 4th Ave. S. and S. Jackson St., Seattle, ca. 1910s
4th Ave. S. looking north from Union Station on Jackson St., with view of the New Richmond Hotel, Hotel Reynolds, Hotel Frye, Grand Union Hotel, other businesses, and streetcars and their tracks. Signs for Metropolitan Grocery Company, Stewart and Holmes Drug Company, Richmond Paper Company, Puget Sound Glove Manufacturing Company and South End Public Market can be seen at the left.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00126
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Women workers standing at Saxony Knitting Company knitting machines, Seattle, ca. 1917
Workers, mainly women, on workroom floor using various knitting machines. In 1912, the company was located at 81 Marion St. The company was located at 150 S. Jackson St. from 1913 to 1918. Beginning in 1918, the company was headquartered at 2000 5th Ave.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00138
Date: 1917?
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Unidentified bar, Seattle, ca. 1910s
Bartender and suited men gathered inside unidentified bar. Towards the ceiling of the bar, there is a certificate from the Bartenders International League of America designating it as a "union bar." Greetings are written on the mirror of the bar. This image was used in the March 5, 2016 Seattle Now & Then column "Albert Braun's Brewery in Georgetown": https://pauldorpat.com/2016/03/05/seattle-now-then-albert-brauns-brewery-in-georgetown/.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00008
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Rural road in McKinley, Washington, ca. 1910s
Road lined with mailboxes for Rural Free Delivery (RFD) service by the United States Postal Service. The names Elmer Kane and Margaret Kane can be see on the nearest mailbox on the left. The 1920 census lists them as living in McKinley, Washington in King County Enumeration District 346. McKinley was located just south of Seattle's South Park neighborhood in the area presently known as Boulevard Park.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00119
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Garden Theatre just after closure, 3rd Ave. between Pike St. and Pine St., September 18, 1979
Also known as the Winter Garden Theatre, it opened in December 1920 and closed in June 1979 as the Garden Art Theater. The Fischer Studio Building appears to the right of the theater and the Melbourne House Building appears to the left.
Identifier: spl_dor_00023
Date: 1978-09-18
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Stewart Street Market and confectionery shop, Seattle, ca. 1910s
Storefronts of Stewart Street Market and Meats and an unidentified confectionery shop advertising Stokes Ice Cream in the 900 block of Stewart St.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00164
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Rothert Process Steel Company plant, Seattle, ca. 1917
Rothert Process Steel Company plant on the Duwamish River at 633 Othello Street.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00131
Date: 1917?
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