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.
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
View this itemNew 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
View this itemSnoqualmie Falls, ca. 1910s
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00225
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
View this itemAerial 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
View this itemWomen 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
View this itemGarden 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
View this itemRural 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
View this itemLetter from Louis J. Becker to Arthur Goodwin responding to his notice to vacate premises, December 14, 1927
Letter from Becker acknowleding Goodwin's notice to vacate his space in the Economy Market at the end of the month. Becker asks for compensation for the investments he had recently put into the space, not knowing he would need to find a new location.
Identifier: spl_sh_00077
Date: 1927-12-14
View this itemStewart 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
View this itemUniversity of Washington open air theater drawing, Seattle, ca. 1910s
Architectural drawing of an open air theater for University of Washington by Seattle-based architects Bebb & Gould. Plan was possibly intended for the site of the Sylvan Grove and Theatre based on the location of Stevens Way at the south end of the site.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00177
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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