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.
Alaskan Cafe bar, Morrison Hotel, Seattle, ca. 1910s
Bartenders and men gathered inside the Alaskan Cafe, located at 501 3rd Ave in the Morrison Hotel, Seattle. One man at the front is propping up a toddler on the bar. The bar is decorated with holiday decorations.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00017
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
View this itemSandell & 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 itemSnoqualmie Falls, ca. 1910s
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00225
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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 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 itemUnidentified 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
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 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 itemWallingford at Stone Way N. and Bridge Way N., April 27, 2004
Photograph shows businesses in the Stoneway Center business park on Stone Way N at Bridge Way N.
Identifier: spl_dor_00037
Date: 2004-04-27
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