Seattle Historical Photograph Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. More than 2,000 images reveal Seattle’s evolution. Early photos capture Seattle’s pioneers, the Great Fire of 1889 and the Denny Regrade along with historical buildings, streets and landmarks.
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Seattle Public Library, Central Library, 1960
Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Public Library. 1960- . Central building. 4th and Madison. Built 1960. Exterior. 4th Avenue entrance. View from 4th Ave. and Spring St. Photo by Werner Lenggenhager. 1960. Bindon & Wright, architects."
Identifier: spl_shp_21858
Date: 1960
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Louisa Denny, ca. 1910
Transcribed from photograph: "Portrait, looking to the right (three quarters view)."
Identifier: spl_shp_40009
Date: 1900?
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Grand Trunk Pacific dock on fire, July 30, 1914
Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Fire. July 30, 1914. Grand Trunk Pacific dock on fire."
Identifier: spl_shp_21700
Date: 1914-07-30
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Forward deck of Battleship New Mexico, September 12, 1919
Transcribed from photograph: "Pacific Fleet. Review, Sept. 12-14, 1919. Battleship new Mexico. Forward deck showing 14 inch guns. Flagship of Admiral Rodman."
Identifier: spl_shp_14585
Date: 1919-09-12
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Riverside School., ca. 1920
Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Schools. Riverside School. Detroit and Juneau. Built 1888; annexed 1908; closed 1926. Exterior. Frame. Three-quarter view of front and right side."
Identifier: spl_shp_22896
Date: 1920?
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Catherine Maynard at tomb of David Maynard in Lakeview Cemetery, 1903
Transcribed from photograph: "Portraits. Maynard, Catherine, Troutman (Mrs. David S. Maynard) 1816-1906. At the tomb of her husband, Lakeview Cemetery. 1903. First nurse in Seattle."
Identifier: spl_shp_5208
Date: 1903
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1800 block E. Fir St., 1958
Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Houses. 1800 block East Fir Street. Exterior. Wood. Three-quarter view from front and right side. View towards northwest. Photo by Werner Lenggenhager 1958."
Identifier: spl_shp_22496
Date: 1958
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View north from 1st Ave. and Cherry, 1870
Transcribed from front of photograph: "Streets. Front Street [1st Ave.]. 1870. Looking North from Cherry Street. 1. Intelligencer building. 2. L. A. Treen shoe store. 3. S. L. Benjamin book store." Transcribed from back of photo: "F. W. Wald, hardware. Reinig store (agent for Singer sewing machines). Over Reinig's, Puget Sound Business College. Left side: Intelligencer building. Treen & Co. shoe store. S.L. Benjamin book store."
Identifier: spl_shp_5174
Date: 1870
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Baseball team on the stairs of the Emerson Building in Ballard, ca. 1900
Transcribed from photograph: "Ballard Baseball Team." Team appears to be on the stairs of the same building that appears in spl_shp_40020 where it is identified as the Emerson Building in Ballard.
Identifier: spl_shp_40023
Date: 1910
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Seattle Central Library Children's Room, 1910
Transcribed from photograph: "Public Library. 1906-1957. Central library. Children's room. 1910."
Identifier: spl_shp_15295
Date: 1910
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