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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South School, ca. 1897
Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Schools. South School. 615 - 12th St. Built 1889; demolished in 1909 during the Jackson Street regrade project. Present site occupied by the Bailey Gatzert school. Ca. 1897-98. Photo by R. R. Stanton."
Identifier: spl_shp_21823
Date: 1897
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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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Souvenir program of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Eisteddfod, August 1909
Program for a Welsh literature and music festival held at the Exposition Auditorium on 27-28 August 1909. Includes lists and images of Eisteddfod Association officers, trustees, officials, literary adjudicators, presidents, and stockholders as well as schedule and conditions for literary and musical competitions. Printed lyrics to Virginius (English); Old Ironsides (English); Y Bore Olaf (Welsh); Prize Verses to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (English and Welsh); Ton Aberystwyth (Welsh); Ton Huddersfield (Welsh); Ton Crug-Y-Bar (Welsh); Ton Malvern (Welsh); God Be With You (English); America (English). 34 pages, illustrated.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.34.3
Date: 1909-08
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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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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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Madison Park, ca. 1897
Transcribed from front of photograph: "Parks. Madison park. About 1897." Transcribed from back of photograph: "Seattle Wash. 13 July 1963 Give to Miss Eugenia Raymond. Art Department, Seattle Public Library: This is a picture of part of Madison Park about 1897, one morning just before a crew race. Shown is a canoe from Johnson's Canoe Club, Paddled by Martin Martinson (living today in Ballard). The dock is a walk to the boat house, a swing, Johnson's Ice Cream Parlor, and the brick building in the background (the Pioneer Bldg). This was a the extreme south end of Madison Park. Donated by Mrs. Annie Hickey 7728-15 Ave N.E. La 59398 Mrs. Annie Hickey"
Identifier: spl_shp_21119
Date: 1897?
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