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[edit]2nd Ave. and Yesler Way, ca. 1920 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2nd Ave. and Yesler Way, ca. 1920 |
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Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Streets. Second Ave. ca. 1920. Looking southeast from Yesler Way. Photo by Asahel Curtis." Yesler Way runs from upper left (east) to lower right (west); Second Avenue from lower left (roughly north) to upper right (roughly south). It's likely that this actually dates from earlier than Seattle Public Library says. On the corner business is a sign that says "Rainier Bohem[ian] Davidson's". Rainier and Bohemian were both local beers. Alcohol prohibition in Washington state began in 1916. (Of course there is some chance that a sign simply hadn't been removed.) Can't be any earlier than 1914, though, because the Smith Tower is completed. Also, below that "Juicy Fruit" billboard it says "Shanghai Restaurant". Pretty sure that was open for about 4 years in the mid-1910s. |
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between 1914 and circa 1920 date QS:P571,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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institution QS:P195,Q7442157 |
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Smith Tower
sign: "Guy's Cut Rate Drugs"
sign: "Shoes"
sign in window: "[No]rthern Pacific Railway [T]raffic Department"
sign: Hotel Frye
street clock showing time 12:10
sign: "Hotel Frye"
sign for a jeweler, but name is not legible
billboard for Three Girls Bread
billboard for Owl Cigar
sign: "[illegible] Tailor"
sign: "Oysters"
sign: "Rainier Bohem[ian] Davidson's"
Rainier and Bohemian were both local beers.
billboard for Three Girls Bread
billboard for Juicy Fruit Gum
sign: "Eureka Can Co. | Tin cans"
sign: "General Lithography Printing Company | Bank and Office Stationery"
sign: "Shanghai Restaurant"
sign: "New York Bakery" (says more, but not legible)
sign: "English Billiards down stairs"
2 "for rent" signs
sign: "2 As Pocket Billiards Room"
sign: "Wong Wa Ching Co."
sign: "Turkish Baths 50¢"
sign: "Drugs"
sign on awning: "Herman & Blumenthal"
sign: "Sunrise Hotel"
sign appears to be "Foster & Kleiser"
engraved on building: "C.H. Block"
sign: "Lexington Hotel"
sign: "Phoenix Hotel"
sign: "SPC Rooming"
sign: "Rainier Office […]"
sign actually says sign: "Rainier Laundry" (top and bottom) and "Office 103" (middle)
"24" (route number)
"646" (vehicle number)
sign: "Turkish Baths 50¢"
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Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Streets. Second Ave. ca. 1920. Looking southeast from Yesler Way. Photo by Asahel Curtis." (English)
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- Smith Tower (Seattle)
- Frye Hotel, Seattle
- G.O. Guy Drugs
- Buildings in Seattle
- History of streetcars in Seattle
- Yesler Way Cable Car
- Billboards in Washington (state)
- Automobiles in Seattle
- Street clocks in Seattle
- Time 12:10
- Foster & Kleiser
- Yesler Way, Seattle
- Second Avenue, Seattle
- Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington
- Seattle, Washington in the 1920s
- Retouched photographs
- Black and white photographs of Seattle