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Woman and children in doorway of Columbia Hotel, Columbia City, 1906
Woman and children in doorway of Columbia Hotel, Columbia City, 1906
TitleWoman and children in doorway of Columbia Hotel, Columbia City, 1906
PhotographerUnknown
Date1906
CaptionThe Columbia Hotel on the southeast corner of Rainier & Ferdinand. The left half of the building was built in 1892 by Joseph Hellenthal, Sr., as a home for his family. It was the first brick building in Columbia. In 1904 the right half of the building was added and stucco was applied about 1909. The frame building to the south is the Weed Building.
NotesSigns in image read: Hotel. Columbia Hotel. Plumbing. Real Estate Walton. W. Horch Tailor. [...] Plumber.

Handwritten on verso: Columbia Cafe in 1894. SE corner of Ra. Ave & Ferdinand St.

Note attached to image: 1894 is not a correct date. The Hellenthal home was built in 1896. The Hotel Dakota occupied the building from 1896-1904. In 1904 it became the Columbia Hotel.
SubjectsHotels--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.)
Digital CollectionRainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection
Accession Number93.001.090
Ordering InformationTo order a copy of this photograph, please email Rvhsoffice@aol.com and mention the Accession Number.
RepositoryRainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle
Repository CollectionHall-Summers Collection
Physical Description1 photographic print: b&w; 5 x 7 in.
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
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