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| Title | King Street Station, Smith Tower, and Oregon-Washington Station from south, Seattle, n.d. |
| Photographer | Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950 |
| Date | n.d. |
| Caption | These three buildings still remain Seattle landmarks. To the left, the Great Northern and Northern Pacific's King Street Station, with its clock tower, was constructed in 1906. On the right, the Union Pacific completed the Oregon and Washington Station, later known as Union Station, in 1911. In the center is the L. C. Smith Building, later Smith Tower. At the time of its completion in 1914 it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. |
| Notes | Caption on image: The O-W and King Street Stations as seen from the Yards. The Sky line shows the 42-story L.C. Smith Building. Seattle U.S.A. Photo by F.H. Nowell. |
| Subjects | Railroad stations--Washington (State)--Seattle; Railroad shops & yards--Washington (State)--Seattle; Railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle; Skyscrapers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Office buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle; King Street Station (Seattle, Wash.); Union Station (Seattle, Wash.); Smith Tower (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2002.48.684 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Postcard Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 postcard: color; 3 3/8 x 5 3/ 8 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original postcard as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
