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Regrading Third Avenue near Cherry Street, Seattle, ca. 1907
Regrading Third Avenue near Cherry Street, Seattle, ca. 1907
TitleRegrading Third Avenue near Cherry Street, Seattle, ca. 1907
PhotographerWebster & Stevens
Dateca. 1907
CaptionSeattle's hills are steep, but they used to be steeper. During various regrading projects, the city tried to make the streets and avenues more level. Some areas were raised and some were lowered. Nearby buildings were raised or lowered too. Others were torn down or moved away.
NotesHandwritten on sleeve: Regrade - 3rd Ave. about Cherry.

Caption by MOHAI staff.
SubjectsExcavation--Washington (State)--Seattle; Horses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Road construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1983.10.8161
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Credit LinePEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionPEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from print made from original negative 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.
Photographer's Reference Number9123
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