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South Third Street looking east from Williams Avenue South, downtown Renton, ca. 1911
South Third Street looking east from Williams Avenue South, downtown Renton, ca. 1911
TitleSouth Third Street looking east from Williams Avenue South, downtown Renton, ca. 1911
PhotographerRenton Studio
Dateca. 1911
NotesLooking east from northwest corner of Third and Williams. This view shows Dr. Dixon's Pharmacy just east of the Renton Drug Store. The view also shows a special street car from the Rainier Valley Lines delivering freight to downtown businesses. Troutman and Young laid the first bricks in Renton, according to Frank Manifold [Renton Historical Society note].

Signs in image include: Renton Home Bakery & Lunchroom.
Renton Drug Co., Stokes' Ice Cream.
Gladstone Hotel.
Renton Real Estate.
Renton Drug Store.
Gasoline.
Drugs, D. Dixon.
Renton Style. Store for Men.
Western Hotel.

Printed on image: 3rd Ave. Renton Wash.

Photographer's reference number printed on image: 13 Renton Studio.

Renton Historical Society has a 35 mm negative of the original print on file.
SubjectsCommercial streets--Washington (State)--Renton
Street railroads--Washington (State)--Renton
Pedestrians--Washington (State)--Renton
Utility poles--Washington (State)--Renton
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Renton
Digital CollectionRenton Historical Museum Photograph Collection
Serial Number410A
Ordering InformationTo order a copy of this photograph, please call (425) 255-2330 or email info@rentonhistory.org and mention the Serial Number.
Credit LineImage 410A, Courtesy of the Renton Historical Society, Renton.
Rights and ReproductionContact the Renton History Museum to obtain rights for reproduction and use. info@rentonhistory.org
RepositoryRenton Historical Museum
Repository CollectionRenton Historical Museum Collection
Physical Description1 photographic postcard: b&w; 3 x 5 in.
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationA photographic postcard was scanned as a 3000 pixel wide TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in width and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
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