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Construction of Dearborn Street through Beacon Hill, Seattle, August 23, 1909
Construction of Dearborn Street through Beacon Hill, Seattle, August 23, 1909
TitleConstruction of Dearborn Street through Beacon Hill, Seattle, August 23, 1909
PhotographerNapier
Date1909
CaptionIn 1909, a regrade of Dearborn Street removed more than a million cubic yards of earth. This greatly improved access between downtown and the Rainier Valley.
NotesCaption on image: Looking East showing work on Weller and Dearborn St's regrade. Foto by Napier. Aug 23rd 1909.

Handwritten on verso: Weller & Dearborn Cut - Along Rainier Ave, 1909.
SubjectsRoad cuts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Road construction--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Beacon Hill (Seattle, Wash.)
Digital CollectionRainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection
Accession Number93.001.071
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 1/4 x 8 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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