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| Title | First Avenue South, Seattle, 1911 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1911 |
| Caption | In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the area south of Seattle's Yesler Way was a seedy, rough neighborhood, notorious for its gambling and other forms of vice. |
| Notes | Signs in image: Chicago Bar. Chicago House. Baths 15 cents, 2 for 25 cents. Laundry. Union Saloon. Clark-Miller Co. - Blow [Piping?]. Drug Co. Laundry. [...egert] Machine Works. Restaurant. Covey Bros. Sheet Metal Works. Karl Kiefer Cleaning Dyeing and Repairing Works. Old Clothes.
Handwritten on sleeve: First Ave So. 1911.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.6784 |
| 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 | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; sulfiding |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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 Number | 1248 |
