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| Title | Street clock in front of Albert Hansen jeweler, Seattle, ca. 1918 |
| Photographer | Seward, Austin |
| Date | ca. 1918 |
| Caption | Albert Hansen opened a jewelry business in 1883 and continued for about thirty years in various locations in downtown Seattle. This photo shows his store at 1010 Second Avenue, which was in the Leary Building on the northeast corner of Madison and Second.
Joseph Mayer and Brothers manufactured many street clocks during the early twentieth century. Austin Seward worked for Pierson and Co., commercial photographers who documented the Mayer Bros. clocks. |
| Notes | For more information on Hansen, see funeral notice in Seattle Times, October 21, 1934. |
| Subjects | Street clocks—Washington (State)—Seattle; Cars—Washington (State)—Seattle; Jewelers—Washington (State)—Seattle; Storefronts—Washington State—Seattle |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)—Seattle
Second Avenue (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1980.6877.5.41 |
| 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 | Austin Seward Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Austin Seward Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print, b&w, 7.5 x 9.5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 252 |
