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| Title | View from Exchange Building towards the east, Seattle, May 5, 1930 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1930 |
| Caption | When Seattle's Exchange Building opened in 1930 at 821 Second Avenue, it was the tallest building in the downtown business district. This image shows the view from the Exchange Building towards the east, along Marion Street. Sharp eyes will be able to pick out the gabled facade of the Rainier Club, the flat dome of First Methodist Church and the distant towers of St. James Cathedral. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: City View from Exchange Bldg. 5/5/30.
Caption information source: Sally B. Woodbridge and Roger Montgomery, A Guide to Architecture in Washington State, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1980. |
| Subjects | Office buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.4219 |
| 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 nitrate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| 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 | 135100 |
