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	Exchange Building under construction, Seattle, May 1, 1929 Title Exchange Building under construction, Seattle, May 1, 1929 Photographer Webster & Stevens Date 1929 Caption The Exchange Building is one of several Art Deco office buildings in Seattle. It was designed as a home for stock and commodity exchanges. The Exchange Building was the last large downtown building built before the Depression of the 1930s hit the city. It was Seattle business district's tallest building until after World War II ended in 1945. Notes Signs in image: Hotel Stevens. Marion. The Bank of California. Dexter Horton Building. Carter, MacDonald & Miller. Exchange Building Rental Office. Dr. [Elwin?] J. Brown, Dentist. National Hotel. Title to All the Land Upon Which is Being Constructed This Twenty-Three Story EXCHANGE BUILDING Has Been Insured by [...] Washington Title Insurance Co. Brewsters. Green Parrot. Austin's. Handwritten on sleeve: Exchange Bldg. Progress 5-1-29. Caption by MOHAI staff. Subjects Building construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Office buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle Places United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Digital Collection Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection Image Number 1983.10.3691.1 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 133058
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