Explore Collection | My Favorites   add to favorites : reference url back to results : previous : next
	Great fire, Seattle, June 6, 1889 Title Great fire, Seattle, June 6, 1889 Photographer Unknown Date 1889 Caption Seattle's Great Fire began in a basement woodshop, when a worker threw water on an overheating pot of glue. The fire spread very quickly because most of Seattle's downtown buildings were built of wood. This photo was taken on June 6, 1889, about 40 minutes after the fire started. Notes Caption on image: 40 min Start. Handwritten on mount: Seattle Fire 1889 - 40 min. after the start. Subjects Fires--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ladders--Washington (State)--Seattle Places United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Digital Collection Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection Image Number 2002.3.405 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 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Repository Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Repository Collection Lantern slide collection Type Image Physical Description 1 lantern slide: color; 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. Digital Reproduction Information Scanned from original lantern slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
	add to favorites : reference url back to results : previous : next   To Top