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| Advertisement | Moran Brothers Shipbuilders (1904) |
| Company/Advertising Agency | Moran Brothers Company |
| Publication Source | Trade Register, Vol 22 (1), p. 66 |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Publication Date | January 2, 1904
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| Advertisement Text | Moran Bros. Company. Engineers and shipbuilders, founders, machinists and boilermakers. Dry dock and marine railway. Lumber manufacturers. |
| Contextual Notes | After the Moran Bros. shipbuilding plant burned down in the Seattle Fire of 1889, the company rebounded by securing large government contracts. It built the Navy torpedo boat "Rowan" the Coast Guard boat "Golden Gate" and the U.S.S. Nebraska battleship. Robert Moran served as mayor of Seattle from 1888 to 1890.
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| Category | Steamships, ferries and boats
Commercial and professional services |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Boat & ship industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sawmills--Washington (State)--Seattle; Foundries--Washington (State)--Seattle; Boiler industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ships; Piers & wharves |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Shipbuilding--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Geographic Coverage | United States
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0234 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. 979.705 TRA |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from text at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008 |
