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| Title | Second and Union, looking southeast, Seattle, ca. 1885 |
| Photographer | Davis, Walter |
| Date | ca. 1885 |
| Caption | Between about 1888 and 1893, Seattle grocer Charles Louch sold groceries, seeds, cigars and other goods from his store on Front Street (now First Avenue). At some point, he advertised his store, and his 1888 brand of hams and bacon, using give-away photographs of downtown Seattle with his roof sign prominently displayed in the foreground.
This photo, taken by Walter Davis for Charles Louch, shows downtown Seattle sometime around 1888. The view is towards the southeast from the waterfront, across Union Street. The two large buildings on the distant skyline are the Territorial University and Providence Hospital. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: 2 Ave.
Caption on mount: Walter Davis, Photo. With the Compliments of Chas. Louch, Grocer, 1412 to 1416 Front Street. Packer of the 1888 Hams and Bacon.
Handwritten on verso: Looking S.E. past 2nd & Union to the University and Providence Hospital.
Union & Second 1888.
Paola Jany 23d. Trip to Africa Jany [...]. Remember Dinghy [B...]. and Century Plant Type [...].
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Houses--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | SHS5336 |
| 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 | Seattle Historical Society Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original print 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. |
