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| Title | Old and new styles of downtown office buildings, ca. 1928 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1928 |
| Caption | By the end of the 1920s, Seattle's Third Avenue had a mix of building styles. The new Northern Life Tower, now the Seattle Tower, stands next to the older Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building. The designers said that the Tower's shape and color were inspired by the mountains and rock formations of the Pacific Northwest. The building's strong vertical lines and color shading made it look tall.
This photo shows the Northern Life Tower (left) and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building (right) in about 1928. The Northern Life Tower is not quite finished; wooden scaffolding remains around the base of the building. |
| Subjects | Building construction; Northern Life Tower (Seattle, Wash.); Office buildings; Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company--Buildings; Seattle Tower (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.3605.1 |
| 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 original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 130, 563 |
