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| Title | First Avenue South from King Street, ca. 1905 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca, 1905 |
| Caption | In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the area south of Seattle's Yesler Way was a seedy, rough neighborhood, notorious for its gambling and other forms of vice.
This photo, taken on a sunny day around 1905, shows the east side of First Avenue South, south of King Street. Signs on the buildings advertise numerous saloons with furnished rooms upstairs ("beds 15 cents, day or night"), a public bath with barbershop and laundry, a second-hand store, a shoemaker and a few other shops. |
| Subjects | Business districts; Electric lines; Streets; Utility poles |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.6937 |
| 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 glass negative: b&w; 6.5 x 8.5 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 2, 529 |
