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Houseboat, Seattle, 1905
Houseboat, Seattle, 1905
TitleHouseboat, Seattle, 1905
PhotographerWebster & Stevens
Date1905
CaptionHouseboats have been popular in various parts of Seattle for many years. Plain and fancy summer houseboats showed up on Lake Washington soon after the opening of the Yesler cable car line in 1888. Both upper class and working class people lived in houseboats on Lake Union. There were speakeasy houseboats during Prohibition and working class houseboat dwellings on the Duwamish during the Depression.
NotesNote from MOHAI records: S.L. Reichenbach's home (pub. in Seattle Times, 6 Aug. 1905).

Handwritten on sleeve: Houseboat Int & Ext 1905.

Caption by MOHAI staff.
SubjectsHouseboats--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1983.10.7356.3
Ordering InformationTo 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 LinePEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionPEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from print made from original negative 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.
Photographer's Reference Number3335
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