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Rainier Garage, Seattle, 1915
Rainier Garage, Seattle, 1915
TitleRainier Garage, Seattle, 1915
PhotographerUnknown
Date1915
CaptionHenry Hoffman owned and operated the Rainier Garage, located at 5322 Rainier Avenue in Hillman City.
NotesCaption accompanying image: The Rainier Garage, 5322 Rainier Avenue, owned and managed by Henry Hoffman, is fully equipped for storing, re-tiring and reparing all cars. A complete line of auto accessories enables the management to keep your car up to date. A filling station, oil and gas supplies, and everything in demand by motorists, can be obtained here. When you need him, phone Hoffman at Rainier 544.

Signs on building read: Zerolene Oils & Greases; Rainier Garage; Red Crown Gasoline; Free air and water; Gasoline Oils Greases; Hillman City Auto Transfer, G.E. Cook, Phone Rainier J.[?]; Auto repairing - storage; Tubes vulconized; Auto supplies.

Lettering on truck reads: Wittman & Egerman.
SubjectsAutomobile service stations--Washington (State)--Seattle
Vehicle maintenance & repair--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Hillman City (Seattle, Wash.)
Digital CollectionRainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection
Accession Number93.001.017
Ordering InformationTo order a copy of this photograph, please email Rvhsoffice@aol.com and mention the Accession Number.
RepositoryRainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle
Repository CollectionHall-Summers Collection
Physical Description1 negative: b&w; 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
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