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| Title | Columbia City neighborhood, Seattle, 1908 |
| Photographer | Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941 |
| Date | 1908 |
| Notes | Panorama by photographer Asahel Curtis created by joining two individual photographs together.
A section of Rainier Valley looking east from Rainier Ave. showing Edmunds St. to the left and Ferdinand St. to the right. The Columbia Hotel at 4902 Rainier Ave., and the Photo Studio of H. Earle Napier at 3816 Ferdinand St. appear to the right.
A. Curtis 11278 and A. Curtis 11278 -2 |
| Contextual Notes | Columbia City in the Rainier Valley was incorporated as a town in January 1893 and annexed to Seattle in 1907. After the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, Columbia City grew in importance as a mill town furnishing Seattle with lumber from the surrounding area. By 1896 an electric rail system (the Seattle and Rainier Beach Railway Company) had been extended from Seattle down Rainier Ave. to Renton. This transportation line enabled new resources to be shuttled into Columbia City and allowed entrepreneurs to speculate in the growing real estate boom. The Columbia Hotel was built by Joseph Hellenthal, a German immigrant, and was the first brick building in Columbia City. Originally built as a private residence it eventually became a hotel serving such customers as Buffalo Bill Cody. Later it housed a speakeasy and a tavern called Slim's. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Rainer Valley (Seattle, Wash.); Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.); Neighborhoods--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Panoramic Photographs
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| Order Number | PPC021 |
| Ordering Information | Restrictions apply to the ordering of this image. Please contact photos@u.washington.edu for more information. |
| Negative Number | UW31146 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Asahel Curtis Photo Co. Collection. PH Coll 482 |
| Object Type | Panoramic photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photographs at 400 dpi saved in TIFF format, stitched together, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2010. |
