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Railroad Ave. looking north in 1886 and in ca. 1916
Railroad Ave. looking north in 1886 and in ca. 1916
TitleRailroad Ave. looking north in 1886 and in ca. 1916
PhotographerNowell, Frank H., 1864-1950
Curtis and Miller
Date1886, ca. 1916
NotesCaption on image: Seattle, today and yesterday. Today: Railroad Avenue, looking North, Seattle. Yesterday: As the same place looked in 1886. Railroad Avenue is built entirely on piling and covers the spot where the Indians formerly beached their canoes.
Subjects (LCTGM)Then & now comparisons; Railroad freight cars--Washington (State)--Seattle; Railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle; Canoes--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subjects (LCSH)Alaskan Way (Seattle, Wash.); Elliott Bay (Wash.); Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Wagons--Washington (State)--Seattle
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionSeattle Photograph Collection
Order NumberSEA1727
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionSeattle Postcard Collection. PH Coll 798
Object TypePostcard
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a postcard using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 120 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2002
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