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Architect's rendering of the proposed County-City Building (King County Courthouse), 1912
Architect's rendering of the proposed County-City Building (King County Courthouse), 1912
TitleArchitect's rendering of the proposed County-City Building (King County Courthouse), 1912
PhotographerUnknown
Date1912
NotesPhotograph of drawing taken from the Town Crier, vol. 8(43), Oct. 26, 1912.

Affixed to verso: The above is an architect's drawing of the way the King County Courthouse was supposed to eventually look when it was conceived back in 1912. The superstructure of "penthouse" surmounted by a tower and pyramid have never been built, and there are no indications they will ever be built, though the Courthouse currently is undergoing a remodeling job running into the millions.
Subjects (LCTGM)Street railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street lights--Washington (State)--Seattle; Renderings
Subjects (LCSH)King County Courthouse (Seattle, Wash.); Central business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionSeattle Photograph Collection
Order NumberSEA3044
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Negative NumberUW6885
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionSeattle Collection
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photograph at 600 dpi, saved in TIFF format, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2009
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