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Henry Yesler home near James St., ca. 1901-1903
Henry Yesler home near James St., ca. 1901-1903
TitleHenry Yesler home near James St., ca. 1901-1903
PhotographerCurtis, Asahel, 1874-1941
Dateca. 1901-1903
NotesSeattle pioneer Henry Yesler commissioned William Boone to build his house. Completed in 1884, the mansion occupied the whole block between James St. and Jefferson St., and between 3rd and 4th avenues. It was the largest home in Seattle in 1884. From 1899 to 1901, the building housed the Seattle Public Library until the mansion burned down on January 2, 1901. This photo probably taken from 3rd Ave. near the intersection with James St.

PH Coll 481.69
Subjects (LCSH)xyz
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionSeattle Photograph Collection
Order NumberSEA3785
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionAsahel Curtis Seattle photograph album. PH Coll 481
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photograph using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2012
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