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People looking out from Chimes Tower, University of Washington, ca. 1915
People looking out from Chimes Tower, University of Washington, ca. 1915
TitlePeople looking out from Chimes Tower, University of Washington, ca. 1915
PhotographerUnknown
Dateca. 1915
NotesThis structure was built in 1904 as a water tower and became a chimes tower in 1914. The twelve bells were donated by Col. A.J. Blethen, the publisher of the Seattle Times. Students who disliked Blethen's sometimes unscrupulous business practices protested the acceptance of the gift, but were overruled by the regents. The tower burned down in 1949. ("University of Washington: A Pictorial History, " UW Libraries web exhibit.)

Filed in: UW - Buildings - Chimes Tower.
Subjects (LCTGM)Bell towers--Washington (State)--Seattle
Universities & colleges--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subjects (LCSH)Chimes Tower (Seattle, Wash.)
University of Washington--Buildings
College buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionUniversity of Washington Campus Photographs
Order NumberUWC1601
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Negative NumberUW21947z
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionUniversity of Washington Postcard Collection. PH Coll 799
Object TypePostcard: b&w; 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color or 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 or 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
Image File NameSC004015.tif
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