File:1st Ave near Mercer St, 1888 (SEATTLE 1594).jpg

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English: 1st Ave. near Mercer St., 1888   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: 1st Ave. near Mercer St., 1888
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Horse-drawn car of the Seattle Street Railway to the right. On verso of image: From Lawton Gowey Collection. First Ave. W. near Mercer, 1889. Overhead wire strung for electric cars.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Street railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Utility poles--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Subjects (LCSH): Denny Regrade (Seattle, Wash.); First Avenue West (Seattle, Wash.); Horse railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle; Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.); Women--Washington (State)--Seattle; Men--Washington (State)--Seattle

From the slope of the land, this must be looking northwest. That's a horse-drawn tram barely in-frame at right.
Depicted place Seattle
Date 1888
date QS:P571,+1888-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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