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English: Elliott Bay and waterfront in 1888 and in ca. 1917   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Upper image:
Frank H. Nowell  (1864–1950)  wikidata:Q26202833
 
Frank H. Nowell
Alternative names
Frank Hamilton Nowell
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 19 February 1864 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1950 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Portsmouth
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q26202833
Lower image:Unknown authorUnknown author
Title
English: Elliott Bay and waterfront in 1888 and in ca. 1917
Description
English:

Caption on image: Seattle, today and yesterday. Today - Elliott Bay, Seattle's great natural harbor. The Olympic Mountains in the distance. Photo by F. H. Nowell. Yesterday - The Harbor and the city in 1888. Photo by Curtis and Miller.

On verso of image: Published by Lowman and Hanford Co., Seattle. Made in U. S. A.

Filed in: Seattle--Panoramas

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Then & now comparisons; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Subjects (LCSH): Elliott Bay (Wash.); Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle; West Seattle (Seattle, Wash.); Dwellings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Olympic Mountains (Wash.); Seattle (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Upper image appears to be photographed from the tower of King Street Station.

[Asahel] Curtis and [Walter] Miller doubtless owned rights to the lower image, but were not the photographers of it. Asahel Curtis was a child in 1888. Image appears to be File:Seattle, 1888 (CURTIS 233).jpeg
Depicted place Seattle
Date circa between 1886 and 1917
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
1782
Source
English: Seattle Photographs
Permission
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Public domain
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.
Order Number
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SEA1713
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