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English: Reginald Heber Thomson and members of Seattle City Council, 1900   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Wilse, Anders B.
Title
English: Reginald Heber Thomson and members of Seattle City Council, 1900
Description
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Caption on image: Official Inspection Tour by the Seattle City Council, May 1, 1900. 74x Wilse

Handwritten on verso of image: Lef to Right: 1. Thomson, R.H.; 2. [?]; 3. Murphy, James; 4. Youngs, L.B.; 5. Scott, H.W.; 6. Hartman, John P.; 7. Seifert, Lewis ?; 8. James, J.A.; 9. Landsburg, Geo.; 10. [?]; 11. [?]; 12. [?]

Filed in Portraits -- Thomson, Reginald H.

Reginald Heber Thomson (1856-1949) was born and raised in a Scottish colony in Hanover, Indiana, and graduated from Hanover College with a doctorate of philosophy in 1877. Thomson probably did more than any other individual to change the face of Seattle. During his exemplary career as city engineer and beyond, he leveled hills, straightened and dredged waterways, reclaimed tideflats, built sewers, sidewalks, tunnels, and bridges, and paved roads. He was instrumental in creating the Cedar River watershed, City Light, the Port of Seattle, and the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. In fact, virtually all of Seattle’s infrastructure can be attributed to R. H. Thomson. From 1905 to 1915 Thomson was president of the University of Washington’s board of managers. On verso of image: R.H. Thomson (center) on a trip to study location for a power house, 1902. City Councilmen William H. Murphy (left) and Ellis Morrison accompanied him.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): City council members--Washington (State); Eating & drinking
  • Subjects (LCSH): Thomson, Reginald Heber, 1856-1949; Civil engineers--Washington (State); Portraits, Group--Washington (State)
Depicted place Washington (state)
Date 1900
date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
180
Source
English: Portraits Collection
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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.
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POR0174

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