File:Alaska Building, ca 1907 (MOHAI 6075).jpg
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[edit]English: Alaska Building, ca. 1907 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Webster & Stevens |
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Title |
English: Alaska Building, ca. 1907 |
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Description |
English: In 1903, work began on the 14-story Alaska Building. This office building was Seattle's first skyscraper to be built with steel framing. Steel framed buildings could be taller than those in Pioneer Square which were built by earlier methods.
This photo shows the Alaska Building, which still stands on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Cherry Streets.
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English: Seattle (Wash.) |
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Date |
circa 1907 date QS:P571,+1907-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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English: 1 glass negative: b&w |
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height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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Credit Line InfoField | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
Annotations InfoField | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
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Just a bit of the New York Block here.
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Oriental Block, still extant 2021 as the Corona Building.
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Just a bit of the Grand Opera House, still extant 2021 as a parking garage.
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