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English: Businesses on Second Avenue after the Great Fire, Seattle, July 1889   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Businesses on Second Avenue after the Great Fire, Seattle, July 1889
Description
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Seattle's Great Fire, June 6, 1889, burned its way northwards to roughly Spring Street and Second Avenue. By July, businesses throughout the burned-out area had reopened in tents, houses, or wherever they could find space. This July 1889 image shows Second Avenue north of Spring Street. The large sign at the left boldly promotes "Tents Signs Printed Anytime."

Signs visible in image: J. Whiton Hardware; Doheny & Marum Dry Goods; Avery, Kirk & Lansing; Arthur Lett's Gent's Furnishing Goods. Caption information source: arcadenw.org Issue 34.1: Visualizing the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Great Fire, Seattle, Wash., 1889
Depicted place
English: Second Avenue (Seattle, Wash.) United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date July 1889
date QS:P571,+1889-07-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium
English: 1 photographic print on cardboard mount: b&w
Dimensions height: 5 in (12.7 cm); width: 8 in (20.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,8U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
9527
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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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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File:Businesses on Second Avenue after the Great Fire, Seattle, July 1889 (MOHAI 11919).jpg
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MOHAI, Seattle Historical Society Collection, SHS514A

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