File:Seattle, looking west from the Smith Tower, ca 1913 (SEATTLE 3048).jpg

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English: Seattle, looking west the Smith Tower, ca. 1913   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Asahel Curtis  (1874–1941)  wikidata:Q4803332
 
Asahel Curtis
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1874 Edit this at Wikidata 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Minnesota Seattle
Work period 1888 Edit this at Wikidata–1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Seattle, Washington
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4803332
English: University of Washington Libraries says unknown, but they also say "On verso of image: Curtis and Miller, commercial photographers. 625 Colman Bldg., Seattle, Wash." That would be Asahel Curtis and Walter Miller.
Asahel Curtis  (1874–1941)  wikidata:Q4803332
 
Asahel Curtis
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1874 Edit this at Wikidata 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Minnesota Seattle
Work period 1888 Edit this at Wikidata–1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Seattle, Washington
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4803332
Title
English: Seattle, looking west the Smith Tower, ca. 1913
Original caption
English: Seattle, looking west from 1st Ave. and Yesler Way, ca. 1913
Description
Another high-resolution picture from a year or two earlier, showing many of these same buildings and structures from a different angle.
English:

Shows the Pioneer Building On verso of image: Curtis and Miller, commercial photographers. 625 Colman Bldg., Seattle, Wash.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Subjects (LCSH): Elliott Bay (Wash.); Yesler Way (Seattle, Wash.); Pioneer Building (Seattle, Wash.); Smith Tower (Seattle, Wash.); First Avenue (Seattle, Wash.); Central business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Seattle (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
This is taken from the Smith Tower (possibly while still under construction, but certainly not before February 1913) and before July 30, 1914, when the Grand Trunk Pacific Dock had a fire; it was rebuilt, but differently.
Depicted place Seattle
Date between February 1913 and 30 July 1914
date QS:P571,+1913-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1913-02-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1326,+1914-07-30T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
3048
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.
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Image extraction processThis file has an extracted image: Seattle, Fire Station No. 5 & West Seattle Ferry Dock, ca 1913.jpg.
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SEA0627
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