File:Seattle waterfront from Elliott Bay, circa 1920 (MOHAI 13131).jpg

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English: Seattle waterfront from Elliott Bay, circa 1920   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
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 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q26202833
Title
English: Seattle waterfront from Elliott Bay, circa 1920
Description
English:

Visitors to Seattle in the early years of the 20th century could purchase panoramic images of the city to send to friends or keep as souvenirs. This postcard, with its hand-colored image, shows the bustling harbor and city. In the foreground, left to right, are a "mosquito fleet" steamer on its way across Puget Sound, a small launch, a freighter, a passenger liner, another steamer, and a military vessel. The vessels may have been added by the photographer. The most prominent building on shore is the Smith Tower at the center of the image. The tower of the King County Courthouse can be seen to its immediate left. Also visible to the left are the twin towers of St. James Cathedral; the cathedral had lost its dome in 1916. King Street Station's tower is to the right, as well as the green trees of Beacon Hill. Brown shipyard buildings can be seen below the hill.

Printed on image: Copyright Frank H. Nowell

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Panoramic photographs; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle; Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • People: Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date circa 1920
date QS:P571,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 postcard: color
Dimensions height: 35.7 in (90.8 cm); width: 5.7 in (14.6 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,35.75U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,5.75U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
13131
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1950, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

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.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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MOHAI, 1973.5630.1

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