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English: U.S. Assay Office, Seattle, 1905   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: U.S. Assay Office, Seattle, 1905
Description
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The United States monetary system used to be on the gold standard. People used gold coins, as well as paper currency which was backed by gold. When gold started arriving in Seattle from the Klondike in 1898, the government opened an assay office to buy gold and to certify its purity. The building was located at 617-19 9th Avenue.

Handwritten on sleeve: U.S. Assay Office 1905. Caption by MOHAI staff.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Government facilities--Washington (State)--Seattle; Assaying--Washington (State)--Seattle; Gold rushes--Alaska
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date 1905
date QS:P571,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
996
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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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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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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