File:Pioneer Square, ca 1924 (SEATTLE 3049).jpg
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English: Pioneer Square, ca. 1924 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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creator QS:P170,Q4803332 |
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English: Pioneer Square, ca. 1924 |
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English: Pioneer Place at intersection of Yesler Way, James St., and 1st Ave., showing Totem pole, Hotel Seattle, Pioneer Building, Olympic Block and the Merchant's Hotel.
Caption on image: Asahel Curtis 47020 On verso of image: Pioneer Place, Seattle
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Depicted place | Seattle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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circa 1924 date QS:P571,+1924-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Seattle Photographs |
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Order Number InfoField | SEA0407 |
Annotations InfoField | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
sign on window: "Continental Mutual Savings Bank"
sign: "No Vehicles Allowed"
sign: "Dentist"
sign on vehicle: "Puget Sound Window Cleaning Co." The rest of this is less legible, but includes the phrase "janitor service".
sign in window "Vulcan [illegible] Stumping Powder"
sign: "Seattle Hotel"
inscription on building: "1890 | Collins"
sign: "Cafe"
sign: "The Seattle"
Sign: "Hotel Seattle Grill"
sign in window for Seattle Notion Co.
sign: "Hansen's Lunch Room"
sign: "Interurban Express Office"
sign (partially obscured) "Trunks · Suitcases · Bags"
sign: "Trunks made to order"
sign on canopy: "Lawrence"
sign: "Wilson-M[cVey Co.] | Books & Stationery | [Men's Furnishings]"
ad for Lovera cigars on canopy
sign on wagon: "Dan's Market"
sign on canopy for a lunch room, but name is not legible
sign: "No Vehicles Allowed"
sign: "Trunks | Bags | Suitcases"
sign in window: "Cigars & Candies | Lunch Service | Parcels Checked"
sign: "Merchants Hotel"
sign: "Dr. N. Yow Medical Co."
sign: "Columbia Brew". This was a Prohibition-era near-beer introduced in late 1921 or early 1922. See https://www.brewerygems.com/columbia.htm
Partially obscured signs: "Merchants Cafe" and "Havana Cigars | Lovera". These signs are still there 2020.
signs: "Cider 5¢ | Merc[hant]s Lunch 30¢ | Columbia Brew on draught | Columbia [obscured]"
sign (partially obscured): "Hamburger 10¢"
Logo for Rainier Beer; they made a few non-alcoholic beverages during Prohibition.
Pioneer Square Pergola, built 1909, still extant 2020
Pioneer Building, still extant 2020
Hotel Seattle
This building still extant 2020, now known as the Interurban Building
Korn Building, still extant 2020
Padden Block, still extant 2020
Merchant's Café, still extant 2020
Olympic Block
Original Pioneer Square totem pole.
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