Paul Dorpat Collection
Browse photographs from the Paul Dorpat Collection which documents the history of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. At this time, a small sampling of images has been digitized while the collection is actively being processed.
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Group of musicians in carriage branded with "Home Comfort Stables," ca. 1910s
In addition to his career as a plumber, William Leroy Brown (1871-1939) was also a musician. According to Paul Dorpat, he was a charter member of the local musician's union and ""played the clarinet in "Dad" Wagner's popular concert and marching band." The hats of the men holding instruments in this photo appear to say Wagner, making it possible they are members of the band. Home Comfort Stables appears to have been Yakima business so location is likely either Yakima or Seattle. See note for more on the Brown family.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00242
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Queen Anne High School, Seattle, ca. 1910s
Queen Anne High School opened in September 1909. The school was closed in 1981 and the building was repurposed into the Queen Anne Apartments in 1984. Published in Dorpat's Seattle Now & Then column "Queen Anne High" on October 12, 1997, and again in Dorpat's blog post "Queen Anne Addendum #1 - Queen Anne High" on October 13, 2010.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00118
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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North portal to the Great Northern Railroad's tunnel under Seattle, ca. 1904
Construction workers and building supplies can be seen outside of the entrance to the tunnel. Hotel York appears at the left of the photo. Featured in ""Longest Tunnel"" essay, Number 47, in Dorpat's Seattle Now and Then, Volume 2. https://pauldorpat.com/2020/10/08/seattle-now-then-great-northern-tunnel-construction-1904/ and https://pauldorpat.com/2014/11/15/seattle-now-then-the-hotel-york/
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00209
Date: 1904?
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Tucker Hanford Company building, Seattle, ca. 1915-1919
Man standing at the entrance to the Tucker Hanford Company factory and office building at 703 Westlake Avenue, built in 1915.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00176
Date: 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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View across Portage Bay into the Montlake Cut, Seattle, ca. 1916
View looking east from north Capital Hill's Roanoke neighborhood, showing the dam used to lower Lake Washington to the water level of Lake Union in building the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Image used in Seattle Now & Then post ""Union Bay Houseboat,"" September 26, 2010: https://pauldorpat.com/2010/09/26/seattle-now-then-union-bay-boathouse/
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00077
Date: 1916?
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Exterior of two houses from the street, Seattle, ca. 1900s
Homes are possibly on Dexter or Denny, near Brown residence. See note for more on the Brown family.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00238
Date: 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903, 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909
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Classroom with typewriters at the Hyatt-Fowells School, Seattle, ca. 1915-1919
Classroom with Remington typewriters on desks, likely at the Hyatt-Fowells School on the top floor of Pantages building on 3rd Ave and University St. Writing on the window can be seen, reading "A little better than seems necessary" and the number 1904, possibly the year the school was established.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00128
Date: 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Unidentified meat market, Seattle, February 1912
Two men standing behind the counter of an unidentified meat market, with several cuts of meat hanging above and behind them.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00088
Date: 1912-02
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Wrecked car parked near homes, Seattle, ca. 1916
Unidentified car wreck with homes behind it along a residential street. Image is featured in Dorpat website post "Unintended effects - 5 wrecks," February 20, 2012 https://pauldorpat.com/2012/02/20/seattle-confidential-5-random-wrecks-1-r-i-p/. Location is presumed to be Seattle based on the photographer.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00104
Date: 1916?
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Landmarks Preservation Board Ordinance, February 12, 1977
Ordinance calling for the creation of the Landmarks Preservation Board to identify and preserve 'objects, sites, improvements, and elements having historical, cultural, architectural, engineering or geographic importance.'
Identifier: spl_ps_006
Date: 1977-02-12
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