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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Marion St. east from 2nd Ave., February 5, 1982
Photograph shows remnants of the Olympic National Life Building after demolition on the northeast corner, as well as the YMCA building and the former Union Bank of California Building (later rebranded as 901 Fifth Avenue) on the corners of 4th Ave. and Marion St.
Identifier: spl_dor_00029
Date: 1982-02-05
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Seattle floating bridge, August 28, 1963
This photograph was taken on the opening day of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, later the SR 520 bridge, from the west side looking east across Lake Washington towards Medina.
Identifier: spl_dor_00052
Date: 1963-08-28
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Aerial view of downtown Seattle east from Safeco Plaza, July 15, 1981
Views east towards First Hill and Capitol Hill.
Identifier: spl_dor_00040
Date: 1981-07-15
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S. Washington St. east from 4th Ave. S., May 30, 1968
View of S. Washington St. looking east from 4th Ave. S. with the Terrace View Hotel and Astor Hotel visible in the distance. The Astor Hotel was designed by architects Thompson & Thompson and built in the Japantown section of Seattle's Chinatown-International District in 1909, featuring a 400-seat cultural and performing arts theater, the Nippon Kan Theater. The theater served as a Japanese community center until 1942, when it was boarded up during the Japanese American internment.
Identifier: spl_dor_00011
Date: 1968-05-30
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Statues at the Columbia Court, Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1905
The Lewis and Clark Exposition ran from June 1, 1905 to October 14, 1905 in Portland and featured exhibits from 21 countries.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00186
Date: 1905
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Men guiding water jets for regrade work, ca. 1906
Workers guiding hydraulic jets and at unidentified location as spectators look on.
Identifier: spl_dr_025
Date: 1906
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Forested waterfront, Washington State, ca. 1910s
View of unknown lake or river with forested banks and a mountain in the background. Location is presumed to be Washington State.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00230
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
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Row of colorful houses at 92nd Ave. N. and College Way N., March 31, 1997
Photograph shows a row of homes in the Northgate neighborhood, all built in the 1980s. This image was used in the March 24, 2012 Now & Then column "Row Houses on 5th." (https://pauldorpat.com/2012/03/24/seattle-now-then-row-houses-on-5th/) The caption provided was "A modern sort of row - this one near North Seattle Community College (on the byway - rather than the freeway - to Costco.)"
Identifier: spl_dor_00041
Date: 1997-03-31
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2nd Ave. north from near Columbia St., July 26, 1981
Photograph shows the Savoy Hotel Building, Marion Building, and Melhorn Building.
Identifier: spl_dor_00034
Date: 1981-07-26
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Unknown couple, ca. 1865
Tintype portrait of unidentified couple.
Identifier: spl_lj_018
Date: 1865?
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