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.
Performers on stage, ca. 1910s
Performers in military uniforms onstage for unidentified performance. Location is presumed to be Seattle.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00161
Date: 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919
View this itemGarden Theatre just after closure, 3rd Ave. between Pike St. and Pine St., September 18, 1979
Also known as the Winter Garden Theatre, it opened in December 1920 and closed in June 1979 as the Garden Art Theater. The Fischer Studio Building appears to the right of the theater and the Melbourne House Building appears to the left.
Identifier: spl_dor_00023
Date: 1978-09-18
View this itemHouses amongst trees and fields and farmland, ca. 1900s
Location is unknown, possibly Washington State.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00191
Date: 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903, 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909
View this itemWallingford at Stone Way N. and Bridge Way N., April 27, 2004
Photograph shows businesses in the Stoneway Center business park on Stone Way N at Bridge Way N.
Identifier: spl_dor_00037
Date: 2004-04-27
View this itemFraternal Organization of Eagles parade on 2nd Ave. north from Pike St., August 13, 1908
Signs for Hotel Irving, The Sheridan, The Fair, McCarthy Dry Goods Co., WMBC (Wilson's Modern Business College) and Seattle Art Company can be seen along the way. The Standard Furniture Company building appears on the left at the curve in the street and the New Washington Hotel and Moore Theatre appear in the distance on the right. Banners saying "Welcome Home F.O.E." [Fraternal Organization of Eagles] can be seen hanging above the street.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00109
Date: 1908-09-13
View this itemPacific Ave. looking north from S. 14th St., Tacoma, ca. 1900s
Signs for the National Bank of Commerce, Olympic Hotel and Vienna Cafe appear on the right. The tower of City Hall can be seen at the end of the street to the left.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00208
Date: 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903, 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909
View this itemBaist's Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Seattle, Wash - Plate 21
Baist Real Estate atlases of Seattle were published in 1905, 1908, and 1912. The atlases show property ownership (for large tracts), plats, block and lot numbers, streets, buildings, sewers, water mains, electric railways, and steam railroads. <br></br>The future site of the Ballard Locks appears at the top of the Salmon Bay Waterway.
Identifier: spl_maps_341191.21
Date: 1905
View this itemMerrill & Ring Lumber Co. Pysht River camp site drawing, Clallam Bay, Washington, 1916
Architectural drawing for a Pysht River campsite for Merrill & Ring Lumber Co. by Seattle-based architectural firm Bebb & Gould. Plans include a dining hall, storehouses, bunkhouses, cottages, a roundhouse, and a machine shop.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00117
Date: 1916
View this itemGourmet's Notebook, v.19, no.7, Sep. 1991
Chula's Bar and Grill, pg. 52; Lighthouse Cafe, pg. 55; Madrona Bistro, pg. 51; Rosebud Cafe, pg. 54; Serafina, pg. 50; Silverwater Cafe, pg. 53; Sostanza, pg. 49
Identifier: spl_gn_928180_1991_19_07
Date: 1991-09
View this itemWomen working at Saxony Knitting Company, Seattle, ca. 1917
Women working on knit goods at tables in a workroom. In 1912, the company was located at 81 Marion St. The company was located at 150 S. Jackson St. from 1913 to 1918. Beginning in 1918, the company was headquartered at 2000 5th Ave.
Identifier: spl_dor_gpn_re_00137
Date: 1917
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