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Seattle - Tacoma International Airport

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Seattle - Tacoma International Airport
Seattle (WA), Chrome unused

Description:
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is located about half-way between the two cities and serving them both. A Northwest Orient Airlines 720B Fan-Jet (Boeing) is being loaded here, with passengers boarding the plane through the moveable ramp. In back looms snow-covered Mount Rainier in its majestic grandeur.

42 Story L. C. Smith Building

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:55 +0100

Title:
42 Story L. C. Smith Building
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Description:
Looking up James Street at the left, Yesler Way at the right from Pioneer Square, Showing the 42 story L. c. Smith Building.

Seattle At Night

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:55 +0100

Title:
Seattle At Night
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Description:
Seattle at night, The L. C. Smith Building, 42 Stories high.

The Grand Trunk Pacific And Colman Docks

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:55 +0100

Title:
The Grand Trunk Pacific And Colman Docks
Seattle (WA), Divided Back PM 1918 May-28

Description:
The Grand Trunk Pacific and Colman Docks, the 42 story L. c. Smith Building in the background.

42 Story L. C. Smith Building

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:54 +0100

Title:
42 Story L. C. Smith Building
Seattle (WA), Divided Back PM 1913 Jul-18

Description:
Each summer during the third week in July is celebrated the coming of the first gold ship from Alaska. The celebration is called the “Golden Potlatch” and Seattle people make merry. Potlatch” is an Indian word meaning a entertainment given by one tribe for the entertainment of many tribes. The Indian flavor is carried out in the parades, etc., and everyone has a “skookum” time. There are automobile floral parades, electrical parades, searchlight drills by battleships on the bay and many other features.

42 Story L. C. Smith Building

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:54 +0100

Title:
42 Story L. C. Smith Building
Seattle (WA), Divided Back PM 1913 Mar-07

42 Story L. C. Smith Building

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:54 +0100

Title:
42 Story L. C. Smith Building
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Second Avenue And The L. C. Smith Building

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:54 +0100

Title:
Second Avenue And The L. C. Smith Building
Seattle (WA), Divided Back PM 1913 Dec-08

Description:
Eight Elevators – two serving the tower, Six Hundred Offices, Six Stores, Telegraph Office on first Floor, Barber Shop Restaurant, Buffet in Basement, Thirty-Fifth Floor furnished in Washington Fir used as an observatory. Exterior, Washington Granite for first two floors; above white glazed terra cotta. Cost $1,500,000.

L. C. Smith Building

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:54 +0100

Title:
L. C. Smith Building
Seattle (WA), Divided Back PM 1913 Nov-00

Totem Pole, Pioneer Square

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:53 +0100

Title:
Totem Pole, Pioneer Square
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

It Is No Crime To Kiss In

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:53 +0100

Title:
It Is No Crime To Kiss In
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Description:
“To Err is human, to kiss, divine”

Greetings From Seattle

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:52 +0100

Title:
Greetings From Seattle
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Description:
Harbor, Cathedral, Chief Seattle, White and Henry Bldg, Pioneer Place, Union Station, The Washington. In sending Greeting citizens of Seattle invite you to the “Queen City,” surrounded by scenic grandeurs; the Gateway to Alaska and the Orient.

Mount Rainier

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:52 +0100

Title:
Mount Rainier
Seattle (WA), Divided Back PM 1920 May-03

Description:
Mount rainier as it looks on a clear day from Seattle. Fifty miles away it is so brilliant and clear at times that it seems but five

The Federal Building, Union Street and 3rd Avenue

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:52 +0100

Title:
The Federal Building, Union Street and 3rd Avenue
Seattle (WA), Divided Back PM 1921 Jan-07

Description:
White Henry-Stuart Building. Pantages theatre

Third Avenue

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:51 +0100

Title:
Third Avenue
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Description:
The Word “Potlatch” is taken from the Chinook Jargon. The Indians Potlatch is a great feast given by the chief to all of the tribes round about, whence the guests return to their tepees laden with gifts after a week of almost profligate hospitality. Seattle has expanded the definition to cover its magnificent annual spectacle. “The Golden Potlatch,” which is, in its every feature, a “free” feast spread for the whole world and its brother.

Float In Industrial Parade

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:51 +0100

Title:
Float In Industrial Parade
Seattle (WA), Divided Back PM 1912 Jun-29

Description:
Golden Potlatch

Electric Autos In Golden Potlatch Parade

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:51 +0100

Title:
Electric Autos In Golden Potlatch Parade
Seattle (WA), Divided Back

Clemmer Theatre

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:51 +0100

Title:
Clemmer Theatre
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Description:
“Seattle's Best Photo Play House”

A Residence Street

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:50 +0100

Title:
A Residence Street
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Description:
The Word “Potlatch” is taken from the Chinook Jargon. The Indians Potlatch is a great feast given by the chief to all of the tribes round about, whence the guests return to their tepees laden with gifts after a week of almost profligate hospitality. Seattle has expanded the definition to cover its magnificent annual spectacle. “The Golden Potlatch,” which is, in its every feature, a “free” feast spread for the whole world and its brother.

Second Avenue

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:50 +0100

Title:
Second Avenue
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Description:
The Word “Potlatch” is taken from the Chinook Jargon. The Indians Potlatch is a great feast given by the chief to all of the tribes round about, whence the guests return to their tepees laden with gifts after a week of almost profligate hospitality. Seattle has expanded the definition to cover its magnificent annual spectacle. “The Golden Potlatch,” which is, in its every feature, a “free” feast spread for the whole world and its brother.

First Ave

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:50 +0100

Title:
First Ave
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Description:
The Word “Potlatch” is taken from the Chinook Jargon. The Indians Potlatch is a great feast given by the chief to all of the tribes round about, whence the guests return to their tepees laden with gifts after a week of almost profligate hospitality. Seattle has expanded the definition to cover its magnificent annual spectacle. “The Golden Potlatch,” which is, in its every feature, a “free” feast spread for the whole world and its brother.

Pioneer Square

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:50 +0100

Title:
Pioneer Square
Seattle (WA), Divided Back PM 1912 Jul-19

Description:
The Word “Potlatch” is taken from the Chinook Jargon. The Indians Potlatch is a great feast given by the chief to all of the tribes round about, whence the guests return to their tepees laden with gifts after a week of almost profligate hospitality. Seattle has expanded the definition to cover its magnificent annual spectacle. “The Golden Potlatch,” which is, in its every feature, a “free” feast spread for the whole world and its brother.

Section Of Retail And Office District

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:50 +0100

Title:
Section Of Retail And Office District
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Description:
The Word “Potlatch” is taken from the Chinook Jargon. The Indians Potlatch is a great feast given by the chief to all of the tribes round about, whence the guests return to their tepees laden with gifts after a week of almost profligate hospitality. Seattle has expanded the definition to cover its magnificent annual spectacle. “The Golden Potlatch,” which is, in its every feature, a “free” feast spread for the whole world and its brother.

Hotel Baden, 1st Ave. & Pine St

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:49 +0100

Title:
Hotel Baden, 1st Ave. & Pine St
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Indians In Golden Potlatch Parade

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:49 +0100

Title:
Indians In Golden Potlatch Parade
Seattle (WA), Divided Back PM Sep-23

Japanese Float Golden Potlatch Parade

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:49 +0100

Title:
Japanese Float Golden Potlatch Parade
Seattle (WA), Divided Back

L. C. Smith Building

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:02:49 +0100

Title:
L. C. Smith Building
Seattle (WA), Divided Back unused

Description:
The Word “Potlatch” is taken from the Chinook Jargon. The Indians Potlatch is a great feast given by the chief to all of the tribes round about, whence the guests return to their tepees laden with gifts after a week of almost profligate hospitality. Seattle has expanded the definition to cover its magnificent annual spectacle. “The Golden Potlatch,” which is, in its every feature, a “free” feast spread for the whole world and its brother.

Official Golden Invitation Potlatch