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Construction camp along railway line, Cascade Mountains, February 20, 1925 (TRANSPORT 1556)
Wreck of the tanker MAVERICK, nd (TRANSPORT 532)

Wreck of the tanker MAVERICK, nd (TRANSPORT 532)

Caption on image: S.S. Maverick and barge. #91. Morrison PhotoPH Coll 1329.10 Subjects (LCSH): Maverick (Tanker); Tankers; Marine accidents

Aircraft, probably a Curtiss JN-4 known as The Jenny, on unidentified airfield, ca 1919 (TRANSPORT 16)

Aircraft, probably a Curtiss JN-4 known as The Jenny, on unidentified ...

Designed by the American Curtiss Company in 1917 .Caption on image: 37923 A.C .On verso of image: Asahel Curtis, sucessor to Romans Photograph Co., Commercial Photographer, Seattle, Wash. Subjects (LCSH): Bipl... More

Atlantic Squadron entering Puget Sound, 1908 (TRANSPORT 764)

Atlantic Squadron entering Puget Sound, 1908 (TRANSPORT 764)

Caption on image: Atlantic Squadron entering Puget Sound, June 1908. Copyright by Asahel Curtis, Romans Photo Co., Seattle Subjects (LCSH): Warships

Automobile at the entrance to Mount Rainier National Park, 1910 (TRANSPORT 33)

Automobile at the entrance to Mount Rainier National Park, 1910 (TRANS...

Caption on mount: The Entrance to Rainier National Park Subjects (LCSH): Automobiles--Washington (State)--Mount Rainier National Park; Mount Rainier National Park (Wash.); National parks & reserves--Washington... More

Automobiles leaving Hazelton, British Columbia, August 1911 (TRANSPORT 94)

Automobiles leaving Hazelton, British Columbia, August 1911 (TRANSPORT...

Sign on car reads: Seattle to Hazelton, B.C. August 1911"On verso of image: Caravan party leaving Hazelton, August, 1911 Subjects (LCSH): Automobile racing--British Columbia--Hazelton; Portraits, Group--Briti... More

Automobiles on a country road, ca 1924 (TRANSPORT 10)

Automobiles on a country road, ca 1924 (TRANSPORT 10)

Automobiles on a country road, ca. 1924 Subjects (LCSH): Roads--Washington (State); Automobiles--Washington (State)

Battleship IOWA in drydock, Port Orchard, April 28, 1900 (TRANSPORT 651)

Battleship IOWA in drydock, Port Orchard, April 28, 1900 (TRANSPORT 65...

On verso of image: The Iowa entering drydock, Port Orchard, 4-28-1900 Subjects (LCSH): Iowa (Battleship); Battleships--Washington (State)--Port Orchard; Dry docks--Washington (State)--Port Orchard

Battleship USS WASHINGTON, ca 1908 (TRANSPORT 751)

Battleship USS WASHINGTON, ca 1908 (TRANSPORT 751)

Caption on image: Copyright by Asahel Curtis, 1908. U.S.S. Washington .On verso of image: United States Cruiser Washington on a visit to Puget Sound. (Copyright by Asahel Curtis, 1908) Subjects (LCSH): Was... More

Steamship SS BUCKMAN with relief cargo for San Francisco, April 23, 1906 (TRANSPORT 403)

Steamship SS BUCKMAN with relief cargo for San Francisco, April 23, 19...

On verso of image: S.S. Buckman with relief cargo for San Francisco. 4-23-06 Subjects (LCSH): Buckman (Steamship); Steamships

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St Paul Railway track construction, October 24, 1906 (TRANSPORT 165)

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St Paul Railway track construction, October 24...

On verso of image: Millwaukee Rock cut 10 miles west of Snoqualmie Pass, October 24, 1906 Subjects (LCSH): Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--Snoqualmie; Railroad construction workers--Wa... More

Construction of the Great Northern Railway tunnel, Seattle, ca 1903 (TRANSPORT 251)

Construction of the Great Northern Railway tunnel, Seattle, ca 1903 (T...

On verso of image: G. N. Tunnel, Seattle. Material yard, north end. Subjects (LCSH): Tunnels--Washington (State)--Berne; Railroad construction & maintenance--Washington (State)--Seattle; Railroad construction ... More

Highway to Mount Rainier, ca 1920 (TRANSPORT 244)

Highway to Mount Rainier, ca 1920 (TRANSPORT 244)

Caption on image: Asahel Curtis 40638AOn verso of image: From Seattle-Tacoma, highway via Auburn, Enumclaw, en route to Mt. Rainier Subjects (LCSH): Roads--Washington (State); Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Mountains... More

Launching of the schooner MINNIE A CAINE built by the Moran Brothers Shipyard 1900

Launching of the schooner MINNIE A CAINE built by the Moran Brothers S...

On verso of image: Launching of Sch. Minnie A. Caine at Morans Shipyard, Oct. 6th, 1900 at 2 p.m. Subjects (LCSH): Minnie A. Caine (Schooner); Schooners--Washington (State)--Seattle; Launchings--Washington (St... More

Laying the keel of the battleship NEBRASKA, 1902 (TRANSPORT 575)

Laying the keel of the battleship NEBRASKA, 1902 (TRANSPORT 575)

Built by the Moran Brothers Company of Seattle, Washington. (pg. 21) Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966) .On verso of... More

Pacific Highway along the Columbia River, ca 1925 (TRANSPORT 242)

Pacific Highway along the Columbia River, ca 1925 (TRANSPORT 242)

Caption on image: Asahel Curtis 45781On verso of image: The last unit of the Pacific Highway, the southern part along the Columbia River was paved and opened to traffic in the fall of 1925. Note the use of the... More

Sailboat AQUILLA, ca 1909 (TRANSPORT 211)

Sailboat AQUILLA, ca 1909 (TRANSPORT 211)

Caption on image: Copyright 1909 by Asahel Curtis, 12676 .On verso of image: AQUILLA, auxiliary yawe Subjects (LCSH): Aquilla (Sailboat); Sailboats

Steamer BONANZA KING in drydock, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 405)

Steamer BONANZA KING in drydock, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 405)

Shows with steamboats Zealandian, Anglian, Bailey, and Thistle .On verso of image: White Horse, Alaska, steamers in boatyard . The BONANZA KING was an upper river steamer of British registry which operated on ... More

Steamer HUMBOLDT with passengers departing for Nome, June 2, 1901 (TRANSPORT 528)

Steamer HUMBOLDT with passengers departing for Nome, June 2, 1901 (TRA...

On verso of image: S.S. Humboldt ready to leave for Nome, 6-2-1901 . Originally built as a lumber carrying steam schooner, the Humboldt was converted to a passenger and freight steamer for the Klondike gold ru... More

Steamer MINNESOTA in Seattle harbor, ca 1915 (TRANSPORT 497)

Steamer MINNESOTA in Seattle harbor, ca 1915 (TRANSPORT 497)

Caption on image: 32962 C&M Subjects (LCSH): Minnesota (Steamship); Steamships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle

Steamship JESSIE BANNING, ca 1902 (TRANSPORT 454)

Steamship JESSIE BANNING, ca 1902 (TRANSPORT 454)

Originally the Union Steamship Co.'s CutchCaption on image: C and R 2119 Subjects (LCSH): Jesse Banning (Steamboat); Steamboats

Stern wheeler steamboat DAWSON, probably in the Yukon River, ca 1914 (TRANSPORT 420)

Stern wheeler steamboat DAWSON, probably in the Yukon River, ca 1914 (...

Subjects (LCSH): Dawson (Stern wheeler); Stern wheelers--Yukon Territory; Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska); Rivers--Yukon Territory

Stern wheeler steamboat DELTA at dock, Fairbanks, ca 1914 (TRANSPORT 424)

Stern wheeler steamboat DELTA at dock, Fairbanks, ca 1914 (TRANSPORT 4...

On verso of image: Fairbanks Waterfront. Delta . The DELTA was a stern wheel passenger and freight steamer. She was 120 feet long and 293 tons. She was built by Joseph Supple and Thomas Achilles at St. Michae... More

Stern wheelers DAWSON, MINNEAPOLIS, and JULIA B docked on the Fairbanks waterfront, ca 1914 (TRANSPORT 419)

Stern wheelers DAWSON, MINNEAPOLIS, and JULIA B docked on the Fairbank...

On verso of image: Fairbanks waterfront. A. Curtis 20159 The DAWSON was a stern-wheeled steamer built in 1898 in Port Blakely for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. She was built under the direction of Capt... More

Sternwheel steamer CAPITAL CITY, ca 1904 (TRANSPORT 343)

Sternwheel steamer CAPITAL CITY, ca 1904 (TRANSPORT 343)

Caption on image: C and R 1664Name changed from DALTON. Operated the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia route in 1900. Subjects (LCSH): Capital City (Stern wheeler); Stern wheelers--Washington (State)

Sunset Highway, ca 1915 (TRANSPORT 230)

Sunset Highway, ca 1915 (TRANSPORT 230)

On verso of image: The newly improved Sunset Highway of 1915 gave the driver plenty to think about without looking at the scenery Subjects (LCSH): United States Highway 26; Dirt roads--Washington (State)

US Army transport DIX at the Arlington Dock, Seattle, , ca 1907 (TRANSPORT 510)

US Army transport DIX at the Arlington Dock, Seattle, , ca 1907 (TRANS...

On verso of image: Loading cattle on U.S.S. Dix. Subjects (LCSH): Dix (Ship); Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; United States. Army--Transportation; Arlington Dock (Seattle, Wash.); Piers & wharves--Washingt... More

US Revenue Cutter CORWIN bound for Nome, 1902 (TRANSPORT 416)

US Revenue Cutter CORWIN bound for Nome, 1902 (TRANSPORT 416)

On verso of image: 1902, CORWIN off for Nome . The CORWIN was built at Portland in 1876, and served continuously in Northwest waters. She was sold in early 1900 to J.E. Ryus of Whatcom for $17,025 (p. 57). Sh... More

Wagon road, probably vicinity of Lake Keechelus, Washington, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 236)

Wagon road, probably vicinity of Lake Keechelus, Washington, ca 1911 (...

Road probably later renamed the Sunset Highway. See TRA0214 for later view. Subjects (LCSH): Dirt roads--Washington (State); Chester Morse Lake (Wash.); Lakes--Washington (State)

Ship PRINCESS MARGUERITE, circa 1925 (TRANSPORT 1444)

Ship PRINCESS MARGUERITE, circa 1925 (TRANSPORT 1444)

PH Coll 334.MillerW 3 Public domain photograph of a large 20th-century steamship, ship, ocean liner, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing of the wreck of the steamboat BEAVER near Prospect Point, British Columbia, 1888 (TRANSPORT 408)

Drawing of the wreck of the steamboat BEAVER near Prospect Point, Brit...

On verso of image: Beaver on Rocks at BC. Subjects (LCSH): Beaver (Side wheeler)--Drawings; Steamboats--British Columbia--Prospect Point; Shipwrecks--British Columbia--Prospect Point

Painting of the schooner ST PAUL from 1875 (TRANSPORT 698)

Painting of the schooner ST PAUL from 1875 (TRANSPORT 698)

Caption on image: 54067, [illeg.]Caption on mount: The St. Paul, 1875. Subjects (LCSH): St. Paul (Schooner)--Drawings; Schooners

Battleship OREGON anchored in the Seattle harbor, ca 1895-1898 (TRANSPORT 597)

Battleship OREGON anchored in the Seattle harbor, ca 1895-1898 (TRANSP...

Caption on mount: U.S. Battleship "Oregon" in Seattle Harbor .On verso of image: USS Battleship Oregon .PH Coll 805.80 Subjects (LCSH): Oregon (Battleship); Battleships--Washington (State)--Seattle

Side-wheel steamer ALASKAN at the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Co city dock, foot of Jackson St, Seattle, ca 1889 (TRANSPORT 816)

Side-wheel steamer ALASKAN at the Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Co...

Subjects (LCSH): Alaskan (Side wheeler); Steamboats--Washington (State)--Seattle; Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company City Dock (Seattle, Wash.); Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle; Seattle (W... More

Sidewheel steamer GEORGE E STARR and steamer ROSALIE adocked at the foot of University St, Seattle, 1894 (TRANSPORT 665)

Sidewheel steamer GEORGE E STARR and steamer ROSALIE adocked at the fo...

On verso of image: Geo e. Starr, Str. Rosalie, 1894PH Coll 584.23b The GEORGE E. STARR was a 148-foot wooden steamer built at Seattle in 1878 for Puget Sound Service. The ROSALIE was first in service on the ... More

USS MONTEREY in Seattle harbor, ca 1895-1898 (TRANSPORT 1086)

USS MONTEREY in Seattle harbor, ca 1895-1898 (TRANSPORT 1086)

PH Coll 805.79 Public domain image of an American navy warship, 19th-century ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steamer VICTORIAN, Seattle, April 2, 1892 (TRANSPORT 1080)

Steamer VICTORIAN, Seattle, April 2, 1892 (TRANSPORT 1080)

PH Coll 584.29 The Victorian was built in Portland in 1891 for service from Seattle to Victoria.

Automobile next to arch, Seattle, probably 1909 (TRANSPORT 27)

Automobile next to arch, Seattle, probably 1909 (TRANSPORT 27)

Stacy residence at 3rd Ave. and Marion St. in background Subjects (LCSH): Automobiles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Arches--Washington (State)--Seattle; Dwellings--Washington (State)--Seattle According to Pau... More

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer IROQUOIS at the dock in Seattle on the Tacoma-Seattle-Victoria run, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 889)

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer IROQUOIS at the dock in Seattle...

PH Coll 794.54 The IROQUOIS arrived in March 1907, purchased from the Great Lakes for the Puget Sound Navigation Company by Charles E. Peabody and Joshua Green. The IROQUOIS was built in Toledo, Ohio in 1901 f... More

Crowd of people near scaffolding at the launch of the USS WEST LIANGA, April 20, 1918 (TRANSPORT 1428)

Crowd of people near scaffolding at the launch of the USS WEST LIANGA,...

PH Coll 1405.1 Public domain image of an American navy ship during World War One era, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crowd of people standing in front of USS WEST LIANGA at launch, April 20, 1918 (TRANSPORT 1433)

Crowd of people standing in front of USS WEST LIANGA at launch, April ...

PH Coll 1405.2 Public domain image of an American navy ship during World War One era, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles Nelson & Company steamer RIVERSIDE at the dock in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 916)

Charles Nelson & Company steamer RIVERSIDE at the dock in Seattle, ca ...

PH Coll 794.51 In 1908 the Moran Co. of Seattle built the 2,500-ton steel steamer RIVERSIDE for Charles Nelson & Company. On June 18, 1913 the RIVERSIDE ran aground at Blunt's Reef, California, while enroute f... More

Launching of the USS NEBRASKA, Seattle, 1904 (TRANSPORT 779)

Launching of the USS NEBRASKA, Seattle, 1904 (TRANSPORT 779)

Subjects (LCSH): Nebraska (Battleship); Battleships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Launchings--Washington (State)--Seattle

Prison ship SUCCESS, Seattle, 1915 (TRANSPORT 664)

Prison ship SUCCESS, Seattle, 1915 (TRANSPORT 664)

On verso of image: Convict ship, Seattle, World War I, 1915 .PH Coll 1349.9 Subjects (LCSH): Success (Sailing ship); Sailing ships--Washington (State)--Seattle

Battleship USS OREGON, probably off of West Seattle, 1895 (TRANSPORT 537)

Battleship USS OREGON, probably off of West Seattle, 1895 (TRANSPORT 5...

On verso of image: U.S.S. Battleship Oregon, Mon. Sept. 7 (1895). The U.S. battleship OREGON was a noted Spanish American War fighting ship. It was idle from 1906 to 1911, when it was recommissioned at the Br... More

Ship TAMPICO sinking at anchor at the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock in Seattle, 1911 (TRANSPORT 894)

Ship TAMPICO sinking at anchor at the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock ...

The TAMPICO sank at the Pacific Coast Coal Company bunkers in Seattle at midnight, May 18, 1911, despite efforts of the fireboat SNOQUALMIE and the tug LUMBERMAN to keep her afloat. The vessel was raised June ... More

Prison ship SUCCESS at dock, Seattle, 1915 (TRANSPORT 682)

Prison ship SUCCESS at dock, Seattle, 1915 (TRANSPORT 682)

Subjects (LCSH): Success (Sailing ship); Sailing ships--Washington (State)--Seattle Public domain photograph of a ship, sailing ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer KULSHAN, probably in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 901)

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer KULSHAN, probably in Seattle, c...

PH Coll 794.59 In 1910 the Moran Co. of Seattle completed a first-class steel screw steamer, the KULSHAN, for the Seattle-Bellingham route service of the Puget Sound Navigation Co., replacing the WHATCOM. Of 9... More

Keel laying ceremony for the steamship SS NEBRASKA, July 4, 1902 (TRANSPORT 548)

Keel laying ceremony for the steamship SS NEBRASKA, July 4, 1902 (TRAN...

On verso of image: Nebraska's keel laying Hull of the first United States Navy ship to be built in the Pacific Northwest (p 90) Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific No... More

Steamer fireboat DUWAMISH at the dock in front of Fiore Station No5, Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 880)

Steamer fireboat DUWAMISH at the dock in front of Fiore Station No5, S...

PH Coll 794.37 1909: A powerful steel fireboat, the DUWAMISH, 309 tons, 113 feet in length, and fitted with 1,100 horsepower steam engines was built at Richmond Beach for the Seattle Fire Department, having be... More

Pacific Coast Steamship Company steamer RAMONA at the dock, probably in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 913)

Pacific Coast Steamship Company steamer RAMONA at the dock, probably i...

PH Coll 794.83 In 1902 the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. took delivery of the wooden steamship RAMONA, a freight and passenger vessel of dimensions 195x32x15 ft. designed for the Southern California run. She did... More

Steamer KENNEWICK at the Northern Pacific Railroad Dock in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 900)

Steamer KENNEWICK at the Northern Pacific Railroad Dock in Seattle, ca...

PH Coll 794.57 Subjects (LCSH): Kennewick (Ship); Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle Northern Pacific had several docks on Elliott Bay, all in the area of the veh... More

Steamer DEFIANCE at Colman Dock in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 875)

Steamer DEFIANCE at Colman Dock in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 875)

Operated as part of the famed "Mosquito Fleet" of the Puget SoundPH Coll 794.31 The DEFIANCE was a 93 foot propeller steamer built by Matthew McDowell at Tacoma in 1900, replacing the DAUNTLESS on the Seattle-... More

Canadian Australian Royal Mail Steamship Company steamer MARAMA at dock, Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 905)

Canadian Australian Royal Mail Steamship Company steamer MARAMA at doc...

PH Coll 794.67 The MARAMA, a handsome twin-screw Clyde-built liner of 6,437 tons, launched in 1907, replaced the pioneer MIOWERA, which was placed in Australia-New Zealand service as the MAITAI. The vessel ser... More

Steamer DODE at the dock, probably in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 877)

Steamer DODE at the dock, probably in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 877)

Operated as part of the famed "Mosquito Fleet" of the Puget SoundPH Coll 794.20 The DODE, a passenger steamer, 99 x 22 feet, was rebuilt in 1898 from schooner WILLIAM J. BRYANT at Tacoma for Capt. D. Troutman ... More

Prison ship SUCCESS, Seattle, 1915 (TRANSPORT 673)

Prison ship SUCCESS, Seattle, 1915 (TRANSPORT 673)

On verso of image: Success, 1915. A great attraction on the Northwest waterfronts in 1915 was the ancient convict ship SUCCESS, claimed to have been built in 1790, but actually constructed about 1840 of Burmes... More

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer CHIPPEWA at dock in Seattle on the Seattle-Tacoma run, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 888)

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer CHIPPEWA at dock in Seattle on ...

Operated as part of the famed "Mosquito Fleet" of the Puget Sound, and later for Washington State Ferries, for six decades .PH Coll 794.18 In 1906, Joshua Green negotiated the purchase of the CHIPPEWA, then se... More

United States Navy submarine SS-28 "H-1", previously SEA WOLF, with crew in Seattle, ca 1913 (TRANSPORT 863)

United States Navy submarine SS-28 "H-1", previously SEA WOLF, with cr...

PH Coll 794.45 The "H-1" was based at San Pedro, California, when this photograph was taken. It was attached to the 2nd Torpedo Flotilla, Pacific Fleet, and operated with "H-2" and "H-3" along the Pacific coas... More

Grand Trunk Pacific steamer PRINCE GEORGE at the company dock in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 911)

Grand Trunk Pacific steamer PRINCE GEORGE at the company dock in Seatt...

PH Coll 794.78 Canada's Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, having established its western terminus at Prince Rupert, brought to the Northwest in 1910 two handsome passenger steamships, PRINCE RUPERT and PRINCE GEORG... More

United States Navy submarine SS-28 "H-1", previously SEA WOLF, with crew in Seattle, ca 1913 (TRANSPORT 862)

United States Navy submarine SS-28 "H-1", previously SEA WOLF, with cr...

PH Coll 794.44 The "H-1" was based at San Pedro, California, when this photograph was taken. It was attached to the 2nd Torpedo Flotilla, Pacific Fleet, and operated with "H-2" and "H-3" along the Pacific coas... More

Steamer WAIALEALE at Pier 2 in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 933)

Steamer WAIALEALE at Pier 2 in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 933)

PH Coll 794.119 The Hawaiian schooner WAIALEALE was built by the Hall Brothers at Port Blakely in 1884. In 1905 the vessel was brought to the Puget Sound by Cary Cook of Cook & Company and operated as a propel... More

Anderson Steamboat Company steamer FORTUNA on Lake Washington approaching the Hazelwood Dock in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 879)

Anderson Steamboat Company steamer FORTUNA on Lake Washington approach...

PH Coll 794.41 In 1906, the passenger steamer FORTUNA, 81 tons, 107 feet in length, was built at the Anderson Steamboat Co. yard for Capt. Anderson and the Seattle Street Railway Co. and placed in service on L... More

United States Navy submarine SS-28 "H-1", previously SEA WOLF, with crew in Seattle, ca 1913 (TRANSPORT 865)

United States Navy submarine SS-28 "H-1", previously SEA WOLF, with cr...

PH Coll 794.47 The "H-1" was based at San Pedro, California, when this photograph was taken. It was attached to the 2nd Torpedo Flotilla, Pacific Fleet, and operated with "H-2" and "H-3" along the Pacific coas... More

US Army Transport DIX, probably in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 876)

US Army Transport DIX, probably in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 876)

The Dix was a fixture on the Puget Sound for many years, primarily transporting goods and personnel between Seattle, Hawaii, and other Pacific Ocean destinations .PH Coll 794.32 Subjects (LCSH): Dix (Ship); Sh... More

United States Navy submarine SS-22 "F-3", previously PICKEREL, with crew in Seattle, ca 1913 (TRANSPORT 866)

United States Navy submarine SS-22 "F-3", previously PICKEREL, with cr...

PH Coll 794.48 The "H-1" was based at San Pedro, California, when this photograph was taken. It was attached to the 2nd Torpedo Flotilla, Pacific Fleet, and operated with "H-2" and "H-3" along the Pacific coas... More

Steamers at dock in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 937)

Steamers at dock in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 937)

PH Coll 794.124 Subjects (LCSH): Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle

Canadian Pacific Railway steamer PRINCESS VICTORIA docked at Pier A in Seattle on the Seattle-Vancouver-Victoria run, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 912)

Canadian Pacific Railway steamer PRINCESS VICTORIA docked at Pier A in...

PH Coll 794.80 In 1903 the Canadian Pacific Railway, already operating the fastest and handsomest ocean steamship in the Northwest, introduced a new standard of speed and elegance to the Puget Sound with the a... More

US Cruiser PENNSYLVANIA entering the Seattle Harbor, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 908)

US Cruiser PENNSYLVANIA entering the Seattle Harbor, ca 1912 (TRANSPOR...

PH Coll 794.43 (Armored Cruiser No. 4: displacement 13, 400 tons; length 503'11"; beam 69'7"; draft 24'1"; speed 22 knots; complement 829; armament 4 8-inch guns, 14 6-inch guns, 18 3-inch guns, 2 18-inch torp... More

Tour bus of the Seattle Sight Seeing Co, Seattle, ca 1910 (TRANSPORT 8)

Tour bus of the Seattle Sight Seeing Co, Seattle, ca 1910 (TRANSPORT 8...

Filed in Transportion-Sightseeing Subjects (LCSH): Buses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Seattle Sight Seeing Co.; Tourists--Washington (State)--Seattle

Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer SADO MARU at dock in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 917)

Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer SADO MARU at dock in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRA...

PH Coll 794.87 The merchant steamer SADO MARU of Japan's Nippon Yusen Kaisha line served Puget Sound - Japan trade routes. The vessel, originally commanded by Americans, transitioned to an all-Japanese crew in... More

Pacific Coast Steamship Company steamer SENATOR, probably in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 918)

Pacific Coast Steamship Company steamer SENATOR, probably in Seattle, ...

PH Coll 794.89 In 1898 the Union Iron Works in San Francisco built the SENATOR for the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. The SENATOR was a single-screw vessel of 2,432 tons, with dimensions 280x38.1x19.6 ft. and dri... More

United States Navy submarine SS-28 "H-1", previously SEA WOLF, with crew in Seattle, ca 1913 (TRANSPORT 864)

United States Navy submarine SS-28 "H-1", previously SEA WOLF, with cr...

PH Coll 794.46 The "H-1" was based at San Pedro, California, when this photograph was taken. It was attached to the 2nd Torpedo Flotilla, Pacific Fleet, and operated with "H-2" and "H-3" along the Pacific coas... More

Sailing ship RESOLUTE at the dock, probably in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 915)

Sailing ship RESOLUTE at the dock, probably in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANS...

PH Coll 794.85 The 684-ton RESOLUTE was built in 1902 for the E.K. Wood Lumber Co. by Hitchings & Joyce of Hoquiam. Sold at New York in 1928 and reduced to a barge. Registry was abandoned in 1932 and the hull ... More

Chambers automobile, the second taxicab in Seattle, ca 1909 (TRANSPORT 42)

Chambers automobile, the second taxicab in Seattle, ca 1909 (TRANSPORT...

On verso of image: P-I, 4-20-1934. "This, according to Babe Morris... was the second taxicab to operate in Seattle. It was a Chambers, driven by Leslie Bigelow, who received a $60 tip for hauling the rail magn... More

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer INDIANAPOLIS at dock on the Seattle-Tacoma run, probably in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 886)

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer INDIANAPOLIS at dock on the Sea...

PH Coll 794.51 The first of three large inland steamers of steel construction purchased from the Great Lakes for the Puget Sound Navigation Company by Charles E. Peabody and Joshua Green, the S.S. INDIANAPOLIS... More

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer GEORGE E STARR at the dock in Seattle, before 1911 (TRANSPORT 885)

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer GEORGE E STARR at the dock in S...

Cargo from the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and the Pennsylvania Lines in the backgroundPH Coll 794.43 The GEORGE E. STARR was built in 1879 at the J.F.T. Mitchell shipyard in Seattle for the Puget Sound ... More

Steamer MF PLANT at Pier 1 in Seattle, the Northern Pacific Railway Company dock, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 932)

Steamer MF PLANT at Pier 1 in Seattle, the Northern Pacific Railway Co...

PH Coll 794.64 Subjects (LCSH): M.F. Plant (Ship); Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle Alaska Steamship Company, Pier 1 -- from 1944 onward, Pier 50; demolished ci... More

Anderson Steamboat Company steamer FORTUNA at the dock, probably in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 883)

Anderson Steamboat Company steamer FORTUNA at the dock, probably in Se...

PH Coll 794.40 In 1906, the passenger steamer FORTUNA, 81 tons, 107 feet in length, was built at the Anderson Steamboat Co. yard for Capt. Anderson and the Seattle Street Railway Co. and placed in service on L... More

Alaska Steamship Company steamer LATOUCHE at dock, probably in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 902)

Alaska Steamship Company steamer LATOUCHE at dock, probably in Seattle...

PH Coll 794.61 In 1910 the Moran Co. of Seattle built the steel freight and passenger steamer LATOUCHE for the Alaska Steamship Co. She was practically a duplicate of the STANLEY DOLLAR, also a Moran vessel. T... More

Launching of the steamship NIELS NIELSEN, 1916 (TRANSPORT 589) (cropped)

Launching of the steamship NIELS NIELSEN, 1916 (TRANSPORT 589) (croppe...

Caption on image: Sept. 19[illeg.]On verso of image: Niels Nielsen. Built by Todd Shipyards Corp. for the Norwegian shipping firm of B. Stolt-Nielsen, she was the first merchant steamship ever built there for ... More

Puget Sound Navigation Company sternwheeler TELEGRAPH at Colman Dock in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 928)

Puget Sound Navigation Company sternwheeler TELEGRAPH at Colman Dock i...

Both the Colman Dock clock tower and the steamer TELEGRAPH were destroyed in a docking accident within one year of this photograph being taken. PH Coll 794.112 The sternwheeler TELEGRAPH was built in 1903 by t... More

Steamer SENTINEL at Pier A in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 919)

Steamer SENTINEL at Pier A in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 919)

Pier A belonged to the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad .PH Coll 794.90 The SENTINEL, 82 tons and 102 feet long, was built in 1898 by Crawford & Reid of Tacoma for use on the Hunt Brothers' Seattle - Tacoma Eas... More

Kitsap County Transportation Company steamer RELIANCE at dock in Seattle, ca 1911 (TRANSPORT 914)

Kitsap County Transportation Company steamer RELIANCE at dock in Seatt...

PH Coll 794.84 The 118-foot passenger steamer RELIANCE, laid down at Portland for The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co., was taken over by the Moe Brothers in 1900. They placed the vessel on the Poulsb... More

Alaska Steamship Company steamer JEFFERSON at Seattle pier, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 899)

Alaska Steamship Company steamer JEFFERSON at Seattle pier, ca 1912 (T...

PH Coll 794.56 Built in 1904 for the Alaska Steamship Co, the wooden passenger steamer JEFFERSON was 1,615 tons, 207x39.8x25.6 ft., powered by a triple-expansion engine with steam from three Scotch boilers, de... More

SS ATHENIAN with passengers departing for Nome, June 5, 1900 (TRANSPORT 334)

SS ATHENIAN with passengers departing for Nome, June 5, 1900 (TRANSPOR...

Caption on image: No. 264 by Romans. Employees Q.M. Dept. U.S.A. for Nome & St. Michael onboard S.S. ATHENEAN, [sic] June 5, 1900, Seattle, WA .On verso of image: Construction crew en route to build Fort Davis... More

Steamship TAMPICO docked at Seattle wharf, ca 1906 (TRANSPORT 798)

Steamship TAMPICO docked at Seattle wharf, ca 1906 (TRANSPORT 798)

Subjects (LCSH): Tampico (Ship); Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Crowds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle Pier 4 was renumbered as Pier 55 in 1944. Other photos c... More

Steamship TAMPICO, vicinity of Pier 4, foot of Spring St, Seattle, nd (TRANSPORT 797)

Steamship TAMPICO, vicinity of Pier 4, foot of Spring St, Seattle, nd ...

On verso of image: Webster & Stevens, Commerical Photographers, 412 Viriginia Street, Seattle, Wash. MA.3743 The TAMPICO was a former Great Lakes freighter which was purchased by the Globe Navigation Co. in ... More

Puget Sound Navigation Company passenger steamer UTOPIA and OSK freight steamer SEATTLE MARU at dock in Seattle, probably 1909 (TRANSPORT 930)

Puget Sound Navigation Company passenger steamer UTOPIA and OSK freigh...

PH Coll 794.116 The wooden steamer UTOPIA was built in Seattle in 1893 for G.W. McGregor to replace the J.R. MCDONALD on the Seattle-Vancouver freight run. The UTOPIA registered 423 tons and was 124 feet long.... More

Nilson-Kelez Shipbuilding Co launching a ship, Seattle, 1910 (TRANSPORT 818)

Nilson-Kelez Shipbuilding Co launching a ship, Seattle, 1910 (TRANSPOR...

Caption on image: M.S. O [illeg.]nafan. Built by Neilsen-Kelez. Finished June 8, 1910. Seattle, USA. 64644, W&S. Subjects (LCSH): Launchings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ships--Washington (State)--Seattl... More

US Army Transport cable ship BURNSIDE at the Orient Dock in Seattle, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 867)

US Army Transport cable ship BURNSIDE at the Orient Dock in Seattle, c...

PH Coll 794.12 The Army transport BURNSIDE was an iron steamer built at Newcastle in 1882 as the BRITISH YEOMAN. She was in the service of the Spanish Navy as the RITA when she was captured during the Spanish-... More

Ship TAMPICO sinking at anchor at the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock in Seattle, 1911 (TRANSPORT 897)

Ship TAMPICO sinking at anchor at the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock ...

The TAMPICO sank at the Pacific Coast Coal Company bunkers in Seattle at midnight, May 18, 1911, despite efforts of the fireboat SNOQUALMIE and the tug LUMBERMAN to keep her afloat. The vessel was raised June ... More

Ship TAMPICO sinking at anchor at the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock in Seattle, 1911 (TRANSPORT 892)

Ship TAMPICO sinking at anchor at the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock ...

The TAMPICO sank at the Pacific Coast Coal Company bunkers in Seattle at midnight, May 18, 1911, despite efforts of the fireboat SNOQUALMIE and the tug LUMBERMAN to keep her afloat. The vessel was raised June ... More

Ship TAMPICO sinking at anchor at the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock in Seattle, 1911 (TRANSPORT 896)

Ship TAMPICO sinking at anchor at the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock ...

The TAMPICO sank at the Pacific Coast Coal Company bunkers in Seattle at midnight, May 18, 1911, despite efforts of the fireboat SNOQUALMIE and the tug LUMBERMAN to keep her afloat. The vessel was raised June ... More

US Navy Cruiser C-20 ST LOUIS entering the Seattle Harbor, during the Golden Potlatch, July 15-20, 1912 (TRANSPORT 922)

US Navy Cruiser C-20 ST LOUIS entering the Seattle Harbor, during the ...

PH Coll 794.57 "USS SAINT LOUIS, a 9700-ton cruiser built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in August 1906. After a brief period in the Atlantic, she was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, arriving t... More

US Cruiser PENNSYLVANIA entering the Seattle Harbor during the Golden Potlatch, July 15-20, 1912 (TRANSPORT 909)

US Cruiser PENNSYLVANIA entering the Seattle Harbor during the Golden ...

PH Coll 794.76 (Armored Cruiser No. 4: displacement 13, 400 tons; length 503'11"; beam 69'7"; draft 24'1"; speed 22 knots; complement 829; armament 4 8-inch guns, 14 6-inch guns, 18 3-inch guns, 2 18-inch torp... More

US Torpedo boat destroyers DAVIS and FOX serving in Washington State Naval Militia in Seattle, 1912 (TRANSPORT 873)

US Torpedo boat destroyers DAVIS and FOX serving in Washington State N...

PH Coll 794.29 "USS Fox, a 155-ton Davis class torpedo boat built at Portland, Oregon, was commissioned in July 1899. She spent her entire career on the West Coast, based initially at the Mare Island Navy Yard... More

US Torpedo boat destroyers DAVIS and FOX serving in Washington State Naval Militia in Seattle, 1912 (TRANSPORT 874)

US Torpedo boat destroyers DAVIS and FOX serving in Washington State N...

PH Coll 794.30 "USS Fox, a 155-ton Davis class torpedo boat built at Portland, Oregon, was commissioned in July 1899. She spent her entire career on the West Coast, based initially at the Mare Island Navy Yard... More

US Navy Cruiser C-20 ST LOUIS entering the Seattle Harbor, 1912 (TRANSPORT 921)

US Navy Cruiser C-20 ST LOUIS entering the Seattle Harbor, 1912 (TRANS...

PH Coll 794.56 "USS SAINT LOUIS, a 9700-ton cruiser built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in August 1906. After a brief period in the Atlantic, she was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, arriving t... More

US Navy Cruiser C-20 ST LOUIS entering the Seattle Harbor, 1912 (TRANSPORT 923)

US Navy Cruiser C-20 ST LOUIS entering the Seattle Harbor, 1912 (TRANS...

PH Coll 794.58 "USS SAINT LOUIS, a 9700-ton cruiser built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in August 1906. After a brief period in the Atlantic, she was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, arriving t... More

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer POTLATCH at launch from the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co, Seattle, July 18, 1912 (TRANSPORT 910)

Puget Sound Navigation Company steamer POTLATCH at launch from the Sea...

PH Coll 794.77 The Puget Sound Navigation Company had the steel-construction POTLATCH built by the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co. (the former Moran Bros. Company) in 1912 as part of its wooden fleet replac... More

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