File:Fifth Avenue being regraded, Seattle, May 22, 1909 (MOHAI 1952).jpg

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English: Fifth Avenue being regraded, Seattle, May 22, 1909   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Fifth Avenue being regraded, Seattle, May 22, 1909
Description
English:

Seattle's hills are steep, but they used to be steeper. During various regrading projects, the city tried to make the streets and avenues more level. Some areas were raised and some were lowered. Nearby buildings were raised or lowered too. Others were torn down or moved away.

Sign in image: Y.W.C.A. Handwritten on sleeve: Regrade 5th & Seneca, May 22, 1909. Caption by MOHAI staff.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Road construction--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date Taken on 22 May 1909
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
1952
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Credit Line
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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