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Page 140 of brochure Seattle and the Orient (1900). This page includes text plus two photos captioned, respectively, "Interior of the 'Horseshoe" and "J. P. Howe".

The Horseshoe was Seattle's "most elegant saloon" at the time. (The Argus [Seattle], December 29, 1900, p. 1, quoted by Greg Lange, Twentieth century begins in Washington state on January 1, 1901, HistoryLink, December 29, 1999.)

Apparently the Horseshoe moved some time in 1899 or 1900, and I don't know whether this is the old or new venue. Polk's Seattle City Directory 1899 (Polk's Seattle Directory Co., 1899), shows the Horseshoe Saloon as being at 614 First Avenue. The cited Argus quote from the end of 1900 refers to "The new Horseshoe, at 703 First avenue".

Howe was Seattle's (and the Pacific Northwest's) preeminent impresario of the time, manager of the Seattle Theatre. According to text on the next page of the same source, he controlled "all the first-class theatrical business of Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Walla Walla, Victoria and a number of smaller cities."
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p. 140 of Seattle and the Orient (more properly, Seattle …and the… Orient), a 1900 "souvenir" pamphlet edited and compiled by Alfred D. Bowen and published by The Times Printing Company (that is, the Seattle Times).

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Author Book edited and compiled by Alfred D. Bowen. The photos are uncredited.
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Other versions Image:Seattle_and_the_Orient_p140.jpg is the full page. Image:Seattle - the Horseshoe bar - 1900.jpg is the photo of the "Horseshoe". Image:J.P. Howe 01.jpg is the photo of Howe.

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