| Seattle, Washington |
| Seattle is the largest city in the US State of Washington, and is the most populous city of the north-western USA. It is a seaport - on the Pacific of course - and lies about 100 miles south of the Canadian border. |
| This postcard of the Seattle waterfront dates from about 1930. (Z) |
| First Avenue from Pioneer Street in the early 1900s. (Z) |
| Seattle Shopping Centre - no date for this one. |
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| Did You Know.... that Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, was born in Seattle in 1955 ? And Did You Know.... that Jimi Hendrix, guitarist, singer and song-writer was born in Seattle in 1942 ? And Did You Also Know.... that Carol Channing, singer and actress was also born in this city in 1921 ? |
| The Hotel Rhein at 8th and Union - a 1916 postcard. |
| The New York Block. |
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| A view from James Street in the earl;y years of the 20th Century. |
| Seattle Labor Temple. |
| No date for this excellent old postcard of shipping on Lake Union. (Z) |
| Government Locks. |
| The Seattle Skyline - a 1940s linen postcard. |
| A moonlight view of the Metropolitan Theatre. (Z) |
| Second Avenue at night. |
| Another moonlight view of Second Avenue. |
| Looking up Pike Street. |
| "Seattle, metropolis of the Northwest and gateway to Alaska, takes its name from an Indian chief who was friendly to the settlers who first arrived in 1851. The Ballard Locks, shown here, make possible passage of deep sea ships from Puget Sound into Lake Union and Lake Washington." |
| Seattle Waterfront. |
| A Northwest Airlines plane at BoeingField. |
| Barracks at the Naval Air Station in Seattle. |
| Woodland Park. |
| University Street and Third Avenue. (Z) |
| The University of Washington Library. |
| The L C Smith Building. (Z) |
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| Halibut Fishing Boats. |
| First Avenue. |
| Pioneer Square - a postcard mailed in 1908.. |
| Second Avenue and Pine Street. |
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