ca. 1890. View of Seattle waterfront from Puget Sound. City Skyline.

ca. 1890. View of Seattle from Puget Sound. Commercial buildings on the hill, warehouse along the waterfront.

Waterfronts--Seattle;

ca. 1890. View of Seattle showing dirt street with paved sections for street cars. Street car on tracks. Buildings. Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Railway cars at station. Standard Furniture building.

ca. 1890. South 9th Street looking west up the hill from A Street, circa 1890. Although there were wood sidewalks, South 9th St. itself appeared to be either dirt or gravel, making for uncomfortable travel during the rainy season. At left, from front to back, were the London & Liverpool Clothing House (902-04 Pacific), Gross Bros. Store (901 Broadway) and the spires of the Tacoma Theater (902-14 Broadway). Photo from "Northern Pacific Railroad Scenery" with photos by F. Jay Haynes (F. Jay Haynes Collection)

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1890-1900; Business districts--Tacoma--1890-1900; London & Liverpool Clothing House (Tacoma); Gross Bros. Store (Tacoma); Tacoma Theatre (Tacoma);

ca. 1890. View of Seattle from Puget Sound.

ca. 1890. Warehouse and piers along the Seattle waterfront. Sailing shops docked at Yesler wharf. Fisher & MacDonald, and hides, wool and fur signs on buildings in background.

ca. 1890. Seattle street scene. Buildings including the West Street House and the City of Paris. Horses and wagons in street. Milk cans and crates stacked along edge of street. Street unpaved.

ca. 1890. "Chief Seattle's daughter" in Seattle.

ca. 1890. The Northern Pacific Dock, circa 1890, on Tacoma's waterfront. The large building next to the docked vessel is the Ocean Freight warehouse. The warehouse at center is the Northern Pacific Local Freight warehouse. Photo from "Northern Pacific Railroad Scenery" with photos by F. Jay Haynes (F. Jay Haynes Collection)

Northern Pacific Railway Co. (Tacoma); Loading docks--Tacoma; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1890-1900; Warehouses--Tacoma--1890-1900; Waterfronts--Tacoma--1890-1900;

ca. 1890. Tacoma Hotel and Mason Block Bldg. on A Street. Shaw & Naubert, a real estate company, occupied 1001 A Street, at right in the photograph. The firm was one of the first occupants of the Mason Block, built by Allen C. Mason in 1888. The building would later house the Mason Hotel and after remodeling, the Fairmont Hotel. The elegant Tacoma Hotel, 913 A Street (at left in photograph), was Tacoma's pride until it was destroyed by fire in 1935. Although parts of the downtown business area still had dirt streets, this portion boasted planked roadway. Photo from "Northern Pacific Railroad Scenery" with photos by F. Jay Haynes (F. Jay Haynes Collection)

Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1890-1900; Shaw & Naubert (Tacoma); Real estate business--Tacoma--1890-1900; Commercial streets--Tacoma--1890-1900;

ca. 1890. Seattle street scene showing W.H. Pumphrey & Co. Booksellers and Stationers, W.P. Boyd & Co., and Haxtun Steam Heating. Building materials and/or rubble line street. Streetcar.

ca. 1890. Street scene in Seattle. Construction in progress. Barber pole advertising baths and shave for 15 cents. V. Hugo Smith Real Estate. John Wielands Lager Beer. Brick buildings, unpaved road, horses and men in street.

ca. 1890. Looking north toward the growing Tacoma business district from about South 30th and C Streets, circa 1890. Small houses dot the landscape in the photograph's foreground. At left center is the South 29th St. Bridge. The South 24th, 25th, and 26th Street steel bridges are at center. At the far right is East "C" Street. Photo from "Northern Pacific Railroad Scenery" with photos by F. Jay Haynes (F. Jay Haynes Collection)

Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1890-1900; Bridges--Tacoma--1890-1900;

ca. 1890. Seattle warehouse district. Railroad cars loaded with lumber and other materials. Wooden plank roadway. Supply wagons.

ca. 1890. Pacific Avenue in Tacoma looking north from about South 12th Street, circa 1890. The Grand Central Hotel, 1211 Pacific Ave. is at the far right. Parked outside the hotel is the Davis & McMartin laundry wagon; their steam laundry was located at 943-45 "C" St. On the far left side of Pacific Ave. were the Tacoma Bazaar and the Nolan & Hotchkiss grocery. Two sets of streetcar tracks run down the center of the street while horse-drawn wagons pass on the edges. Photo from "Northern Pacific Railroad Scenery" with photos by F. Jay Haynes (F. Jay Haynes Collection)

Commercial streets--Tacoma--1890-1900; Business districts--Tacoma--1890-1900; Grand Central Hotel (Tacoma); Carts & wagons--Tacoma--1890-1900;

ca. 1890. View of Tacoma from Commencement Bay, circa 1890. The Tacoma Hotel dominates the skyline. The pilings in the foreground are probably the supports for the old Northern Pacific tracks that crossed the tideflats into Tacoma. Photo from "Northern Pacific Railroad Scenery" with photos by F. Jay Haynes (F. Jay Haynes Collection)

Commencement Bay (Wash.); Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1890-1900; Pilings (Civil engineering)--Tacoma;

ca. 1890. The Tacoma Hotel as it looked circa 1890, before any of the numberous additions had been added to the structure of the building. Tacoma was justly proud of this elegant structure with its beautiful views of Commencement Bay. It had opened in August of 1884. Photo from "Northern Pacific Railroad Scenery" with photos by F. Jay Haynes (F. Jay Haynes Collection)

Tacoma Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma--1890-1900;