Seattle Historical Society (sold)
Seattle Historical Society (c. 1911 - present), later the Seattle-King County Historical Society and now the Museum of History and Industry, is an organization dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Seattle and greater Puget Sound region. Its historical development was complex and the organization went through several phases while continuously building a collection of materials and artifacts relevant to local history. In 2012, the organization (by then existing as Museum of History and Industry) opened a new location in the remodeled Naval Reserve Armory in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle.
Seattle on the eve of the great fire.
Seattle, 1889.
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This is an intriguing 1946 bird's-eye view map of Seattle, Washington, published by the Seattle Historical Society based on an earlier view published in 1889 by Llewellyn, Dodge and Co. It illustrates the city as it stood in 1889, the same year a great fire destroyed many of the structures seen here (also the same year Washington entered the Union). (more details)