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Seattle Washington People Photo Gallery
Images of People in Seattle
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Mayor Ole Hans
1919. Adolph O. Aberhart, Seattle Mayor Ole Hans, wife and daughter, Eugenie Field Hanson on bench. Chicago Daily News
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Mayor Ole Hanson
1920. Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle sitting in a chair in a room in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Daily News.
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Mayor Ole Hanson
1920. Image of Frank D. Comerford, a prosecuting attorney from Comerford and Cohen, standing in front of Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle who is sitting in a chair on a raised platform in a room in Chicago, Illinois. Text on image reads: Red. Trial. Chicago Daily News.
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Indian encampment in Seattle
1885. By the late 19th century, most Seattle-area Native Americans had been moved to reservations and were not allowed to live in the city. Sometime before 1895, visiting Indians started camping on Ballast Island and other Seattle waterfront locations. This 1880s photo shows an Indian encampment in Seattle, probably located near the western end of Bell Street. Levy, H.E.
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1892 Seattle Waterfront
1892. Many of these people made regular visits to Seattle to sell shellfish and souvenirs, or to look for odd jobs in the city. Each fall, many traveled through Seattle on their way to and from harvesting hops. They usually camped on Ballast Island or elsewhere along the waterfront. In this photo, a number of Native American canoes line the Seattle waterfront south of Yesler Street. William F. Boyd and George H. Braas
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Native American Selling Baskets
Woman buying baskets from a Native American woman, Seattle, ca. 1911. Starting in the 1850s, settlers gradually displaced Native American tribes from their traditional lands in the Puget Sound Region. Many native people tried to support themselves by selling fish or handicrafts to city dwellers and visitors. In this photo, taken around 1911 outside a downtown Seattle store, a woman bends to ask a basket seller about her wares. The mats and baskets are Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) in style. Photographers Ira Webster and Nelson Stevens
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Totem pole set in triangular median
Pre 1906. Totem pole set in triangular median; small wrought iron fence around pole and shrubs. Pioneer Building to the left, Hotel Seattle, Merchants Cafe and Olympic Hotel visible behind it in the center. Trolleys, horse-drawn vans, wagons and men move around the streets. Taken pre-1906, as the Pioneer Square Pergola has not been built. Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941. (large file 92kb)
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Pioneer Square
Post 1906. Totem pole set in concrete triangular median; behind it is an iron & glass pergola trolley stop. Olympic Hotels, Hotel Seattle & Merchants Cafe visible behind it, as well the corner of the Pioneer Building on the left. Taken after 1906 when the Pioneer Square Pergola has been built. Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941. (large file 92kb)
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Native American family selling baskets
c1912. A number of Native American families earned money by selling baskets to Seattle residents and visitors. In this photo, two women and a boy sit by their baskets on Second Avenue, outside the Frederick & Nelson department store. Photographers Ira Webster and Nelson Stevens
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