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County-City Building, Smith Tower and Frye Hotel, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1942. Artist: Unknown

County-City Building, Smith Tower and Frye Hotel, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1942. Vintage linen postcard showing a landscaped park in front of the buildings. Situated on Pioneer Square, the 42-storey Smith Tower is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle. Completed in 1910, it was built for Lyman Cornelius Smith, a firearms and typewriter magnate. It was the tallest building on the US west coast until the Space Needle was built in Seattle in 1962.

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County-City Building, Smith Tower and Frye Hotel, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1942. Artist: Unknown

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County-City Building, Smith Tower and Frye Hotel, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1942. Vintage linen postcard showing a landscaped park in front of the buildings. Situated on Pioneer Square, the 42-storey Smith Tower is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle. Completed in 1910, it was built for Lyman Cornelius Smith, a firearms and typewriter magnate. It was the tallest building on the US west coast until the Space Needle was built in Seattle in 1962.

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Album / Heritage Images / Curt Teich Postcard Archives

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Image size:

4699 x 2980 px | 40.1 MB

Print size:

39.8 x 25.2 cm | 15.7 x 9.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

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