The street clock of Stacy Shown’s jewelry shop stood outside the Smith Tower for many decades. Shown, his wife, and their daughter all died within…
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Published January 19, 2019
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Published January 10, 2019
Seattle’s YMCA Park, 1895-1903
This is Championship Field, the soccer field for Seattle University. We’re looking northwest from near the corner of 14th and Jefferson. In September 1895 a…
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Published January 1, 2017
The Curious Case of the Central School Clock
The clock tower of Seattle’s Central School stood in a commanding position. Built in 1883, the school was taller than any building around it at…
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Published November 20, 2016
Reflections on Yokohama and Seattle, 1906 to 2016
Every antique store has a basket — squeezed onto a corner of a shelf of an overfilled display case — with a pile of postcards.…
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Published November 3, 2016
Time to Daylight and Save Time in Seattle
Fall Back into Rephotography I’ll be on Evening magazine Friday, November 4th talking about the clocks in Seattle, in honor of the end of Daylight…
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Published July 4, 2016
Frederick Trump in Pioneer Square, Seattle
Donald Trump’s grandfather Yes, that Donald Trump. Get yourself an age appropriate beverage and a comfortable place to read this. I’d like the opportunity to correct…
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Published June 11, 2016
Every Drive-in Public Market Ever
Here’s the dataset on figshare with every drive-in market location we’ve found. There are some crazy things at play: Archival web crawling Open history data Past-current…
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Published June 2, 2016
Corner Market Eba’s Store Number 2
Eba’s Cut Rate Groceries opened in the Corner Market in 1927, located just behind the 1st and Pike storefront occupied by 3 Girls Bakery. Eba…
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Published February 17, 2016
Moscow 1969 part 2, my Grandfather’s lens
My grandfather visited Moscow in 1969 for a meeting of the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) TC (Technical Committee) 45, Nuclear Instrumentation. They met yearly in…
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Published February 17, 2016
Moscow 1969, my Grandfather’s lens
My grandfather visited Moscow in 1969 for a meeting of the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) TC (Technical Committee) 45, Nuclear Instrumentation. They met yearly in…
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