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<\/a><\/p>\nImage: <\/span>Boston Public Library\/Flickr<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The popularity of postcards\u00a0has declined with the rise of email and texting, but in the 20th century they were still a staple for tourists. Those traveling to\u00a0Seattle had plenty to choose from \u2014 with its picturesque streets and beautiful water and mountain views, it\u00a0was the perfect subject for artists. Read on to see\u00a0some of the\u00a0postcards people\u00a0visiting the city\u00a0may have sent home.<\/p>\n Image: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n When Pike Place Market opened in Seattle in 1907, it was the picture of postcard perfection. Thanks to a <\/span>$10,000-contribution<\/span><\/a> from the City of Seattle, stalls were added in 1910 so that more local produce farmers and bakers could sell their goods to the public. <\/span><\/p>\n Image: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n In 1909, Seattle built an underground “comfort station” beneath Pioneer Square. According to <\/span>HistoryLink<\/span><\/a>, it had\u00a0bathrooms with\u00a0marble stalls, brass fixtures, oak chairs, white-tiled walls and terrazzo floors. They were advertised as the world’s most luxurious underground toilets, and were flushed approximately 5,000 times every day except Sunday, when they were flushed\u00a08,000 times.<\/span><\/p>\n Image:<\/span> Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n In 1899, a\u00a0committee of 15\u00a0Seattle citizens traveled to Alaska and stole the\u00a060-foot totem pole<\/a> pictured above from the Native American Raven Clan. The totem pole, whose top carving is a raven, was made\u00a0to honor a woman named Chief-of-All-Women who drowned in the Nass River while on a journey to visit an ailing sister.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A federal grand jury in Alaska indicted the thieves for theft of government property, but due to rampant cronyism, the thieves were never punished and the totem pole was never returned. It was eventually damaged in 1938 and replaced with a replica.<\/span><\/p>\n Image: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n When the <\/span>Olympic Hotel<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>was completed in 1924, the owners held a gala that\u00a0over 2,000 people attended. The Italian Renaissance-style building is currently on the National Register of Historic Places. <\/span><\/p>\n Image: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Even in\u00a01918 Seattle residents were asking, “<\/span>is the mountain out?<\/span><\/a>” Between 1916 and 1930, Mount Rainier National Park experienced an eight-fold increase in visitors. <\/span><\/p>\n Image: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr <\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks (better known as the Ballard Locks) and complete waterway opened to boat traffic on May 8th, 1917. Hiram M. Chittenden commanded the US Army Corps of Engineers in Seattle in 1906 and helped persuade Congress to appropriate $2,275,000 for the necessary locks on June 25th, 1910, reports <\/span>HistoryLink<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n Image: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives\/Flickr<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n During the 1940s, Seattle became Boeing’s company town. By 1947, Boeing <\/span>employed<\/span><\/a> about one in\u00a0every five of King County’s manufacturing workers, and in 1957 about one in every two.<\/span><\/p>\n Image: <\/span>1950sUnlimited\/Flickr<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The Space Needle is a Seattle landmark, but even so it’s\u00a0occasionally closed down for storms. Notable closures took place during\u00a0the Columbus Day storm of 1962 and during the\u00a0\u201cInauguration Day\u201d storm of 1993, when winds reached 90 miles per hour. According to the Space Needle’s <\/span>information page<\/span><\/a>, the structure\u00a0is built to withstand a wind velocity of 200 miles per hour. <\/span><\/p>\n Image: <\/span>Richard\/Flickr<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n During the early 20th century, an intrepid developer named <\/span>James Moore<\/span><\/a> decided to reinvent Capitol Hill by creating “Millionaire’s Row.” The expensive strip of homes was close to the city’s new streetcars, but also near a cemetery.<\/span>\u00a0Mourners continued to use the street for processions despite its new upper crust tenants. <\/span><\/p>\n Image: <\/span>Joe Haupt\/Flickr <\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nPike Place Market, 1913<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPioneer Square, 1910 <\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPioneer Square Totem Pole, 1910 <\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Olympic Hotel, ca.\u00a01925<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nDowntown Seattle and Mount Rainier, 1918<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nBallard Locks, 1917<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n3rd\u00a0Avenue and Pike Street, 1947<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSpace Needle, 1962<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nCapitol Hill, 1908<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSeattle World’s Fair, 1962 <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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