File:Denny Hill Regrade showing old and new Washington Hotels, ca. 1908 - DPLA - 68e4d58d212f0dc151cdada06930f85f (page 1).jpg

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Denny Hill Regrade showing old and new Washington Hotels, ca. 1908 (

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Creator



Alternative names	Frank Hamilton Nowell
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	19 February 1864	19 October 1950
Location of birth	Portsmouth
Authority file	: Q26202833 VIAF: 33560918 ISNI: 000000007378680X LCCN: n88218690 Open Library: OL5327482A GND: 140358919 WorldCat



Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	1874	1941
Location of birth/death	Minnesota	Seattle
Work period	1888 –1941
Work location	Seattle, Washington
Authority file	: Q4803332 VIAF: 6309422 ISNI: 0000000034737968 ULAN: 500343308 LCCN: n83132202 Open Library: OL2073764A WorldCat

Title

Denny Hill Regrade showing old and new Washington Hotels, ca. 1908

Description

The postcard shows the old Washington Hotel (also known as the Denny Hotel) being demolished as well as the New Washington Hotel. Transcribed from postcard: "Moving 7500000 Cubic Feet of Earth to Build a City." The postcard depicts 5 captioned images clockwise from the upper left: Washington Hotel development, 1907 Hydraulic and Steam Shovel at Work, 1907 Last of Old Washington Hotel and 1906 Old Hotel Washington. The center picture shows the New Hotel Washington in 1908.

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Date

circa 1908

Collection

Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

Record in source catalog
DPLA identifier: 68e4d58d212f0dc151cdada06930f85f
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_pc_37000

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