Showing posts with label historical Seattle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical Seattle. Show all posts
11/14/22

Tillicum towing Kitsap out of Ballard, 1916

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 I spend a lot of time paddling and walking the shorelines of Seattle's Salmon and Shilshole Bays and thinking about now and then perspe...
4/14/22

"Seattle Waterfront. 1882-1886. Canoes and Indians in Belltown. Foot of Vine St. Cedar and Broad St. Photo by Asahel Curtis."

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 From the Seattle Public Library Special Collections, a 1882 view of the Seattle waterfront at the approx base of Vine St. Cedar and Broad S...
8/24/20

Ballard Shoreline Aerial Comparisons - 1940 and 2020

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 Here's a fun comparison of the 1940's Ballard / Seattle shoreline and the current view from Google Earth.   The now view is of the ...
8/8/20

Ballard Boat Works 1905 and Present

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Sivert Engelsen Sagstad, a young Norwegian boat builder emigrated to Seattle and opened Ballard Boat Works, pictured here on lower Salmon Ba...
6/4/20

The SS Bering, a Reindeer Ship in Ballard

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The SS Bering was a ship that was parked on the beach at Point Shilshole, now the home of the Ballard Elks Lodge. The Bering was built origi...
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4/28/20

Looking up Salmon Bay to the Train Bridge and Locks - Now and Then

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Here's another now and then view shot from about a block south of Salmon Bay Charlie's place, off 39th Ave W in Magnolia.  The 19...
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Salmon Bay Charlie's Home in Seattle

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1905 view of Hwelchteed and Cheethlooleetsa's home on the NE point of Magnola, across from Ballard.  Photo by Webster and Stevens.  ...