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Fujii Hotel before the regrade (ddr-densho-353-70)
The Jackson Street regrade was from 1907 to 1909.
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Northeast corner of 5th and Weller Street (ddr-densho-353-121)
The Rainier Heat and Power plant was below the Waste Laundry.
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A group in front of the Furuya dormitories (ddr-densho-353-152)
The dormitory was at 9th and Spruce Street. "A long uphill walk from 2nd."
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A group gathers on a balcony (ddr-densho-353-75)
This photo was used as the cover for the 1985 reprint of S. Frank Miyamoto's "Social Solidarity among Japanese in Seattle," originally published in 1939.
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Jackson Plumbing (ddr-densho-353-131)
Jackson Plumbing was located at 667 Jackson Street. A note on the back reads: "Yamada, Asataro, Meiji 41 Jan."
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Sawaye Mukai and her friends (ddr-densho-353-199)
Captioned: "Sawaye Mukai and her friends welcoming Mrs. Horita to the U.S."
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Group gathered in Mukai home (ddr-densho-353-212)
Captioned: "Viscount Konoye visits the Mukai home."
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Portrait of three children (ddr-densho-353-25)
Shigeru, Yuki, and Masu Osawa. Caption in album: "Among the first second-generation Japanese to be born in Seattle were the Osawa children." Their ages and birth years are written on the back.
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Group of men with a car (ddr-densho-353-82)
Okayama men on Main Street in front of the Mitsuwado. Note on back: " NW Nikkei caption 6-89: Mr. Yanagi (leaning against car) with friends, celebrates his graduation from the U of W's pharmacy school before returning to Japan." Another note says "set at 100, 2 sec"
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A group in front of Nihon Byoin (ddr-densho-353-99)
Nihon Byoin (Japanese hospital) was begun as the Reliance hospital in 1913 at 12th Avenue and King Street by private subscription.
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Two men cutting down a tree (ddr-densho-353-153)
Note on the back: "Cutting timber with a long saw." Near the Columbia River.
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A group in front of Star Laundry (ddr-densho-353-98)
Star Laundry was located at 1229 Jackson Street.
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Funeral of Mrs. L. V. Ward (ddr-densho-353-189)
The funeral took place at the Lakeview Cemetery. A note in the album states that she was a "staunch friend of Japanese."
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Rainier Heat and Power building and the Golden Shoe store (ddr-densho-353-106)
The Japanese Chamber of Commerce occupied rooms upstairs along with other professional offices.