Guide to the Seattle Municipal Street Railway Photograph Collection
1913-1940

Streetcars on 2nd Avenue at Pine Street in downtown Seattle, ca. 1930. Special Collections, UW Libraries, UW18771

Historical Note

In 1883, Frank Osgood and Judge Thomas Burke, along with pioneer entrepreneurs David Denny and George Kinnear, formed a plan to build Seattle’s first streetcar line and, arguably, Seattle’s first attempt at public transportation. The first streetcars of the Seattle Street Railway ran between Occidental Avenue and Pike Street in downtown Seattle starting in September 1884. This new form of transportation was an instant success and other competing streetcar companies formed. The first electric railway line (also the first on the West Coast) was added in 1889. By 1892, Seattle had 48 miles of streetcar tracks and 22 miles of cable railways. The Panic of 1893 put many of the street railways into financial difficulty, however. Consolidation of the various lines began in 1899, and over the next few years at least nine of the independent lines were consolidated under the Seattle Electric Railway Co., owned by Stone and Webster.

The period between 1902 and 1912 was considered a golden age for the streetcar system. Routes covered most of the worthwhile destinations in the city, and rides cost five cents. By 1905, Stone and Webster owned over 20 previously independent streetcar and cable lines totaling over 103 miles of track. With the consolidation of the independent lines, there was also expansion of lines into suburban neighborhoods, including Fremont, Ballard, Wallingford, and areas of West Seattle. Unfortunately, after 1907 the company did not invest resources towards upgrading and replacing worn tracks and equipment. This led to slow, erratic, and unreliable service in the coming years. At the end of 1912, Stone and Webster transferred the holdings of the Seattle Electric Co. to the Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company (later known as Puget Power and then Puget Sound Energy). By 1915, the system grew to include 203 miles of track, covering 111.2 miles of street.

Beginning in September 1912, the city of Seattle took the plunge into municipal ownership and management of a bond-funded streetcar system. Four miles of track for Division A of the Seattle Municipal Railway (SMR) was completed on May 23, 1914. The line ran from the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Pine Street downtown north to the edge of Ballard at 14th Avenue NW. In October 1913, the owners of the Highland Park and Lake Burien Railway donated their 14 miles of electric railway track. The SMR took over operation of the system in May 1914 and renamed the line Division C. In 1918, the Loyal Railway Co., which serviced the Ballard area and Loyal Heights, was incorporated into the Division A line.

By 1918, Seattle had serious transportation problems. World War I was underway and the city had to contend with an influx of war workers, many of whom were shipyard employees. Negotiations began between the city and Stone & Webster. Seattle Mayor Ole Hanson offered $15 million to purchase the streetcar system – this sum was determined later to be three times the actual value of the system. The agreement included the purchase of approximately 195 miles of electric railway tracks and nine miles of cable tracks, 477 passenger cars, various other freight and work cars, seven car barns and yards, three cable stations, and a large car repair shop in Georgetown. A 20-year utility bond was issued to cover the purchase price. On March 31, 1919, the entire street railway system, renamed the Seattle Municipal Street Railway, was turned over to the city of Seattle.

Monetary problems continued to plague the railway system into the 1920s. By the terms of the sale, the bond obligations to Stone & Webster had the first claim on the earnings of the system. This meant that the annual bond payment of $833,000 was the highest priority regardless of how desperately the money was needed for maintenance, repairs, and equipment. Furthermore, in December 1920, the city had a nine-month operating deficit of over $500,000. The city transferred $83,000 from the General Fund to the Street Railway Fund. Fourteen taxpayers brought a lawsuit against the city, arguing that the General Fund was being used for unauthorized purposes. On April 29, 1922, the State Supreme Court decided that the city could not encroach upon the General Fund for the purposes of maintaining the street railway. This decision doomed the system to eventual bankruptcy. Other cities had commonly permitted using the General Fund for maintenance and improvements.

Competition from the automobile also had a negative impact on ridership. Not only were former railway passengers driving more cars, but these cars also clogged the shared thoroughfares and slowed down railway service. By 1930, 90,000 private automobiles and 400 taxis were competing with the streetcars of the Seattle Municipal Street Railway. In the early 1930s, buses replaced streetcars on some routes. The Aurora Bridge opened on February 22, 1932, with streetcar tracks conspicuously absent from the road. In the early 1930s, several commissions were formed to avert a financial crisis and reorganize railway management. In 1934, it became clear that without the help of an outside financial source the street railway system was doomed to complete bankruptcy.

By 1936, the streetcar system had 224 miles of track, 8.3 miles of cable line, 83.7 miles of bus route, 410 electric cars, 60 buses, 66 utility and freight cars, and five motor utility cars. There were 28 streetcar lines and 16 feeder bus lines. A number of the streetcar lines operated at a loss, as did the cable lines and bus lines. The system had a $4 million deficit and still owed half of the principal on the 1918 bonds.

Later in 1936, the city retained the John C. Beeler Organization, a New York engineering consultant firm that specialized in the operation, management, and financing of city transportation systems. The city rejected Beeler’s first plan to use federal funds to revamp the streetcar lines, eliminate the cable railways, and substitute buses and trackless trolleys on some routes. In August 1936, Beeler submitted his second rehabilitation plan. It proposed eliminating the entire streetcar system and replacing it with 240 trackless trolleys (electric buses) and 135 gasoline buses, along with $11.6 million in bonds to pay off the balance of the debt to Puget Sound Power & Light and finance re-equipping the system. The proposal, Proposition A, was defeated by voters in March 1937. Voters, in the midst of the Great Depression, were not inclined to allow their tax dollars to be used to finance a controversial and untested plan. There was also uncertainty about the superiority of rubber-tired transportation over the proven rail system. No city of Seattle’s size had yet to replace its entire streetcar system with a system of buses and trackless trolleys.

In early 1938, the Seattle Municipal Street Railway went bankrupt. In April, new Seattle mayor Arthur Langlie turned to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) for a loan. After months of negotiations, a loan of $10 million was granted. Puget Sound Power & Light accepted a cash payment of $3.25 million. One condition of the RFC loan was the creation of a three-person transportation commission appointed by the mayor and the city council. In late 1939, a resolution was adopted to change the name of the Seattle Municipal Street Railway to the Seattle Transit System. The Beeler Organization was hired to develop a rehabilitation plan, which was substantially similar to its second proposed plan from 1936. The approval of this plan laid the groundwork for the end of the railway and cable lines in Seattle.

In January 1940, the first of the 102 newly ordered gasoline-powered buses began regularly scheduled operation. In April, the first of the 235 Westinghouse trackless trolleys began service. The streetcar lines ceased operation one by one as the buses and trackless trolleys came into service. A number of the streetcar lines in and around downtown were eliminated in the first six months of 1940. Next, the north-south lines from West Seattle and the University District stopped. The cable lines were also eliminated during this time. By the spring of 1941, only the Phinney (Route 21) and 8th Avenue NW (Route 19) streetcar lines remained. The Phinney line stopped running on April 5, 1941. Car No. 706 of Route 19, the last streetcar of the Seattle Municipal Street Railway, made its final run on April 13, 1941.

Scope and Content

The collection includes 341 photographs depicting streetcar tracks, streetcars, and buses of the Seattle Municipal Street Railway in various neighborhoods throughout the Seattle area from the 1910s to 1940. Many photos were taken to document the location of trolley accidents (although few accidents are actually depicted), resulting in various views of the same street or intersection. The collection is divided up geographically and by route. Some routes may include photos that span other geographic areas. For example, Route 14 (Capitol Hill-Mount Baker) is located in the Capitol Hill section. It includes photos depicting the Capitol Hill area as well as areas of South Seattle.

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Nitrate and glass negatives are not available for viewing.

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Processing Info

Processed by Linda Corets, 2004.

Bibliography

A thorough history of streetcars in Seattle may be found in Leslie Blanchard, The Street Railway Era in Seattle: A Chronicle of Six Decades (Forty Fort: H.E. Cox, 1968).

The Seattle City Directory (Seattle: Polk's Seattle Directory Co.), 1914-1940, contains street, avenue and car line guides featuring route details.

The Guide Map of Seattle (Seattle: Kroll Map Co., 1930) and the E-Z Guide Map of Seattle, Wash.: With Patent Indicator (San Francisco: Fred B. Bain, Inc., c1924) feature complete route designations for all of the Seattle Municipal Railway streetcar lines.

A 1929 study of the financial and economic aspects of the Seattle Municipal Railway system may be found in Harry Leslie Purdy, The Cost of Municipal Operation of the Seattle Street Railway (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1929). The study refutes the popular claim at the time that municipal ownership was responsible for the financial difficulties of the street railway.

John C. Beeler's plan for the railway was published in Report to the City of Seattle on a Plan for Modernization of the Seattle Municipal Street Railway with R.F.C. Financing (New York: The Beeler Organization, 1939) in the division.

Related Material

See also the Seattle Municipal Railway - Federal Emergency Relief Administration Photograph Collection (PH Coll 661).

Inventory

Box

Item

Date

Ballard

Route 19 - 6th Avenue N.W.

6th Avenue N.W. later became 8th Avenue N.W.

1

1

End of the line at 6th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 65th Street (SMR 42)

1925

2

Intersection at 6th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 62nd Street, looking northeast (SMR 303)

Feb. 16, 1921

3

Seattle Baking Co. truck at 5th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 60th Street, looking west on 60th (SMR 89)

ca. Dec. 1920

Site of accident on December 10, 1920.

4

Road and streetcar tracks at 5th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 60th Street, looking north on 5th (SMR 90)

undated

Site of accident on December 10, 1920.

5

Road and streetcar tracks at 5th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 60th Street, looking north on 5th (SMR 88)

undated

Site of accident on December 10, 1920.

6-7

Single track paving along 6th Avenue N.W. at about N.W. 60th Street, looking south (SMR 300; SMR 76)

undated

8

Sidewalk and streetcar tracks along 5th or 6th Avenue N.W., looking north (SMR 49)

ca. 1920

Routes 19 and 30

9

Streetcar tracks at N.W. 42nd Street and Leary Way N.W, looking north (SMR 163)

Dec. 27, 1920

Dexter Avenue North - Serving Routes 19, 28, and 30

10

Streetcar tracks on Dexter Avenue N. and Newton Street, looking north on Dexter (SMR 146)

Mar. 16, 1922

11

Streetcar tracks on Dexter Avenue N. and Galer Street, looking north (SMR 134)

undated

12-13

Streetcar tracks on Dexter Avenue N. and Galer Street, looking north (SMR 282; SMR 322)

undated

14

Streetcar tracks on Dexter Avenue N. and Galer Street, looking south (SMR 320)

undated

15

Streetcar tracks on Dexter Avenue N. and Galer Street, looking south (SMR 281)

undated

16

Streetcar tracks on Dexter Avenue N. and Galer Street, looking south (SMR 232)

Jan. 25, 1922

17

Parked car at Dexter Avenue N. and Galer Street, looking out at Lake Union (SMR 321)

undated

18

Streetcar tracks along Dexter Avenue N. and Highland Drive, looking north (SMR 250)

June 18, 1927

19

Streetcar tracks along Dexter Avenue N. and Highland Drive, looking south (SMR 249)

June 18, 1927

20

Streetcar tracks on Dexter Avenue N. and Ward Street, looking north (SMR 191)

undated

21

Streetcar tracks, dirt road, and double trolley wire on Dexter Avenue N., looking south (SMR 254)

Nov. 1914

This track was part of Division A, the first line created and managed by the City of Seattle as part of the Seattle Municipal Railway. It opened on May 23, 1914, and ran from 2nd and Pine Street to Ballard.

22

Intersection at Republican Street and Broad Street (SMR 224)

undated

23

Road and streetcar tracks at Harrison Street and Broad Street (SMR 323)

undated

Route 27 - 15th Avenue N.W.

24

#27 streetcar on Broad Street at 5th Avenue, looking east on Broad (SMR 216)

undated

25

Road and streetcar tracks on N.W. 85th Street at 3rd Avenue N.W., looking east on 85th (SMR 84)

undated

26

Car at streetcar tracks at N.W. 85th Street and 8th Avenue N.W., looking west (SMR 136)

May 31, 1920

27

Texaco service station at 15th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 85th Street, looking north on 15th (SMR 81)

undated

28

Texaco service station at 15th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 85th Street, looking north on 15th (SMR 82)

undated

29

Texaco service station at 15th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 85th Street, looking south on 15th (SMR 218)

undated

30

Texaco service station at 15th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 85th Street, looking south on 15th (SMR 83)

undated

31

Trolley at 15th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 85th Street, looking east to 15th (SMR 217)

undated

Old Route 27 - 14th Avenue N.W. (Old Ballard North Route Until 1927)

32

Trolley at 14th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 70th Street, looking south on 14th at end of route (SMR 137)

Aug. 17, 1920

33

Streetcar tracks at 14th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 70th Street, looking south on 14th at end of route (SMR 121)

Aug. 17, 1920

34

Streetcar tracks at 14th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 70th Street, looking north to 70th (SMR 143)

June 22, 1927

35

Public Service Stores at 14th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 70th Street, looking south on 70th (SMR 142)

undated

Route 28 - Ballard-28th Avenue N.W.

36-37

Streetcar tracks at 32nd Avenue N.W. and NW. 85th Street, end of route (SMR 32; SMR 33)

ca. 1920

38

Streetcar tracks, probably at 28th Avenue N.W. and N.W. 78th Street (SMR 158)

undated

39

Intersection of 24th Avenue N.W. and Market Street, looking north on 24th (SMR 53)

undated

40

Streetcar tracks along W. Nickerson Street and 6th Avenue W., looking east (SMR 287)

Nov. 18, 1920

41

Streetcar tracks along W. Nickerson Street and 6th Avenue W., looking east (SMR 132)

Nov. 18, 1920

42

Streetcar tracks along W. Nickerson Street and 6th Avenue W., looking west (SMR 288)

Nov. 18, 1920

43

Streetcar tracks and road along W. Nickerson Street, looking west (SMR 276)

1930

Route 30 - Sunset Hill

44

Streetcar tracks at Leary Way and N.W. 44th Street, looking north (SMR 262)

undated

Box

Item

Date

Fremont - Green Lake - Wallingford

Route 18 - Wallingford Avenue

1

45

10th Avenue N.E. (Roosevelt Way) and N.E. 45th Street (SMR 54)

undated

46

Streetcar tracks at intersection of 10th Avenue N.E. (Roosevelt Way) and N.E. 45th Street, looking west (SMR 10)

Feb. 10, 1928

47

Intersection at 10th Avenue N.E. (Roosevelt Way) and N.E. 45th Street, looking south on 10th (SMR 9)

Feb. 10, 1928

Routes 18 and 22

48

Streetcar tracks and road at N. 34th Street and Stone Way, looking east (SMR 19)

June 14, 1923

49

Intersection at N. 34th Street and Woodlawn Avenue, looking north (SMR 173)

June 14, 1927

50

Streetcar tracks and road at N. 34th Street and Woodlawn Avenue, looking west (SMR 175)

June 14, 1927

51

Streetcar tracks and road at N. 34th Street and Woodlawn Avenue, looking east (SMR 174)

June 14, 1927

52

Wet road and streetcar tracks at Carr Place and N. 34th Street, looking west (SMR 41)

Oct. 7, 1920

53

Wet road and streetcar tracks at Carr Place and N. 34th Street, looking west (SMR 180)

Oct. 7, 1920

Routes 18, 20, and 22

54

Streetcar tracks and road on N. 34th Street between Aurora Avenue N. and Woodland Park Avenue, looking west (SMR 246)

undated

55

Streetcar tracks on N. 34th Street between Aurora Avenue N. and Woodland Park Avenue, looking west (SMR 268)

Feb. 27, 1921

56

Streetcar tracks on N. 34th Street between Aurora Avenue N. and Woodland Park Avenue, looking west (SMR 267)

Feb. 27, 1921

57

Streetcar tracks on N. 34th Street between Aurora Avenue N. and Woodland Park Avenue, looking west (SMR 70)

Apr. 4, 1921

58

Streetcar tracks on N. 34th Street between Aurora Avenue N. and Woodland Park Avenue, looking east (SMR 71)

Apr. 4, 1921

Westlake Avenue - Serving Routes 18, 20, 21, and 22

59-60

Traffic on Westlake Avenue N., south of W. Florentia Street (SMR 111, SMR 110)

Mar. 3, 1927

61

Streetcar on tracks on Westlake Avenue N., looking to intersection with Dexter Avenue N., W. Nickerson Street, and the Fremont Bridge (SMR 255)

undated

62

Streetcar tracks on Westlake Avenue N., between Lake Union dock and Halladay Street, looking north (SMR 313)

Mar. 18, 1926

63

Streetcar tracks and Marine-Machinists-Electricians building on Westlake Avenue N., between Lake Union dock and Halladay Street (SMR 314)

Mar. 18, 1926

64

Westlake Avenue N. and McGraw Street (SMR 236)

1936

65

Streetcar tracks on Westlake Avenue N. near McGraw Street, looking north to Aurora Bridge under construction (SMR 245)

1929

66

Streetcar tracks on Westlake Avenue N. at McGraw Street, looking north to Aurora Bridge (SMR 237)

1936

67

Streetcar tracks on Westlake Avenue N. probably at McGraw Street, looking north (SMR 256)

before 1929

68

Streetcar tracks at Westlake Avenue N. and Newton Street, looking north (SMR 235)

Feb. 21, 1933

69

Streetcar tracks at Westlake Avenue N. and Galer Street, looking north (SMR 24)

Apr. 9, 1921

70

Streetcar tracks at Westlake Avenue N. and Galer Street, looking east (SMR 23)

Apr. 9, 1921

71

Street corner at Westlake Avenue N. and Roy Street (SMR 308)

Feb. 10, 1922

72

Streetcar tracks at Westlake Avenue N. and Roy Street, looking east (SMR 309)

Feb. 10, 1922

73

Streetcar tracks at Westlake Avenue N., looking north to Mercer Street (SMR 265)

undated

74

Streetcar tracks on Westlake Avenue N. at Mercer Street, looking north on Westlake (SMR 38)

Feb. 2, 1926

75

Streetcar tracks and road on Westlake Avenue N. at Mercer Street, looking north on Westlake (SMR 87)

Feb. 2, 1926

76

Streetcar tracks on Westlake Avenue N. at Mercer Street, looking north on Westlake (SMR 39)

Feb. 2, 1926

77

Streetcar tracks on Westlake Avenue N. and Mercer Street, looking south (SMR 86)

Feb. 2, 1926

78

Streetcar tracks on Westlake Avenue N., looking south to Mercer Street (SMR 36)

Feb. 2, 1926

79

Streetcar tracks and trestle on Westlake Avenue N. at Mercer Street (SMR 37)

Feb. 2, 1926

80

Westlake Avenue N. and Thomas Street, looking south (SMR 306)

June 19, 1921

81

Auto machine shop at Westlake Avenue N. and Thomas Street, looking north (SMR 305)

June 19, 1921

82

Westlake Avenue N. and John Street, looking north (SMR 220)

Mar. 7, 1923

Route 20 - Green Lake

83

Aurora Avenue N. and Winona Avenue, looking south to Green Lake (SMR 148)

Feb. 9, 1921

84

Streetcar tracks at E. Green Lake Way and N. 55th Street, looking south (SMR 192)

Feb. 2, 1927

This stretch of Green Lake Way was marked as Stone Way on 1930s maps.

85

Streetcar tracks, probably at E. Green Lake Way and N. 54th Street, looking north (SMR 272)

Aug. 3, 1927

87

Streetcar tracks and road, probably on Interlake Avenue N. between N. 46th Street and N. 47th Street, looking north (SMR 296)

1920

Green Lake line later moved west to Stone Way.

87

Streetcar tracks and road, probably on Interlake Avenue N. between N. 46th Street and N. 47th Street, looking north

1920

Green Lake line later moved west to Stone Way.

88

Streetcar tracks and road, probably on Interlake Avenue N. between N. 46th Street and N. 47th Street, looking south (SMR 295)

1920

Green Lake line later moved west to Stone Way.

89

Streetcar tracks and road at Woodland Park Ave and N. 46th Street, probably looking north (SMR 97)

Nov. 22, 1926

90

Streetcar tracks at Woodland Park Ave and N. 46th Street, looking south (SMR 264)

undated

91

Intersection at Woodland Park Ave and N. 46th Street, looking east (SMR 263)

undated

Route 21 - Phinney Avenue

92

Streetcar tracks at N. 43rd Street and Evanston Avenue N., looking east (SMR 271)

Jan. 6, 1921

93

Streetcar tracks and brick road at Fremont Avenue N. and N. 42nd Street, looking south (SMR 181)

undated

These tracks were used for the Phinney Avenue route and the Everett Interurban.

94

Streetcar tracks and road on Fremont Avenue N. and N. 40th Street, looking south (SMR 156)

Feb. 15, 1930

These tracks were used for the Phinney Avenue route and the Everett Interurban.

95

Fremont Avenue N. between N. 35th Street and N. 36th Street, looking south (SMR 269)

June 15, 1921

96

Car hit by Phinney streetcar on Fremont Avenue N., between N. 35th Street and N. 36th Street, looking south (SMR 270)

June 15, 1921

Route 22 - Meridian

97

Streetcar tracks and road on Latona Avenue at E. 62nd Street, looking north (SMR 311)

undated

Miscellaneous - Wallingford

98

Streetcar tracks and road at Bagley Avenue N. and N. 40th Street, looking west (SMR 43)

1924

99

Streetcar tracks along N. 40th Street and Meridian Avenue N. (SMR 119)

Jan. 9, 1924

Box

Item

Date

University District, Eastlake, and Northeast Seattle

Route 16 - Ravenna Park and Route 17 - Cowen Park

1

100

Corner of University Way and N.E. 47th Street, looking northeast (SMR 138)

Mar. 17, 1921

101

Intersection of University Way and N.E. 40th Street, looking north on University Way (SMR 222)

undated

102

Intersection of University Way and N.E. 40th Street, looking west on 40th (SMR 239)

undated

103

Streetcar tracks and road along N.E. 40th Street, looking east, probably from 11th Avenue N.E. or 12th Avenue N.E. (SMR 221)

undated

104

Streetcar tracks along N.E. 40th Street, looking west towards 10th Avenue N.E. (Roosevelt Way) (SMR 238)

ca. 1921-1925

105

Streetcar tracks along Eastlake Avenue E. and Allison Street, looking north (SMR 169)

Jan. 27, 1928

106

Streetcar tracks along Eastlake Avenue E. and E. Allison Street, looking north (SMR 193)

Dec. 22, 1931

107

Streetcar along Eastlake Avenue E. and E. Roanoke Street (SMR 176)

Sept. 25, 1920

108

Streetcar tracks along Eastlake Avenue E. between E. Galer Street and Nelson Place, looking south (SMR 297)

Feb. 23, 1920

109

Streetcar tracks along Eastlake Avenue E. between E. Galer Street and Nelson Place, looking south (SMR 299)

Feb. 23, 1920

110

Seattle City Light plant along Eastlake Avenue E., between E. Galer Street and Nelson Place (SMR 298)

Feb. 23, 1920

111

Seattle City Light plant along Eastlake Avenue E., between E. Galer Street and Nelson Place (SMR 252)

Feb. 23, 1920

112

Eastlake Avenue E., near City Light plant and Fairview Avenue, looking north (SMR 179)

Nov. 22, 1933

113

Streetcar tracks and Hubbard's Grocery, probably along Eastlake Avenue E.

undated

114

Streetcar tracks and Hubbard's Grocery, probably along Eastlake Avenue E. (SMR 56)

undated

Route 17 - Cowen Park

115

Streetcar tracks at 15th Avenue N.E. and N.E. 70th Street (SMR 78)

May 6, 1932

116

Streetcar tracks and road on 15th Avenue N.E. and N.E. 70th Street, looking south on 15th (SMR 73)

May 6, 1932

117

Streetcar tracks and road on 15th Avenue N.E. and N.E. 70th Street, looking east on 70th (SMR 74)

May 6, 1932

118

Road near intersection of 15th Avenue N.E. and N.E. 65th Street, looking east on 65th (SMR 171)

Aug. 5, 1929

Fairview Bus Route - Ravenna

119

N.E. 80th Street and 10th Avenue N.E. (Roosevelt Way) (SMR 107)

Dec. 22, 1931

Miscellaneous - Eastlake

120

Fairview Avenue N. and Valley Street, looking northeast to City Light plant (SMR 219)

Aug. 17, 1932

Box

Item

Date

Capitol Hill

Route 9 - 19th Avenue-26th Avenue

1

121

Corner at 19th Avenue E. and E. Roy Street (SMR 115)

Apr. 29, 1921

122

Streetcar tracks along 19th Avenue E. at E. Roy Street (SMR 116)

Apr. 29, 1921

Route 10 - Montlake

123

Streetcar tracks and road on 23rd Avenue E., looking south, possibly to E. Union Street (SMR 28)

June 12, 1920

124

Streetcar tracks and road on 23rd Avenue E., looking south, possibly to E. Union Street (SMR 29)

June 12, 1920

125

Street corner at 903 23rd Avenue, possibly at E. Marion Street (SMR 27)

June 12, 1920

126

Intersection at 23rd Avenue E., probably looking west on Columbia Street (SMR 30)

June 12, 1920

Route 13 - Summit Avenue

127

Snow-covered roads and streetcar tracks at Summit Avenue E. and E. Harrison Street (SMR 197)

Dec. 1922

128

Road and streetcar tracks on Summit Avenue E. and Olive Way, looking north (SMR 260)

1931

129

Road and streetcar tracks on Bellevue Avenue E. and Olive Way, looking north (SMR 151)

1931

130

Trolley and cars along Summit Avenue route (SMR 93)

ca. 1921

Route 14 - Capitol Hill-Mount Baker

Folder

Item

1

131

Streetcar tracks and road on 15th Avenue E. at E. Prospect Street (SMR 327)

June 7, 1921

8 x 10 in.

Box

Item

1

132

Streetcar tracks and road on 31st Avenue S., near Charles Street, looking north (SMR 285)

June 11, 1924

133

Streetcar tracks on 31st Avenue S., near Charles Street, looking south (SMR 286)

June 11, 1924

Route 15 - Broadway

134

Broadway E. between E. Mercer Street and E. Republican Street (SMR 301)

undated

135

Road work on Broadway E. between E. Mercer Street and E. Republican Street, looking north (SMR 302)

undated

E. Pike Street - Serving Routes 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12

136

Road and streetcar tracks on E. Pike Street at 11th Avenue, looking west (SMR 128)

undated

137

Corner of 11th Avenue and E. Pike Street, looking east (SMR 155)

Apr. 26, 1922

138

Street corner at E. Pike Street, looking east near 10th Avenue (SMR 129)

undated

139

Intersection at E. Pike Street and Summit Avenue (SMR 150)

undated

140

Union gasoline station on E. Pike Street, near Crawford Place and Summit Avenue (SMR 149)

undated

141

Overview of E. Pike Street, east of Bellevue Avenue, looking east (SMR 152)

Feb. 1926

142

E. Pike Street at Minor Avenue (SMR 304)

Mar. 28, 1921

Box

Item

Date

Queen Anne, Elliott Avenue, and Magnolia

Route 24 - North Queen Anne and Route 25 - East Queen Anne

1

143

Streetcar tracks on Boston Street and Bigelow Avenue, looking east on Boston (SMR 154)

Sept. 19, 1923

144

Intersection of Taylor Avenue and Prospect Street (SMR 194)

Oct. 30, 1925

Route 26 - West Queen Anne

145

Sidewalk, probably along Queen Anne Avenue near Galer Street

ca. May 14, 1923

146

House, possibly along Queen Anne Avenue near Galer Street

ca. May 14, 1923

Route 1 - Alki Point-Fort Lawton and Route 27 - 15th Avenue N.W.

147

Streetcar tracks along 15th Avenue W. and W. Boston Street, looking north (SMR 91)

ca. Nov. 1920

Accident occured at this location on November 23, 1920.

148

15th Avenue W. and Lawton Way, looking west (SMR 189)

July 16, 1923

Lawton Way at 15th Avenue W. is not listed on 2004 maps. It was located at or near present-day W. Armory Way.

149

Streetcar tracks at 15th Avenue W. and Lawton Way, looking northwest (SMR 190)

July 16, 1923

Lawton Way at 15th Avenue W. is not listed on 2004 maps. It was located at or near present-day W. Armory Way.

150

Streetcar tracks and road along Elliott Avenue W., probably near W. Comstock Street, looking north (SMR 261)

undated

151

Streetcar tracks along Elliott Avenue W. at W. Mercer Street, looking south (SMR 211)

undated

152

Streetcar tracks and road along Elliott Avenue W. at W. Mercer Street, looking northwest (SMR 196)

undated

153

Streetcar tracks along Elliott Avenue W. at 4th Avenue W., looking south (SMR 131)

Nov. 18, 1922

154

Elliott Avenue W. and Western Avenue, looking north (SMR 172)

Mar. 18, 1926

Possibly Magnolia Bus Route

155

City bus on Wheeler Street Bridge (SMR 177)

ca. Dec. 11, 1920

156

Wheeler Street Bridge (SMR 178)

Dec. 11, 1920

Box

Item

Date

Downtown, Denny Regrade, and Pioneer Square

Railroad Avenue

Later renamed Alaskan Way.

1

157

Streetcar tracks at Railroad Avenue and Seneca Street, looking south (SMR 127)

Dec. 30, 1925

158

Railroad Avenue and Marion Street, just off Western Avenue (SMR 228)

Feb. 16, 1932

159

Streetcar tracks at Railroad Avenue and King Street, looking north (SMR 35)

ca. 1925

160

Streetcar tracks at Railroad Avenue and King Street, looking north (SMR 60)

ca. 1925

Western Avenue

161

Streetcar tracks and road along Western Avenue at Cedar Street, looking north (SMR 290)

Oct. 22, 1920

162

Looking towards Western Avenue from Cedar Street (SMR 289)

Oct. 22, 1920

163

Western Avenue Market at Marion Street and Western Avenue (SMR 226)

Feb. 16, 1932

164

Western Avenue Market at Marion Street and Western Avenue (SMR 227)

Feb. 16, 1932

Pike Place Market

165-166

Sidewalk and stalls at Pike Place Market

undated

167

Sidewalk at Pike Place Market (SMR 57)

undated

168

Sidewalk at Pike Place Market (SMR 58)

undated

1st Avenue

169

Streetcar tracks at 1st Avenue and Denny Way, looking north on 1st (SMR 242)

Nov. 3, 1922

170

Streetcar tracks at 1st Avenue and Clay Street, looking north (SMR 144)

Mar. 17, 1926

Folder

Item

1

171

Streetcar tracks at 1st Avenue and about Cedar Street, looking south (SMR 118)

undated

6 x 8 in.

Box

Item

1

172

Road and streetcar tracks at 1st Avenue S. and Main Street, looking south (SMR 185)

1921

2nd Avenue

173

2nd Avenue and Battery Street, looking north (SMR 318)