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| Seattle Engraving Company. Plates for printers. 5th Floor, Hinckley Block. Seattle, U.S.A. The Argus, 1900. |
Seattle Engraving Company 1900
February 21st, 2008 @ 1:15 am by Cliffe | Sorted Vintage Ads |
Before Seattle Engraving there was Seattle Engraving Co. This vintage ad comes from said company around 1900. The firm offered “quality, utility, artisticness, and uniqueness” with their plates for printers. From what I can gather, the Hinckley Block was probably on 2nd and Columbia (Thanks BenL). Click on the thumbnail for higher-res.
Hmm…History of Seattle from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time
by Clarence Bagley seems to imply the west side of Lake Union, too, but http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jtenlen/jdhinckley.txt seems to imply that the Hinckley Block was separate from his Lake Union estate. I think this is the clincher: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/images/publications/prosserhistorypugetv2/prosserhistorypugetv2-443_0001.txt — 2nd & Columbia. Is it still there? Having a hard time picturing the intersection.
I think you’re right. I’ll update the post. The Norton Building is over on the corner of 2nd and Columbia.
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=ry0k5d4t4z0r&style=o&lvl=1&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=3702660&encType=1
Cliffe
Risque!