Comments on: What Year Was I Taken? Take 2 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:26:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Will Von Wizzlepig http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13367 Will Von Wizzlepig Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:10:09 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13367 I cheated and guessed solely on the appearance of the vehicles parked on the streets. I don't know much about the buildings in Seattle. I reasoned that the cars seemed to be late teens to early twenties, so it must be late twenties. Kind of hard to tell from the photo, though, whether they are cars or little black smears. I cheated and guessed solely on the appearance of the vehicles parked on the streets. I don’t know much about the buildings in Seattle. I reasoned that the cars seemed to be late teens to early twenties, so it must be late twenties. Kind of hard to tell from the photo, though, whether they are cars or little black smears.

]]> By: litlnemo http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13361 litlnemo Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:40:39 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13361 Yay! That was fun. Yay! That was fun.

]]> By: Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13360 Cliffe Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:18:27 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13360 *trumpet blast* Well done litlnemo, Mike, Bryan, violetdawn, Rachel, & Alan. Correct on two accounts. The photo was indeed taken from Smith Tower and the year was 1918. Very impressive detective work! Until next time. Cliffe *trumpet blast*

Well done litlnemo, Mike, Bryan, violetdawn, Rachel, & Alan.

Correct on two accounts. The photo was indeed taken from Smith Tower and the year was 1918. Very impressive detective work!

Until next time.

Cliffe

]]> By: mike http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13358 mike Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:20:59 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13358 I noticed that house, too! Now I'm gurning over not tying it to the previous post. Cliffe, nemo, I'm signing on to the 1919 posse. The 'for sale' image is definitively 1919, and in the current view, it seems that possibly the same placards are up, tho it's hard to say. Assuming that once sold, the house was demoed or the sign was removed, I'm guessing the large view here is just prior to the sign posting. Alas, if we could see the foliage, that would likely be truly diagnostic, as the 'For Sale" view is certainly a late midwinter view, maybe taken on the usual nice weekend in February. That would place the elevated view squarely in 1919. I noticed that house, too! Now I’m gurning over not tying it to the previous post.

Cliffe, nemo, I’m signing on to the 1919 posse. The ‘for sale’ image is definitively 1919, and in the current view, it seems that possibly the same placards are up, tho it’s hard to say. Assuming that once sold, the house was demoed or the sign was removed, I’m guessing the large view here is just prior to the sign posting.

Alas, if we could see the foliage, that would likely be truly diagnostic, as the ‘For Sale” view is certainly a late midwinter view, maybe taken on the usual nice weekend in February. That would place the elevated view squarely in 1919.

]]> By: Alan Stein http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13354 Alan Stein Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:58:23 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13354 I think that the big giveaway that the photo was taken earlier than the 1920s is that you can't see the big flotilla of Liberty Ships that were moored in Lake Union right after the war. http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/seattle&CISOPTR=987 These were ships that were completed right as the war ended, and had no place to go. So my guess is tha the photo is somewhere between 1917-1919, unless those ships are obscured by the angle of the camera I think that the big giveaway that the photo was taken earlier than the 1920s is that you can’t see the big flotilla of Liberty Ships that were moored in Lake Union right after the war.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/seattle&CISOPTR=987

These were ships that were completed right as the war ended, and had no place to go. So my guess is tha the photo is somewhere between 1917-1919, unless those ships are obscured by the angle of the camera

]]> By: Jonathan Shipley http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13351 Jonathan Shipley Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:01:32 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13351 June 19, 1922. That, or 6 A.D. June 19, 1922. That, or 6 A.D.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13350 Rachel Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:47:47 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13350 The photo is definitely between 1917 (arctic building completed) - 1924 (dexter horton building on 2nd ave completed). The photo is definitely between 1917 (arctic building completed) - 1924 (dexter horton building on 2nd ave completed).

]]> By: litlnemo http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13348 litlnemo Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:57:12 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13348 I was wondering about that house! Well, the For Sale sign isn't in this picture, and the billboards are different... but everything else is exactly the same. If I could see the trees better to get an idea of their relative height... that would help. Anyway, I think my 1919 guess is still pretty close. I was wondering about that house! Well, the For Sale sign isn’t in this picture, and the billboards are different… but everything else is exactly the same. If I could see the trees better to get an idea of their relative height… that would help.

Anyway, I think my 1919 guess is still pretty close.

]]> By: Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13345 Cliffe Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:17:28 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13345 Check out the South end of the Rainier Club site. You can see "Seattle's oldest standing house" from this photo: http://smarterneighbors.com/2008/06/01/house-for-sale-in-downtown-seattle-circa-1919/ It's faint, but you have to zoom in to see it. P-shop helps, too. Mike: If you're talking about the placards at this site, I just loaded up the super-duper high-res .tif and you can't read them. Good thought though. Cliffe Check out the South end of the Rainier Club site. You can see “Seattle’s oldest standing house” from this photo:

http://smarterneighbors.com/2008/06/01/house-for-sale-in-downtown-seattle-circa-1919/

It’s faint, but you have to zoom in to see it. P-shop helps, too.

Mike: If you’re talking about the placards at this site, I just loaded up the super-duper high-res .tif and you can’t read them. Good thought though.

Cliffe

]]> By: mike http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13344 mike Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:03:23 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/06/04/what-year-was-i-taken-take-2/#comment-13344 wait, is that corner what is now the parking and entrance for the Rainier Club? I think so! wait, is that corner what is now the parking and entrance for the Rainier Club? I think so!

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