Comments on: What Year Was I Taken? Take 3 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/21/what-year-was-i-taken-take-3/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/21/what-year-was-i-taken-take-3/#comment-16465 Cliffe Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:18:37 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1594#comment-16465 Very true. Added you to the "list of awesomeness." Cliffe Very true. Added you to the “list of awesomeness.”

Cliffe

]]> By: RyanB http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/21/what-year-was-i-taken-take-3/#comment-16463 RyanB Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:11:35 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1594#comment-16463 Well, Dec 15, 1928 is a whole lot closer to 1929 than it is to Jan 1, 1928. We're not even talking a month difference here. ;-) Well, Dec 15, 1928 is a whole lot closer to 1929 than it is to Jan 1, 1928. We’re not even talking a month difference here. ;-)

]]> By: Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/21/what-year-was-i-taken-take-3/#comment-16389 Cliffe Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:26:33 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1594#comment-16389 Congrats Scott, Bryan, Shipley, Litlnemo, Julie Anne, RyanB! 1928 it is. The photo was published on Dec 15, 1928. Taken by Asahel from the Northern Life Building. Next time we'll try something harder. Not this four-view easy stuff! :) Mike: What are you doing reading all of this?? Get back to the beach! Cliffe Congrats Scott, Bryan, Shipley, Litlnemo, Julie Anne, RyanB!

1928 it is. The photo was published on Dec 15, 1928. Taken by Asahel from the Northern Life Building.

Next time we’ll try something harder. Not this four-view easy stuff! :)

Mike: What are you doing reading all of this?? Get back to the beach!

Cliffe

]]> By: RyanB http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/21/what-year-was-i-taken-take-3/#comment-16371 RyanB Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:07:40 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1594#comment-16371 Not to sound like a broken record, but comparing only the North facing photo with http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=38528746&offset=75, I have to agree with the 1928/29 date, but I'm leaning toward 1929 because of the shadow in the East facing picture. I don't see the Roosevelt Hotel, but I see what I believe is the Melbourne Tower and the Fourth and Pike Building. However, I also used the shadow as a cue, but I concluded that this was from the Seattle Tower at 1222 3rd Avenue finished in 1929, is that the same as the Northern Life building? I figure this picuture was probably taken from the tower shortly after it was completed or as it neared completion. I currently work for Zillow.com in the Wells Fargo Center, so it was nice seeing a photo that wasn't too dissimilar to what I see as I look out my window (the pciture is off by a couple blocks and not as high up). Not to sound like a broken record, but comparing only the North facing photo with http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=38528746&offset=75, I have to agree with the 1928/29 date, but I’m leaning toward 1929 because of the shadow in the East facing picture. I don’t see the Roosevelt Hotel, but I see what I believe is the Melbourne Tower and the Fourth and Pike Building. However, I also used the shadow as a cue, but I concluded that this was from the Seattle Tower at 1222 3rd Avenue finished in 1929, is that the same as the Northern Life building? I figure this picuture was probably taken from the tower shortly after it was completed or as it neared completion.

I currently work for Zillow.com in the Wells Fargo Center, so it was nice seeing a photo that wasn’t too dissimilar to what I see as I look out my window (the pciture is off by a couple blocks and not as high up).

]]> By: Julie Anne http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/21/what-year-was-i-taken-take-3/#comment-16365 Julie Anne Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:26:54 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1594#comment-16365 I'm late to the party this time, but I'm going with a 1928 date, as well. Too many of the 1929 vintage landmarks are completely non--existent (the lack of the courthouse addition, and the presence of the old Profanity Hill courthouse was the clincher for me), and enough 1928 structures do exist that I don't think it could be any other year. I'm a little grumpy that Bryan postulated the 1928 Northern Life building as the camera location before me. But big kudos to him. The 1411 was another good call. I'm betting they were taken as some sort of commemorative of completion of the Northern Life as another one of Seattle's skyscrpers (for the era), which also supports 1928 as their date. I’m late to the party this time, but I’m going with a 1928 date, as well. Too many of the 1929 vintage landmarks are completely non–existent (the lack of the courthouse addition, and the presence of the old Profanity Hill courthouse was the clincher for me), and enough 1928 structures do exist that I don’t think it could be any other year.

I’m a little grumpy that Bryan postulated the 1928 Northern Life building as the camera location before me. But big kudos to him. The 1411 was another good call.

I’m betting they were taken as some sort of commemorative of completion of the Northern Life as another one of Seattle’s skyscrpers (for the era), which also supports 1928 as their date.

]]> By: litlnemo http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/21/what-year-was-i-taken-take-3/#comment-16357 litlnemo Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:17:06 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1594#comment-16357 Mike, looks like I didn't see this post soon enough to sleuth in your stead after all. :) I think the others got it. Good thing, too, because I should be doing real work instead of researching photos today, fun as it is. Mike, looks like I didn’t see this post soon enough to sleuth in your stead after all. :) I think the others got it. Good thing, too, because I should be doing real work instead of researching photos today, fun as it is.

]]> By: Matt G http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/21/what-year-was-i-taken-take-3/#comment-16347 Matt G Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:05:24 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1594#comment-16347 I'd love to ride a streetcar to listen to Nonnie Presson play a zither at "Toby's Comedians" (1st picture). I’d love to ride a streetcar to listen to Nonnie Presson play a zither at “Toby’s Comedians” (1st picture).

]]> By: Jonathan Shipley http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/21/what-year-was-i-taken-take-3/#comment-16324 Jonathan Shipley Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:43:11 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1594#comment-16324 May 28, 1928, or 1,200 B.C. (maybe a Tuesday?) May 28, 1928, or 1,200 B.C. (maybe a Tuesday?)

]]> By: Bryan http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/21/what-year-was-i-taken-take-3/#comment-16312 Bryan Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:53:23 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1594#comment-16312 Apparently the building at 4th and Union is called the "1411 Fourth Avenue" building and it completed construction in 1929, so I am thinking the picture could be late 1928 or early 1929 (before Bon Marche completion and before Rainier Club addition) since the 1411 Fourth Ave building looks to be nearing completion (at least on the outside). Apparently the building at 4th and Union is called the “1411 Fourth Avenue” building and it completed construction in 1929, so I am thinking the picture could be late 1928 or early 1929 (before Bon Marche completion and before Rainier Club addition) since the 1411 Fourth Ave building looks to be nearing completion (at least on the outside).

]]> By: Bryan http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/07/21/what-year-was-i-taken-take-3/#comment-16309 Bryan Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:33:40 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=1594#comment-16309 Have to agree with Scott that it looks like 1928. The pictures appear to be taken from the 1928 Northern Life Tower at 3rd and University (I believe you can see the shadow in second looking east picture). The 1929 Rainier Club addition has not yet been made and the 1929 Roosevelt Hotel at 7th and Pine is not yet built. It looks like the Bon Marche at 4th and Pine is under construction, which was opened in 1929. There is another building under construction still (nearly complete) in the foreground of the north looking picture, but I don't know that building's name. I believe it is the one with the flagship Tullys at the corner of 4th and Union. Have to agree with Scott that it looks like 1928. The pictures appear to be taken from the 1928 Northern Life Tower at 3rd and University (I believe you can see the shadow in second looking east picture).

The 1929 Rainier Club addition has not yet been made and the 1929 Roosevelt Hotel at 7th and Pine is not yet built. It looks like the Bon Marche at 4th and Pine is under construction, which was opened in 1929. There is another building under construction still (nearly complete) in the foreground of the north looking picture, but I don’t know that building’s name. I believe it is the one with the flagship Tullys at the corner of 4th and Union.

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