Vintage Seattle » Vintage Ads http://www.vintageseattle.org Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:31:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 For Sale On Capitol Hill http://www.vintageseattle.org/2010/02/26/for-sale-on-capitol-hill/ http://www.vintageseattle.org/2010/02/26/for-sale-on-capitol-hill/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:18:58 +0000 Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2758 March of 2008. As you know, in 1900 J.A. Moore paid $225,000 for 160 acres of what would become Capitol Hill. I managed to dig up this 1902 ad showing what was for sale at the time. Ahh, craftsmanship — you are missed. Click for the high res and drop by the comments to tell us which houses you’ve found that are still standing.
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Under the management of the Moore Investment Company, Capitol Hill has become one of the most desirable residence districts in the city. Photos by Webster & Stevens. The Seattle Mail And Herald, 1902.
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An interior view of Westberg & Childs’ commodious store on Second Avenue, Seattle. The Seattle Mail And Herald,  1902.
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Communications… key to universal understanding. Bell Telephone System. Official Souvenir Program, Seattle World’ s Fair 1962.  
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We’re setting a course for the future… come along! The fully operational Firebird III car is featured in our Coliseum Century 21 exhibition, plus automatic highways, solar and atomic energy displays, a thermal engine, and other exhibits that make today tomorrow. General Motors Corporation. Official Souvenir Program, Seattle World’s Fair 1962.
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Oldsmobile. Official Car for Seattle World’s Fair. And appropriately so! For just as the Fair offers a projected view of the world of the future, so does Oldsmobile indicate the trend of automotive achievements… in style, performance, luxury and comfort! See your Oldsmobile Quality Dealer… drive a ’62 Olds! There’s “something extra” about owning an Olds!
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The Camlin Hotel & Cabanas. Country Club Living in downtown Seattle! From “Beautiful Seattle Offers A Plus Convention,” Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1962.
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The Camlin Hotel & Cabanas. Living Rooms — The Camlin Hotel and Cabanas afford a wide variety of accommodations, from a single Cabana to multiple room suites in the Tower. All accommodations have direct-dialing telephone and free televisions. From “Beautiful Seattle Offers A Plus Convention,” Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1962.
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The Camlin Hotel & Cabanas. Group Rooms — The Camlin Hotel and Cabanas offers a variety of rooms to accommodate group gatherings. The rooms can be arranged to handle meetings or conferences… or if desirable, cocktail parties, Breakfasts, Luncheons or Dinners. From “Beautiful Seattle Offers A Plus Convention,” Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1962.
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Irving & Cannon, merchant tailors. 211 Columbia St., Boston Block, Seattle, Washington. Gentlemen of Alaska, We Want Your Patronage — Reasons Why: Our tailoring is high grade and correct in style. Quality considered, prices are lowest in Seattle. Everything of the best. Our stock is large and carefully selected. Snappy, up-to-date patterns always on display. We want you to see our goods and the style and quality of our tailoring. Established 1890. Alaska Club Album, 1904.
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Alaska Airlines advertisement. The Argus, 1961. Thrill to the real Alaska… An Alaska Airlines Golden Nugget Adventure Visit is your passport to vacation adventureland. For in no other place in the world are the ingredients of fun and adventure so fant astically and so generously blended as in Alaska — the Great North Land. It is a breathtakingly big land… a land of sharp contrast… modern cities and picturesque villages… lending to the excitement of a new adventure. Be sure to extend your trip to Century 21 this spring to include Alaska.
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Times Printing Company of Seattle. Times Building, times Square. Joseph Blethen, President. C.B. Blethen, Editor-in-Chief. The Argus, 1918.
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Northern Life Insurance Company. The New Souvenir Tower Policy. The Argus, 1928.
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