Seattle Municipal Archives Photograph Collection

Seattle's got a collection of over 45,000 municipal photographs and most of them are digitized and online! Who knew! Check out this old-school URL: http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/phot1.htm

Searching allows you to specify keyword, time (1920 and before, 1920-1930, 1930-1940, etc.), and neighborhood, from Adams to Yesler Terrace. A search for Fire Engine found 12 results, listed in order of date (the photographs covered from 1910 to 1924.) Click on a search result to get the picture and a little additional information including collection, keywords, and whether a print is available. Pictures aren't large enough.

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