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  • Old Series Trademark No. 1156
    Old Series Trademark No. 1156

    The Predicament

    Date: 1884

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 197
    McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 197

    Caption: "Fort Stevens, OR," c. 1915. Panorama of Fort Stevens, built in the 1860s as part of the defensive fortifications guarding the mouth of the Columbia River. Located on the Oregon side of the river, the fort was decommissioned after World War II, its armaments and buildings removed and auctioned off. The site now serves as a state park complete with military museum.

    Date: 1915

  • McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 210
    McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 210

    No Caption: The Smith Tower, named after it builder, industrialist and typewriter magnate, Lyman Cornelius Smith, opened in 1914. At 38 floors, the Smith Tower was the first skyscraper in Seattle and the tallest building west of the Mississippi River, c. 1935.

    Date: 1935