File:First cable car near the end of the Yesler Way line at Lake Washington, 1888 - DPLA - f5c5286b524d3274a944d38c99e53197.jpg

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First cable car near the end of the Yesler Way line at Lake Washington, 1888 (

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Creator

Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941

Title

First cable car near the end of the Yesler Way line at Lake Washington, 1888

Description

Transcribed from photograph: "Transportation. First cable car. 1888. Yesler Way at Lake Washington terminus. Car number 3 now in Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 1. James Severance." The 1905 Baist Atlas shows the cable house for the Yesler Line in the NE corner of Leschi Park near Lakeside Ave. S. and Erie St.

Date

1888

Collection

Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

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DPLA identifier: f5c5286b524d3274a944d38c99e53197
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_shp_15193

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