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Water Front, Seattle, Washington, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition 1909

Subject
Waterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1909 (Golden Age)
Front of Water Front, Seattle, Washington, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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Back of Water Front, Seattle, Washington, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition 1909, c. 1909 lithograph postcard
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About this subject

Color lithograph view of the Seattle waterfront, with several steamships and sailing vessels moored at wooden docks. Commercial buildings and warehouses, including the Arlington Dock Company and Galbraith, Bacon & Co., line the shore, with the city skyline rising behind.

Postcard Details

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PublisherPortland Post Card Co.
Water Front, Seattle, Washington. ARLINGTON DOCK COMPANY GALBRAITH, BACON & CO. --- POST CARD. No. 5019. Publ. by Portland Post Card Co., Portland, Ore. and Seattle, Wash. (Printed in Germany.) Write here Place Postage Here Domestic Island Possessions Canada Cuba Mexico Panama 1c Foreign 2c ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSITION SEATTLE 1909
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Postcard record

ConditionGood
Place depictedSeattle, WA
Place mentionedAlaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, WA
PublisherPortland, OR
NotesFull-bleed color lithograph; no white border; printed caption in red; edge wear at top; signs for Arlington Dock Co. and Galbraith, Bacon & Co. No postmark. Divided-back card printed in Germany for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (Seattle 1909); publisher imprint No. 5019, Portland Post Card Co. Pencil dealer price '5.00' at lower right; no message or address written.

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Water Front, Seattle, Washington, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/water-front-seattle-washington-alaska-yukon-pacific-expositi. Accessed October 5, 2026.