Caption on image: "Columbia St. looking east"  Shows cable car of the Front Street Cable Railway.
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Cable railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Columbia Street (Seattle, Wash.); Front Street Cable Railway (Seattle, Wash.)</li></ul><hr>
Point of view is actually half a block west of First Avenue (then known as Front Street). The first building on the left is the first two stories of the Colman Building, which is still extant as of 2019. See further notes on the similar <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Columbia_St_from_1st_Ave,_looking_east,_Seattle,_Washington,_ca_1891_(BOYD%2BBRAAS_31).jpg" title="File:Columbia St from 1st Ave, looking east, Seattle, Washington, ca 1891 (BOYD+BRAAS 31).jpg">File:Columbia St from 1st Ave, looking east, Seattle, Washington, ca 1891 (BOYD+BRAAS 31).jpg</a>.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Frank_La_Roche" class="extiw" title="w:en:Frank La Roche"><span title="American photographer, 1853-1934">Frank La Roche</span></a>
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