<p>PH Coll 277.BYS3</p>
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Despite "before 1889" in the title, this is definitely a post-Great-Seattle-Fire photo: construction on the Rainier Hotel was started <i>after</i> the fire.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62126708" class="extiw" title="d:Q62126708"><span title="American photographer">William F. Boyd</span></a>
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between August 1889 and December 1890 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1889-08-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1326,+1890-12-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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