Caption on border: Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer, 625 Colman Block, Seattle.
<p>Caption on image: Denny Hill Regrade - Moving 7,500,000 Cubic Feet of Earth to Build a City. Seattle Washington. 1906 - Old Hotel Washington. 1907 - Hydraulic and Steam Shovel at Work. 1907 - Last of Old Hotel Washington. 1908 - New Hotel Washington.
</p><p>Handwritten on mount: Denny Hill Regrade 1906-08.
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<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Excavation--Washington (State)--Seattle; Hotels--Washington (State)--Seattle; Hoses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Frank_Hamilton_Nowell" class="extiw" title="w:en:Frank Hamilton Nowell"><span title="American photographer and postcard publisher">Frank H. Nowell</span></a>
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between 1906 and 1908 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1906-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1906-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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