<p>Caption on image: Seattle, today and yesterday. Today: First and Second Ave. and the business district as seen from the top of the L. C. Smith Bldg., Seattle. Yesterday: The same district in 1889.
Filed in: Seattle--Panoramas</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Panoramic views</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): First Avenue (Seattle, Wash.); Second Avenue (Seattle, Wash.); Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Elliott Bay (Wash.); Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Central business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.); Buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Seattle (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc.</li></ul><hr><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:172px;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2nd_Ave,_looking_north_from_Cherry_St,_ca_1913_(SEATTLE_3080).jpg" class="image"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/2nd_Ave%2C_looking_north_from_Cherry_St%2C_ca_1913_%28SEATTLE_3080%29.jpg/170px-2nd_Ave%2C_looking_north_from_Cherry_St%2C_ca_1913_%28SEATTLE_3080%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="237" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/2nd_Ave%2C_looking_north_from_Cherry_St%2C_ca_1913_%28SEATTLE_3080%29.jpg/255px-2nd_Ave%2C_looking_north_from_Cherry_St%2C_ca_1913_%28SEATTLE_3080%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/2nd_Ave%2C_looking_north_from_Cherry_St%2C_ca_1913_%28SEATTLE_3080%29.jpg/340px-2nd_Ave%2C_looking_north_from_Cherry_St%2C_ca_1913_%28SEATTLE_3080%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="5569"></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2nd_Ave,_looking_north_from_Cherry_St,_ca_1913_(SEATTLE_3080).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>A heavily annotated high-resolution version of photo that was the basis for the 1913 view can be found at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2nd_Ave,_looking_north_from_Cherry_St,_ca_1913_(SEATTLE_3080).jpg" title="File:2nd Ave, looking north from Cherry St, ca 1913 (SEATTLE 3080).jpg">File:2nd Ave, looking north from Cherry St, ca 1913 (SEATTLE 3080).jpg</a>. This is a view from the top of the Smith Tower.</div></div></div>
Despite the caption, the two pictures don't cover particularly similar areas. The picture at bottom corresponds more to the upper left part of the picture at top. Also, the ships in the top image have no basis in the underlying photo, they are simply drawn in.
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between 1889 and 1913 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1913-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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