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<p>Transcribed from postcard: "First Avenue was in early days the only business street of the City, and it is still one of the principal avenues of trade. It parallels the harbor front." The Washington Building and Union Block appear on the left. The Sullivan Building appears on the right.
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circa 1910 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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<li>DPLA identifier: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dp.la/item/fa3666e2b298f7efd3941cb90965ae81">fa3666e2b298f7efd3941cb90965ae81</a></li>
<li>Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_pc_43064</li></ul></span>