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<p>The postcard shows the old Washington Hotel (also known as the Denny Hotel) being demolished as well as the New Washington Hotel. Transcribed from postcard: "Moving 7500000 Cubic Feet of Earth to Build a City." The postcard depicts 5 captioned images clockwise from the upper left: Washington Hotel development, 1907 Hydraulic and Steam Shovel at Work, 1907 Last of Old Washington Hotel and 1906 Old Hotel Washington. The center picture shows the New Hotel Washington in 1908.
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circa 1908 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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<li>DPLA identifier: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dp.la/item/68e4d58d212f0dc151cdada06930f85f">68e4d58d212f0dc151cdada06930f85f</a></li>
<li>Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_pc_37000</li></ul></span>