Photograph was taken the day before the area was destroyed by fire. Original photographer unknown. Shows the Post Building, Yesler-Leary Building, Occidental Hotel, Schwabacker [<i>sic</i>: should be Schwabacher] Bros. &amp; Co. building, and the Colman Building.
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Yesler Way (Seattle, Wash.); Streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Post Building (Seattle, Wash.); Yesler-Leary Building (Seattle, Wash.); Colman Building (Seattle, Wash.); Occidental Hotel (Seattle, Wash.); Hotels--Washington (State)--Seattle; Schwabacher Bros. &amp; Company (Seattle, Wash.); Hardware stores--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul><hr><p>By process of elimination, the building at the southeast corner of First &amp; Yesler (then Commercial &amp; Mill) would be the one University of Washington Libraries is calling the "Colman Building" here, but I (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmabel" title="User:Jmabel">User:Jmabel</a>) seriously doubt that name; 1888 Sanborn insurance map doesn't give any name, so not easily settled.
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Also, the date specified in the title is impossible: that was the day <i>before</i> the fire.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_P._Soule" class="extiw" title="w:en:John P. Soule"><span title="American photographer">John P. Soule</span></a>
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June 1889<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1889-06-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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