<p>The City of Seattle spent $10,000 to install a double row of stalls to provide shelter for Pike Place Market farmers and their customers. The canopy-covered west side was known as "the dry row." The arcade, extending from Pike Street to Stewart Street, was ready for occupancy in early 1911.</p>
<p>Handwritten on sleeve: Pike Place Mkt. newsheds, 1905 [sic].

Caption by MOHAI staff.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Farmers' markets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Carts &amp; wagons--Washington (State)--Seattle; Horses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bodies of water--Washington (State)--Seattle; Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.)</li></ul>
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Webster &amp; Stevens</div>
circa 1911 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1911-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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