Caption on border: Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer, 625 Colman Block, Seattle.
<p>Handwritten on mount: Pioneer Square decorated for Presidental visit 1903, T. Roos.
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<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Festive decorations--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul><hr><p>But it is probably <i>not</i> from 1903. Clearly this is the same photo as <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Independence_Day_parade,_Seattle,_July_4,_1898_(MOHAI_9677).jpg" title="File:Independence Day parade, Seattle, July 4, 1898 (MOHAI 9677).jpg">File:Independence Day parade, Seattle, July 4, 1898 (MOHAI 9677).jpg</a>. While we don't seem to have a definitively dated photo, pictures such as <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pioneer_Square_looking_northwest_from_James_St,_Seattle,_ca_1900-1903_(SEATTLE_3064).jpg" title="File:Pioneer Square looking northwest from James St, Seattle, ca 1900-1903 (SEATTLE 3064).jpg">File:Pioneer Square looking northwest from James St, Seattle, ca 1900-1903 (SEATTLE 3064).jpg</a> strongly suggest that by that date the sign on the building in the middle ground would have said "Stewart &amp; Holmes Drug Co.", not "Merchants National Bank" as it does here.
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<p>Independence Day parade, Seattle, July 4, 1898 (MOHAI 9677).jpg
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			<div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><div style="margin:33.5px auto;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pioneer_Square_looking_northwest_from_James_St,_Seattle,_ca_1900-1903_(SEATTLE_3064).jpg" class="image" title="Pioneer Square looking northwest from James St, Seattle, ca 1900-1903 (SEATTLE 3064).jpg"><img alt="Pioneer Square looking northwest from James St, Seattle, ca 1900-1903 (SEATTLE 3064).jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Pioneer_Square_looking_northwest_from_James_St%2C_Seattle%2C_ca_1900-1903_%28SEATTLE_3064%29.jpg/120px-Pioneer_Square_looking_northwest_from_James_St%2C_Seattle%2C_ca_1900-1903_%28SEATTLE_3064%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Pioneer_Square_looking_northwest_from_James_St%2C_Seattle%2C_ca_1900-1903_%28SEATTLE_3064%29.jpg/180px-Pioneer_Square_looking_northwest_from_James_St%2C_Seattle%2C_ca_1900-1903_%28SEATTLE_3064%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Pioneer_Square_looking_northwest_from_James_St%2C_Seattle%2C_ca_1900-1903_%28SEATTLE_3064%29.jpg/240px-Pioneer_Square_looking_northwest_from_James_St%2C_Seattle%2C_ca_1900-1903_%28SEATTLE_3064%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3967" data-file-height="2749"></a></div></div>
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<p>Pioneer Square looking northwest from James St, Seattle, ca 1900-1903 (SEATTLE 3064).jpg
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<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Asahel_Curtis" class="extiw" title="w:en:Asahel Curtis"><span title="American photographer">Asahel Curtis</span></a>
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1903<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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