Looking south from rooftop near 1st Ave. and Union St.  Original photographer unknown .<br><br>See also PH Coll 684.1a
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Fires--Washington  (State)--Seattle</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Seattle (Wash.)--Fire, 1899</li></ul><hr>
The description here from University of Washington Libraries says, "from rooftop near 1st Ave. and Union St.", but given that the fire started at First &amp; Madison, the angle here is wrong for that. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/imlsmohai/id/5829">http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/imlsmohai/id/5829</a> (from the Museum of History and Industry), another print of what appears to be the same negative, says "from the roof of a building at Pike Street and Second Avenue", which fits the angle much better.
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Unknown author<span style="display: none;">Unknown author</span>; <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_start_of_the_Great_Seattle_Fire,_June_6,_1889_(MOHAI_9297).jpg" title="File:The start of the Great Seattle Fire, June 6, 1889 (MOHAI 9297).jpg">File:The start of the Great Seattle Fire, June 6, 1889 (MOHAI 9297).jpg</a>, from the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), appears to be the same photo, and is attributed to "A.J. Smith".</div>
1889<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://content.lib.washington.edu/curtisweb/index.html">Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs</a>