<p>Paintings can often give evidence about what places looked like in the past. In about 1872, a sailor named Billy Fife painted a view of the Seattle waterfront from Elliott Bay. Sometime after 1903, Webster &amp; Stevens photographed Fife's painting.
In this photo of Fife's painting, Elliott Bay is busy with ships. Small houses dot the hillsides, and a few tall trees still line the hilltops.</p>
<p>Original copy negative.

Original: Fife, W., ca. 1872. Painting photographed after 1902 by Webster &amp; Stevens</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Waterfronts</li></ul>
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Webster &amp; Stevens</div>
circa 1872 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1872-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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