William Ward Miller Slides of Washington State, 1947-1955

In 1899, a group of businessmen removed a Tlingit totem pole from a village in Alaska and placed it in Pioneer Square. An arsonist burned it down in 1938, after which the city sent the remaining pieces back to the tribe. The tribe then carved a new totem pole and sent it to Seattle after being paid for the original. The totem pole still stands today.

At the time, the Smith Tower was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.

The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks are a complex of locks that allow boats to pass between Lakes Washington and Union and the Puget Sound. The locks help maintain the water level of both lakes and prevent the mixing of sea water from the Puget sound with the fresh water of the lakes.

The Peace Arch is a monument that marks the westernmost point of the Canada-United States border in the contiguous United States. The arch is situated between Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia, and was dedicated in September, 1921.

Spirit Lake was a popular tourist destination for many years up until the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. During the eruption, the blast and resulting debris avalanche temporarily displaced the lake's water, and resulted in the lake's surface area increasing and its depth decreasing.