WAUBruneMarthaEPHColl138.xml Guide to the Martha E. Brune Frederick & Nelson Photograph Collection 1950 Brune (Martha E.) Frederick & Nelson Photograph Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2010 (Last modified: 4/12/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0138 Brune, Martha E Martha E. Brune Frederick & Nelson photograph collection 1950 14 photographic prints (1 folder) Collection materials are in English. Photographs documenting the construction of the Frederick & Nelson store at 5th and Pine, including rooftop views of Seattle

Frederick & Nelson was a Seattle, Washington, department store founded in 1890. Acquired by Marshall Field & Company in 1929, the company closed its doors in 1992. The former Seattle flagship store is now occupied by the flagship store for Nordstrom.

Photographs documenting the construction of the Frederick & Nelson building at 500 Pine Street in 1950 including views of Seattle from the top of a nearby building.

The physical condition of some of the photographs suggest that they were originally from a photo album.

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The collection is open to the public.

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Donor: Martha E. Brune, January 21, 1987.

Processed by Owen Walton, 2009.

Frederick & Nelson Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs Seattle (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Photographs Buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs Department stores--Design and construction--Photographs Department stores--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs Photographs Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) City and Town Life Seattle Photographs Architecture

 

Frederick & Nelson construction 1 Aerial view looking down at foundation construction, parking and Orpheum Theater at intersection of Westlake, 6th Street, and Stewart Street 1950 2 View looking north over construction site along 5th Avenue and Olive Way 1950 3-5 View of steel framing of upper floors during construction, looking south from nearby rooftop 1950 6 View of top floor of building showing steel framing 1950 7 Views of top floor of building showing brick facade 1950

Same viewpoint as item 6.

 Views of Seattle from rooftop 8-10 View of downtown skyline including Harborview Hospital, Washington Athletic Club, Coliseum Theater, Olympic Hotel, and Smith Tower 1950 11 View along Westlake Avenue looking north to Lake Union and Queen Anne including the Vance Hotel 1950 12 View of adjacent rooftop of a Pike Street building 1950 13 View of Roosevelt Hotel and surrounding skyline February 1950

Handwritten on photo "Frederick & Nelson starts to build."

 14 View from rooftop looking toward the sign on the Hotel Benjamin Franklin for the Outrigger bar and beyond to the Denny Regrade and Queen Anne areas February 1950