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1. PH036_3023 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_3023 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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[Sailing vessels loading lumber at Tacoma, WA mill wharves.]
2. View of Portland Harbor
View of Portland Harbor
Description
Photograph was hand colored.
3. Custom house
Custom house
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In 1812 the city sold the site of Old Fort Amsterdam, later occupied by the "government house" built when it seemed that the capital would be located here, and later still by the city's custom house, to private persons for $300,000. In 1900 the U. S. Government bought back this same site for $3,000,000 and built upon it the present custom house. This building facing Bowling Green at the foot of Broadway, occupies the entire block between Whitehall and State Street. It is a carved granite structure, the finest of its kind in the world. It is ornamented with stately Doric colonnades. The great commercial nations are represented by the figures on the cornice in the following order: Greece and Rome; Phoenicia; Genoa; Venice and Spain; Holland and Portugal; Scandinavia; Germany; France and England.
4. Harbor
Harbor
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How strange that same harbor would look to him now if he could see it and watch the commerce of the world flow through its gates.
5. Boats and ships in port in Seattle, circa 1910
Boats and ships in port in Seattle, circa 1910
6. Boats and ships in port in Seattle, circa 1910
Boats and ships in port in Seattle, circa 1910
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