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8vo. Pp. 48. Frontis. and 14 illustrations, including three maps, a dozen engravings, and a few photographs. Bound in green printed wraps with chips and soiling. Book remains securely bound. A Good copy of this exceedingly scarce promotional.Published the year following Great Seattle Fire, the 1889 conflagration that leveled the city's downtown core. As such, an early manifestation of "the Seattle Spirit," the city's emblematic ethos that, until recently, had the city constantly punching above its weight. The moxie of the Chamber of Commerce to promote a ruined city with the excessive hyperbole contained in the title is quite extraordinary.Contains information on the city's founding, its resources (timber, minerals, maritime, etc.), manufacturing and financial institutions, as well as a brief section about the Great Seattle Fire. An early promotional from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce; the first was published 1884. Quite uncommon; this is the first copy we've seen. SMITH, 2494. See SOLIDAY IV, 629.
WONDERFUL CITY, LEADING ALL OTHERS IN WASHINGTON, OREGON, MONTANA, IDAHO AND BRITISH COLUMBIA: SEATTLE, ITS PAST HISTORY, RECENT PROGRESS, AND PRESENT ADVANCED POSITION by Dodge, J. W - 1890
by Dodge, J. W
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WONDERFUL CITY, LEADING ALL OTHERS IN WASHINGTON, OREGON, MONTANA, IDAHO AND BRITISH COLUMBIA: SEATTLE, ITS PAST HISTORY, RECENT PROGRESS, AND PRESENT ADVANCED POSITION
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Seattle: Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company, 1890. First edition. 48pp. Illus., frontispiece and fourteen illustrations including 3 maps, a dozen engravings and a few photographs. Original printed wrappers Smith 2494. An interesting and scarce pamphlet published by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, in the year just after the great Seattle fire of 1889. With information on the founding of the city, its resources (timber, minerals, maritime, etc), manufacturing and financial institutions, as well as a brief section on the 'great fire'.
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- Date Published 1890
- Keywords WASHINGTON; WESTERN AMERICANA; CANADA; MONTANA; OREGON; MAPS
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A Wonderful City, Leading All Others in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and British Columbia: Seattle, Its Past History, Recent Progress, and Present Advanced Position
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A Wonderful City, Leading All Others in Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and British Columbia: Seattle, Its Past History, Recent Progress, and Present Advanced Position
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Seattle: Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company [for] Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1890. First Edition. Printed Paper Wraps. Good. 8vo. Pp. 48. Frontis. and 14 illustrations, including three maps, a dozen engravings, and a few photographs. Bound in green printed wraps with chips and soiling. Book remains securely bound. A Good copy of this exceedingly scarce promotional. Published the year following Great Seattle Fire, the 1889 conflagration that leveled the city's downtown core. As such, an early manifestation of "the Seattle Spirit," the city's emblematic ethos that, until recently, had the city constantly punching above its weight. The moxie of the Chamber of Commerce to promote a ruined city with the excessive hyperbole contained in the title is quite extraordinary.Contains information on the city's founding, its resources (timber, minerals, maritime, etc.), manufacturing and financial institutions, as well as a brief section about the Great Seattle Fire. An early promotional from the…
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