Seattle from Ballast Island

Ballast Island Seattle 1893"Cooley Kanim Racing Canoe", "No 3 Sea Lion. Kooper Island""American Hotel", "Exchange Hotel

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Photographers' notes:"Racing Canoe. Ballast Id Seattle 1893"

Caption on negative: "Cooley Kanim Racing Canoe",

Painted on boat: "No 3 Sea Lion. Kooper Island"

Visible signage: "American Hotel", "Exchange Hotel", "Dealers in Junk, Hardware, and Tools"

Located in Seattle harbor, Ballast Island is where ships would dump their ballast. Indians lived on it, and traveled to Seattle by canoe. Later, the tidelands south of Yesler St. were filled in, and the Washington St pier was built on Ballast Island.

Source: 5x7 glass plate negative

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