View of Holgate Street and Plum Street intersection at 9th Avenue South, Seattle, May 22, 1923 (MOHAI 8793)

The image is looking southwest on Holgate Avenue at the Plum Street intersection, from 9th Avenue. This area south of downtown Seattle was originally made up of tidal flats; soil dredged from the Duwamish River and sluiced from the Denny triangle and Beacon Hill regrades was used to create this industrial area needed by area businesses and railroads.This photo is from an album of photographs documenting Beacon Hill and construction around Seattle in 1923, probably of projects by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company (later Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company), a major contributor to the construction of the Pacific Northwest. All of the photos were taken by noted Seattle photographer Asahel Curtis.
Signs in photo: The Bon Apartments, Furnished, Housekeeping and Sleeping, Rooms $1.25 a week, Free Gas & Lights For Rent; Kelley, Councilman; Climax Plug, The Grand Old Chew; 1917 Holgate Avenue; Holgate Ave. (street sign on post); Plum St. (street sign on post).

Inscribed on photo: Looking southwest at 9th Ave. S. & Plum St, 5-22-23
Subjects (LCTGM): Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle