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THEME WEEK: Seattle History! This week we touch on a handful of people and places from Seattle’s history.

Downtown Seattle 1900 (by sitkasitchensis)

Though much of the modern mumble of street grids we know in the downtown neighborhoods of Seattle today — each grid started by one of the competing groups of settlers — was in place by 1900, and there were a considerable number of large buildings in downtown Seattle (see yesterday’s post), there was not only still a great deal of open space near the water but much of the original coastline was still intact. The First Avenue portion of the Denny regrade had recently completed, as had the last of the unofficial coastline regrades, but it was still possible to beach a boat on the shore and walk directly up into downtown where, a decade earlier, you would have been several feet underwater.

By 1900 the city had effectively existed as “Seattle” for 47 years, and had been officially recognized by the Territorial government for 35 years, and Henry Yesler’s timber industry had been booming for some time. The anti-Chinese riots of 1885-1886 and the Great Seattle Fire in 1889 had changed the face of the city from its pioneer roots, leading to considerable regrowth downtown and the creation of the city’s park system, just in time for the Panic of 1893. The city would quickly recover due to the Klondike Gold Rush, though, as it became the main jumping-off point for prospectors headed north and saw the founding of a number of iconically Seattle companies, such as Eddie Bauer and Bon Marché. Not far south from this point shown in the coming years the shipbuilding boom in the lead-up to World War I would lead to Seattle becoming a major shipbuilding town.

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1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout

- Named “La Marquise” after the Count de Dion’s mother
- At 127 years of age, the oldest running motor car in the world
- Single family ownership for 81 years and only four owners from new
- Participant in the first automobile race in 1887
- Veteran of four London-to-Brighton runs
- Pebble Beach Concours double award winner in 1997
- Capable of 38 mph, 20 miles on tank of water 
- Veteran Car Club dating certificate #1750
- Offered from the Estate of John O’Quinn

Estimate:$2,000,000-$2,500,000 US

Chassis No. 6

AUCTION RESULTS: Lot was Sold at a price of $4,620,000

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I keep on climbing higher and higher. Felix Baumgartner prepares to take a test jump at 13.6 miles above ground. This is in preparation for his 23-mile-high skydive taking place later this summer. [msnbc]

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the real world is just around the corner….

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