2-510-559 - Curt Teich Postcard Archives/Heritage Images

Smith Tower, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1934. Vintage postcard showing a bird's eye view of the skyscraper, the city and the distant Mount Rainier. Situated on Pioneer Square, the 42-storey Smith Tower is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle. Completed in 1910, it was built for Lyman Cornelius Smith, a firearms and typewriter magnate. It was the tallest building on the US west coast until the Space Needle was built in Seattle in 1962.