2-510-603 - Curt Teich Postcard Archives/Heritage Images

First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1915. Vintage postcard showing a view south on First Avenue looking toward Pioneer Square. Multi-storey buildings line the street and the Smith Tower is visible in the background. The 42 storey skyscraper was completed in 1914 and was the tallest building on the US west coast until overtaken by the Space Needle, also in Seattle, in 1962.