Photographer Robert Esterly took this photograph of an unnamed street vendor in 1914, as part of his series of local businesses and their proprietors. The photo was taken at the corner of 4th and Washington. The Boardman Building, still in existence, is behind the vendor at the northwest corner.
Esterly Photograph, 1914, Washington State Historical Society, catalog 2010.149.14.2
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2018