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Photographer: Dames & Butler / Fair use
Taken: Circa 1885
Caption: Austin Americus Bell (1854-1889)
Additional Description: Austin Americus Bell was born in 1854 to Mr. and Mrs. William N. Bell, the second white male to be born in Seattle. He lived in San Francisco for much of his life, but returned to Seattle in 1887 after his father's death. Austin Bell inherited property at 2222 First Avenue (where the Austin A. Bell Building stands). In 1889, Austin Bell took his own life, after recognizing in himself the symptoms of his father's illness, which may have been Alzheimer's. — Seattle Museum of History and Industry
Submitted: September 9, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p609098
File Size: 0.276 Megabytes

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