Seattle's Moore Theater days before opening night December 28, 1907. The photograph shows that the theater marquee had not yet been installed. "The Alaskan", a play written by Joseph Blethen and Harry Girard, was the first production. The venue was described as "the finest theater on the Pacific Coast" on opening night by Washington governor Albert E. Mead and Seattle mayor William H. Moore. Barely visible to the right is the Washington Hotel, later the Josephenum.