English: The steamship Fairhaven in Puget Sound, with the protected cruiser USS Charleston (C-2) in the background.

The ship was originally mistakenly identified as the Capital City, but does not quite match other photos of that ship. Secondly, the Charleston departed the U.S. in June 1898 (from San Francisco where she had been decommissioned for a period) never to return, so almost certainly was not in Seattle that year (and was modified in May; the masts looked different after the refit). So, this photo would have been taken between 1889 and 1895, with the ship most likely being the Fairhaven.