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Image of Pleasant Beach, Bainbridge Island, circa 1900
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Pleasant Beach, Bainbridge Island, circa 1900

Even before the automobile, Bainbridge Island's Pleasant Beach was a popular recreation destination. In the summertime, thousands of people from Seattle, Tacoma, and throughout Puget Sound arrived by boat to visit the beach, picnic grounds, bowling alley, or one of the saloons.This photograph, one half of a stereograph, shows the dock and some of the buildings at Pleasant Beach at…
ID Number:1956.1066.3
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Canoe War during Junior Day event at University of Washington, circa 1910
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Canoe War during Junior Day event at University of Washington, circa 1910

The University of Washington crew teams hosted "Junior Day" events, held in the spring at the end of the season, and located on the shores of Lake Washington's Union Bay. Included in the water fun were log rolling and the canoe fights. Canoe war participants were given a ten foot pole and the object was to force your opponent out…
ID Number:1960.1821.59.1
Date:Circa 1910
Image of UW student activity at Denny Field, Seattle, circa 1910
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UW student activity at Denny Field, Seattle, circa 1910

Sometime around 1910, a group of people gathered at Denny Field, on the campus of the University of Washington, for an unidentified activity. Tightly-packed men and a few women have formed a human chain around a large hook, while others watch from the bleachers and sidelines. The number of men in the group wearing the beanie hats usually worn by…
ID Number:1960.1821.63
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Lincoln beach, Seattle, circa 1915
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Lincoln beach, Seattle, circa 1915

In the 1910s when this postcard was made, the beach at 48th Ave SW and Beach Drive in West Seattle was named Lincoln Beach. This beach would later would be purchased by the City of Seattle and become Lincoln Park. Caption on image: A Beach Scene Near Seattle, Tide Coming In.Handwritten on verso: Lincoln Beach. London.Caption information source: "Lincoln Park,"…
ID Number:1969.4631.1
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Alki Beach Park, Seattle, circa 1908
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Alki Beach Park, Seattle, circa 1908

Alki Beach has long been a popular recreation spot in the Puget Sound region. Originally a favorite campsite for Duwamish Tribe, it became known as the birthplace of Seattle when the Denny Party landed there in 1851. They called this settlement "New York Alki," a reference to the hope that it would grow to become an important city ("Alki" is…
ID Number:1973.5695.1
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Thelma Rydeen, Kathryn Tesack, and friend on sailboat, Puget Sound, August 1922
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Thelma Rydeen, Kathryn Tesack, and friend on sailboat, Puget Sound, August 1922

Kathryn Elizabeth Tesack (1906-1999) was born in Nome, Alaska, to John Anthony Tesack (1874-1960) and Mame Elizabeth Tesack (d. 1955). John owned a grocery store in Seattle from at least 1920-1940. Kathryn attended UW from 1926-1928, and in 1935 married Walter Henry Williams (1899-1992), in Nanjing, China, where their son John Walter Olding Williams was born in 1936. After Walter's…
ID Number:1974.5806.10
Date:1922
Image of Seattle Children's Home residents, Seattle, circa 1930
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Seattle Children's Home residents, Seattle, circa 1930

Seattle's oldest charity, the Seattle Children's Home originated as the Ladies' Relief Society in April 1884 to aid orphaned children. In the 1930s, the home shifted its emphasis from orphans to troubled children. Beginning in the 1980s, it provided comprehensive treatment and services to troubled youth. In 2012, Seattle Children's Home merged with Navos, one of the largest providers of…
ID Number:1974.5923.241
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Seattle Children's Home residents, Seattle, circa 1930
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Seattle Children's Home residents, Seattle, circa 1930

Seattle's oldest charity, the Seattle Children's Home originated as the Ladies' Relief Society in April 1884 to aid orphaned children. In the 1930s, the home shifted its emphasis from orphans to troubled children. Beginning in the 1980s, it provided comprehensive treatment and services to troubled youth. In 2012, Seattle Children's Home merged with Navos, one of the largest providers of…
ID Number:1974.5923.243
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Ryther Home residents at playground, Seattle, circa 1930
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Ryther Home residents at playground, Seattle, circa 1930

Ollie H. Ryther became known as Mother Ryther in the 1880s after taking motherless children into her own home. Later, she founded several homes for orphans and children whose parents were unable to take care of them. The Ryther organization continues today as Ryther and specializes in providing therapeutic services to young people who are struggling emotionally and behaviorally. This…
ID Number:1974.5923.252
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Briscoe School student in pile of apples, Kent, circa 1925
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Briscoe School student in pile of apples, Kent, circa 1925

The Briscoe School for Boys in Kent, Washington, operated from 1909 to 1970 as a Catholic orphanage and boarding school for boys around the Puget Sound region. This photo of a boy from the school hiding in a pile of apples is part of a collection from McBride and Anderson photographers. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the…
ID Number:1974.5923.257
Date:Circa 1925
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