319 results for: Recreation
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People hiking in support of the Burke Gilman Trail, Seattle, September 12, 1971
In 1885, Judge Thomas Burke, D.H. Gilman, and other investors raised funds to build the Seattle, Lake Shore, and Eastern Railway. They hoped to connect Seattle by train to the eastern part of the U.S., but the initial route only reached the north end of Lake Washington. Later absorbed by the Northern Pacific the line was used primarily for a…
ID Number:1986.5.55062.2
Date:1971
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Don't Fail to See Ravenna (or Big Tree Park), 1909
Seattle's Ravenna Park was among the few areas that escaped the logger's ax in the late 1800s, thus preserving stunning examples of giant old-growth Douglas Firs. Centered around a stream that ran from Green Lake to Union Bay, the park opened in 1887 as Ravenna Springs Park, named for the Italian town which sits beside an ancient forest. Owners William…
ID Number:1987.69.1
Date:1909
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Don't Fail to See Ravenna (or Big Tree Park), 1909
Seattle's Ravenna Park was among the few areas that escaped the logger's ax in the late 1800s, thus preserving stunning examples of giant old-growth Douglas Firs. Centered around a stream that ran from Green Lake to Union Bay, the park opened in 1887 as Ravenna Springs Park, named for the Italian town which sits beside an ancient forest. Owners William…
ID Number:1987.69.2
Date:1909
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Three women in front yard with tennis rackets, circa 1900
Joseph Swartz was a shingle mill owner in Granite Falls, Washington, in the 1890s and early 1900s. By 1908, he had relocated his business to Everett. Swartz was also an amateur photographer. His images of family, friends and local scenery, all on glass plate negatives, document life in Snohomish County at the turn of the 19th century.In this image, probably…
ID Number:1991.40.165
Date:Circa 1900
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Group of people on top of Mount Pilchuck, circa 1900
Joseph Swartz was a shingle mill owner in Granite Falls, Washington, in the 1890s and early 1900s. By 1908, he had relocated his business to Everett. Swartz was also an amateur photographer. His images of family, friends and local scenery, all on glass plate negatives, document life in Snohomish County at the turn of the 19th century.This Swartz photo shows…
ID Number:1991.40.220
Date:Circa 1900
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Ben Paris and two men posing at Ben Paris Sporting Goods and Recreation, Seattle, circa 1935
Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. His namesake store, the Ben Paris, was a combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, sporting goods establishment, and was a Seattle institution for many years. It was located on the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Pine Street on the lower level of the Eitel Building.…
ID Number:1991.64.2
Date:Circa 1935
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Benjamin M. Paris and three men posing at Ben Paris Sporting Goods and Recreation, Seattle, circa 1930
Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. His namesake store, the Ben Paris, was a combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, sporting goods establishment, and was a Seattle institution for many years. Opened in the late 1920s, it was located on the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Pine Street on the lower…
ID Number:1991.64.3
Date:Circa 1930
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Portrait of the members of the Gander Club, Seattle, circa 1940
The Gander Club was an organization of prominent Seattle outdoorspeople, headed by Ben Paris, an avid sportsperson, entrepreneur, and conservationist. The objective of the club was to promote outdoor sports in Washington state and to provide lasting friendships for its members. This photo of the members of the Gander Club, some holding signs with their names, was probably taken in…
ID Number:1991.64.7
Date:Circa 1942
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Interior of the Paris Brothers Billiard and Lunch Room, Auburn, circa 1925
Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. Ben Paris and his brother John opened their first pool parlor on California Avenue in West Seattle in 1911, and added a series of combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, and sporting goods establishments. This photo, probably taken in the 1920s, shows the interior of the…
ID Number:1991.64.19
Date:Circa 1925
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Seattle Photo-Engravers Union engravers picnic, Lake Wilderness, 1938
In the summer of 1938, members of the Seattle Photo-Engravers Union and their families gathered at Lake Wilderness for their annual picnic, and posed for this informal panoramic group photo. The men, women, and children show a variety of ages and clothing styles.Lake Wilderness, near Maple Valley, Washington, became a popular resort area in the 1920s. Handwritten on verso: Photo…
ID Number:1997.18.99
Date:1938