327 results for: Recreation
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Civilian workers lying in beds at Denny Regrade Transient Camp, Seattle, April 13, 1943
In the spring of 1943, new barracks were built in the Denny Regrade area to house civilian men awaiting transport to Alaska to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sometimes called the Denny Regrade Transient Camp, the fifteen barracks had a total capacity of 600, and were built because of the difficulty of finding hotel accommodations for non-military…
ID Number:2000.107.176.17.03
Date:1943
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View of sanitary landfill on 43rd. Ave. S. looking south, Seattle, December 1942
This image shows a sanitary landfill on 43rd Ave S between Genesee St. and Lake Washington Boulevard. A sanitary landfill, or fill, was a type of garbage dump in which trash was deposited, spread out and compacted, then covered in several inches of dirt. The city had proposed to expand the fill eastward to 45th Ave S, but residents of…
ID Number:2000.107.188.33.01
Date:1942
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View of sanitary landfill on 43rd. Ave. S. looking west, Seattle, December 1942
This image shows a sanitary landfill on 43rd Ave S between Genesee St. and Lake Washington Boulevard. A sanitary landfill, or fill, was a type of garbage dump in which trash was deposited, spread out and compacted, then covered in several inches of dirt. The city had proposed to expand the fill eastward to 45th Ave S, but residents of…
ID Number:2000.107.188.33.02
Date:1942
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New traffic signal operating at 85th and Greenwood, Seattle, August 28, 1952
In this image a new type of traffic signal is tested by Seattle traffic engineering division at North 85th Street and Greenwood Avenue. In addition to the usual red, amber and green signals was added a glass column of green panels (indicated by added lettering). When the green signal was lit, the column at right also lit up green and…
ID Number:2000.107.190.06.06
Date:1952
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Mary Haller cheering for her child during a soccer game, Lynnwood, October 9, 1976
In this photo, Mary Haller cheers for her child during an Alderwood Athletic Association youth soccer game. Mary was married to Seattle Post-Intelligencer photographer Grant Haller, who snapped this photo. Caption information source: Photo captions, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 19, 1976, pp. C1-2
ID Number:2000.107.201.36.02
Date:1976
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Crowd watching swimmer jump into Lake Washington at "Ramps to Nowhere," Seattle, June 1, 1975
In the 1960s the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) began construction of the R.H. Thomson Expressway, a 15-mile freeway from the Duwamish River in Seattle to Bothell. Several freeway ramps were built on the western shore of Lake Washington, intended to connect Highway 520 to the R. H. Thomson Expressway. The plan would have cut through wide swaths through…
ID Number:2000.107.223.22.01
Date:1975
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Group playing with a large ball in a PE class for the blind, Seattle, May 6, 1969
While working on a master’s degree project at Seattle’s Northwest Center, Dave Tucker realized the need for better physical education for blind students. He consolidated Seattle Public Schools’ PE programs for the blind and partially sighted and started classes in February 1968. Among his developments was the use of a large ball that students could push, climb on, and fall…
ID Number:2000.107.19720500.1.12
Date:1972
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Corgis and their owners at Seattle Center, Seattle, August 27, 1972
On August 27, 1972, members of the Cascade Welsh Corgi Club gathered with their dogs at Seattle Center for the club's second annual “Corgi Walk.” This wasn’t a competition but a demonstration of the dogs’ obedience as they walked around the park. Here, members of the club and their pets wait for the beginning of the walk. Caption information source:…
ID Number:2000.107.19720827.2.27
Date:1972
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Children playing at day camp at Sand Point, August 1, 1973
In 1973 a free week-long day camp, sponsored by the Seattle Mayor's Youth Division and run by UW students, provided summer recreation for hundreds of economically disadvantaged Seattle children. At the camp, headquartered at the deactivated Sand Point Naval Air Station, the children got lots of active outdoor play, attended classes in drama and art, and went on field trips.…
ID Number:2000.107.19730801.1.14
Date:1973
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Youth soccer game at unknown Seattle field, September 18, 1982
While boys' soccer teams existed since at least the 1910s, the popularity of youth soccer grew quickly during the 1960s, culminating in the formation of the Seattle Youth Soccer Association (SYSA) in 1969. Girls' soccer grew in the 1970s, and as of 2026, youth soccer in Seattle as overseen by SYSA is played by over 13,000 children.Here, a group of…
ID Number:2000.107.19820919.2.38
Date:1982