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Ed and Harold Moen at Fort Lawton, Seattle, circa 1910
The photographer, Carl Henry Moen, snapped this shot of his brothers among the ferns at Fort Lawton, which was later turned into Discovery Park.Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the…
ID Number:1980.6880.20
Date:Circa 1910
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Vick siblings, circa 1910
Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.285
Date:Circa 1910
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Card game in the woods, Port Madison, circa 1910
Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.315
Date:Circa 1910
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Campbell and Corliss families with tree stump, 1890
Members and friends of the Campbell and Corliss families spent part of the summer of 1890 at Chautauqua (now Ellisport) on Vashon Island. They may have been members of the Puget Sound Chautauqua Assembly which met on the island at that time. Inspired by the year-around educational activities of the Chautauqua Assembly in New York State, a local group started…
ID Number:1980.7025.21
Date:1890
Music, notated
Meet Me Next Sunday at Woodland
The music and lyrics for "Meet me next Sunday at Woodland" were written by Agnes Farrand (Terry) Perry (1873-1937). The song was published by the Empire Music Publishing Company of Seattle. The title refers to Woodland Park , a 90.9-acre public park in Seattle's Phinney Ridge and Green Lake neighborhoods that originated as the estate of Guy C. Phinney, lumber…
ID Number:1980.7097A.26
Date:1911
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Sun shining in forest, circa 1910
This colored lantern slide highlights sun streaming through the forest.
ID Number:1980.7158.2.11
Date:Circa 1910
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Lake Retreat, January 1, 1925
By the 1920s, The Seattle Times ran regular articles describing trips that Seattleites could take in their cars. A January 1925 Seattle Times Auto Tour took drivers out through the countryside to Lake Retreat, a secluded spot east of Ravensdale, near Kent. This photo, taken for the Times' tour article, shows Lake Retreat. Webster & Stevens number: 111849
ID Number:1983.10.457.6
Date:1925
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Chalmers cars at the Paradise Inn, Mount Rainier National Park, circa 1918
In 1915, sixteen years after the creation of Mount Rainier National Park, the National Park Service built a single lane road from Longmire Springs to Paradise Valley. The Paradise Inn was built in 1916 and became a popular destination for automobile trips. A car could leave Seattle or Tacoma after breakfast and eat lunch at the Paradise Inn. Before the…
ID Number:1983.10.3065
Date:Circa 1918
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Man with bucket at forest fire, circa 1926
Here, a firefighter hold a bucket at an unknown forest fire in Washington state. Handwritten on sleeve: Forest Fire 8 [...].Webster & Stevens number: 120050
ID Number:1983.10.3303.2
Date:Circa 1926
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Family planting a tree, circa 1927
Logging removed the trees from Seattle's many hills. As the city grew, neighborhoods were built on the bare, logged-over land. Some developers added trees along the streets of their new neighborhoods. Families and individuals also planted trees, shrubs, and flowers.In this photo, taken around 1927, a Seattle family plants a tree near the street in front of their house. Description…
ID Number:1983.10.3844.1
Date:Circa 1927