316 results for: Recreation
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May Day family picnic flier, Seattle, May 4, 1975
On May 4, 1975, Seattle area Asian and Pacific Island workers were invited to a potluck picnic at Seward Park that included a pig roast, recreation, cultural presentations and speakers. May Day, also known as International Workers Day, aims to build international working class unity.The flier for the event is printed in Tagalog (Filipino), Chinese and English. Sponsors included groups…
ID Number:2002.23.1.32.2
Date:1975
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Anti-Authoritarian Peace Picnic flier, Seattle, September 1991
On a fall Sunday, members of Seattle leftist groups gathered at Volunteer Park Amphitheater for a picnic. They were entertained by a variety of punk and metal bands, performance artists, and anti-authoritarian speeches. Participants could also enjoy arts and crafts and free food.This poster for the picnic features the names of the bands. In the lower left are symbols reflecting…
ID Number:2002.23.2.63.1
Date:1991
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CAMP registration card, from Gay City and Boyz in the Woods, 1996
This card advertises a weekend camping trip focused on gay men, organized by Gay City and Boyz in the Woods. It promises "gay exploring and merry-making," arts and play, and homo spirituality. The illustration on the front shows two scantily-clad idealized male figures driving logs down a river. Gay City, now called Seattle's LGBTQ+ Center, was founded in 1995 by…
ID Number:2002.23.6.27.1
Date:1996
Photograph
Lou Whittaker at his home in Ashford, Washington, April 1975
Lou Whittaker (1929-2024) and his identical twin brother Jim are often referred to as "the first family of mountaineering." The twins first started climbing at age 12 and began mountain rescue work in the Washington Cascades in 1948. In 1969, Lou went on to co-found Rainier Mountaineering, Inc., now known as RMI Expeditions, and spent decades guiding thousands of people…
ID Number:2002.46.6756.12
Date:1975
Postcard
Canoeists at Leschi Park, Seattle, circa 1905
Leschi Park, on the shore of Lake Washington, was a popular place for Seattle's city-dwellers to go for recreation. Many people caught a cable car at Pioneer Square and rode to the park along Yesler Way. This postcard shows people canoeing near the shore of the busy park. Caption on image: Boating scene at Leschi Park, Seattle, Washington.Stamped on verso:…
ID Number:2002.48.1156
Date:Circa 1905
Poster
Greater Seattle Bicycle Expo poster, February 22-23, 1991
In 1987, the Cascade Bicycle Club, an organization started by brothers Mike and Rick Quam in 1970 to discuss bicycling in the Puget Sound region, began its annual trade show, the Seattle Bicycle Expo. The expo would continue until 2015, when the Cascade Bicycle Club dropped the event due to declining attendance. Cascadia Events took it over as the Seattle…
ID Number:2007.25.11
Date:1991
Photograph
Morgan J. Carkeek posting park rules, Carkeek Park, Seattle, circa 1918
Beginning in about 1918, the Seattle Park Board hosted annual picnics at the "original" Carkeek Park (1918-1926) on Pontiac Bay at Lake Washington, later the site of the Sand Point Naval Station and now Magnuson Park. These annual luncheon picnics were attended by donors to the park and their friends on the anniversary of the donation of the park by…
ID Number:2008.3.1.46.9
Date:Circa 1918
Photograph
Park Ranger Charles Browne with ice axe near crevasse, Mount Rainier National Park, circa 1930
Charles Browne became a National Park Service Ranger around 1928, working first in Mount Rainier National Park, and later in Olympic National Park. After 37 years of service, Browne retired from the National Park Service in 1965.
ID Number:2009.16.3
Date:Circa 1930
Photograph
Park Ranger Charles Browne and climbing party, Mount Rainer National Park, 1930
Charles Browne became a National Park Service Ranger around 1928, working first in Mount Rainier National Park, and later in Olympic National Park. After 37 years of service, Browne retired from the National Park Service in 1965.Ranger Browne, at far left, is shown here with a party of climbers, perhaps other rangers. The men hold ice axes, and are probably…
ID Number:2009.16.43
Date:1930
Program
Aurora Speedway race program, 1936
The Aurora Speedway was built in 1932 as an expansion of Playland, a popular amusement park built in 1930 near Bitter Lake in Seattle. The oval track and large wooden grandstand fronted Aurora Avenue between North 130th and North 135th Streets. The park suffered a series of fires in the 1950s, and public interest began to wane as other means…
ID Number:2010.65.3
Date:1936