650 results for: Lake Washington
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Ballard neighborhood from across Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1913
Note from MOHAI records: Adams School on 28th Street NW. Handwritten on sleeve: Pan - Ballard.Photographer's Reference Number: 5742
ID Number:1983.10.7659.1
Date:Circa 1913
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Ballard locks under construction, Seattle, circa 1913
For years, there was no easy or cheap way to move logs, coal, and other resources directly from the east side of Lake Washington to Elliott Bay. There were many plans and several attempts to build a canal via Lake Union. However, none was successful until the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built. Ground was broken for the Lake Washington…
ID Number:1983.10.7659.2
Date:Circa 1913
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Fremont neighborhood, Seattle, circa 1906
Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, northwest of Lake Union, was named for a town in Nebraska where some of its founders hailed from. Fremont started in the 1880s as a settlement around a sawmill, and grew to a town of 5,000 before it became part of Seattle in 1891. Lake Union emptied into Salmon Bay through a narrow channel called the Outlet.…
ID Number:1983.10.7716.2
Date:Circa 1906
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Stone Avenue Bridge and Wallingford neighborhood, Seattle, circa 1912
Before the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built, a temporary bridge on Stone Avenue carried traffic across to Fremont. Most of the bridge consisted of a wooden roadway on a trestle. The short metal span was just large enough to let logs and small boats pass through. Stone Avenue is now called Stone Way. Handwritten on sleeve: Pan Phinney Dist.Photographer's…
ID Number:1983.10.7717.1
Date:Circa 1912
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Fremont and Wallingford neighborhoods, Seattle, circa 1906
Handwritten on sleeve: Pan Phinney Dist.Photographer's Reference Number: 6093
ID Number:1983.10.7717.2
Date:Circa 1906
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Automobile excursion on the paved Bothell Highway, circa 1911
The Bothell Highway ran north from Lake City along the northern shore of Lake Washington. It connected Seattle and nearby towns to Bothell. A drive to Bothell was a popular Sunday excursion for citydwellers. The road was first paved in 1911, but the new "waterproof non-skidding and low maintenance" surface turned to a sticky tar. The road was repaved in…
ID Number:1983.10.7724.1
Date:Circa 1911
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Summer home, circa 1912
In the summertime, some Seattle residents enjoyed camping on the shore of Lake Washington and other area lakes and bays. Others spent at least part of the summer at lakeside cabins.In this photo, taken around 1912, a woman and two girls pose for the photographer at their summer house. The cabin seems to be completely decorated for the Fourth of…
ID Number:1983.10.7839
Date:Circa 1912
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Paths along the lakeshore at Madrona Park, circa 1912
Madrona Park was named for its madrona trees. The original owners of the private park built wooden beach swings, lakeside paths, a boat dock, and rustic shelters. Visitors could sit in the swings or follow the path along the lake between Madrona and Leschi. This photo, taken around 1912, shows part of Madrona Park. Webster & Stevens number: 7547
ID Number:1983.10.7868
Date:Circa 1912
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Schertzer Brothers' boathouse and boat building company, circa 1909
Between 1901 and 1917, William and Frank Schertzer operated a boathouse and boat building company on the shores of Lake Washington at Madrona Park. By 1918, the company had moved, possibly because the level of the lake dropped nine or more feet with the opening of the Lake Washington Ship Canal.This photo, taken sometime between 1902 and 1917, shows the…
ID Number:1983.10.7869
Date:Circa 1909
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Kirkland from Lake Washington, 1906
In 1888, Seattle investors convinced British industrialist Peter Kirk to open a steel mill in Kirkland, named in his honor. They hoped that the Moss Bay Iron and Steel Works, reorganized in 1890 as the Great Western Iron and Steel Company, would turn Kirkland into the Pittsburgh of the West. The city boomed as speculators subdivided land and built substantial…
ID Number:1983.10.7887
Date:1906