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Image of Program for the dedication of Colman Pool, Seattle, July 4, 1941
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Program for the dedication of Colman Pool, Seattle, July 4, 1941

A salt-water pool dug at Lincoln Park in 1926 had mud sides and bottom, and proved to be very popular, so swimming enthusiasts called for constructing a more permanent swimming pool. In 1941, Kenneth Colman and his family, long-time residents of Fauntleroy, donated funds to the city for an outdoor salt-water pool and bathhouse to honor his father, Laurence Colman…
ID Number:2007.39.114.1
Date:1914
Image of Morgan J. Carkeek  posting park rules, Carkeek Park, Seattle, circa 1918
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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
Image of Park Ranger Charles Browne with ice axe near crevasse, Mount Rainier National Park,  circa 1930
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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
Image of Park Ranger Charles Browne and climbing party, Mount Rainer National Park, 1930
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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
Image of Ski school students and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
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Ski school students and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961

In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.910
Date:Circa 1961
Image of Ski school student at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
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Ski school student at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961

In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.911
Date:Circa 1961
Image of Skier at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
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Skier at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961

In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.912
Date:Circa 1961
Image of Ski school student and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
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Ski school student and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961

In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.918
Date:Circa 1961
Image of Ski school students and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
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Ski school students and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961

In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.919
Date:Circa 1961
Image of Ski school student and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
Photograph

Ski school student and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961

In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.920
Date:Circa 1961
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