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Image of Two women Mountaineers on way to Rockdale showing Denny Mountain and Snoqualmie River, September 7, 1914
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Two women Mountaineers on way to Rockdale showing Denny Mountain and Snoqualmie River, September 7, 1914

Part of an album recounting trips made by the Mountaineers between 1913 and 1916. This photograph shows a Labor Day outing of the Mountaineers that included three days of hiking as well as working on the lodge. These women are on their way back to the train station in Rockdale at the end of the weekend.
ID Number:2011.3.3.7
Date:1914
Image of Crescent Manufacturing Company Social Association Picnic, Halls Lake, July 12, 1919
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Crescent Manufacturing Company Social Association Picnic, Halls Lake, July 12, 1919

The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and the following year consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington.The handwritten note on this photograph…
ID Number:2011.114.84
Date:1919
Image of Deed to City of Seattle for Carkeek Park property, Seattle, August 21, 1918
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Deed to City of Seattle for Carkeek Park property, Seattle, August 21, 1918

Seattle’s original Carkeek Park was located on Lake Washington, roughly where Magnuson Park is today. English-born Seattle businessman and contractor Morgan J. Carkeek had come to Seattle in 1875. In 1919, he and his wife gave some 23 acres of land on Lake Washington to the City of Seattle for a park, to be called “Carkeek Park”. On August 21,…
ID Number:2012.3.3
Date:1918
Image of Handmade china cabinet at Renfro residence, Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910
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Handmade china cabinet at Renfro residence, Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910

Beaux Arts Village, a lakeside community near Bellevue, Washington, was originally established in 1908 by several Seattle members of the Society of Beaux Arts, including Alfred Renfro. The isolated artists colony, created for members to live and work in a natural setting, included ten acres for community outdoor recreation, art studios and craft workshops. At the time there was no…
ID Number:2013.39.3.1
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Window seat at Renfro residence, Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910
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Window seat at Renfro residence, Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910

Beaux Arts Village, a lakeside community near Bellevue, Washington, was originally established in 1908 by several Seattle members of the Society of Beaux Arts, including artist, editorial cartoonist, photographer, and architect Alfred Renfro (1877-1964). The isolated artists colony, created for members to live and work in a natural setting, included ten acres for community outdoor recreation, art studios, and craft…
ID Number:2013.39.3.4
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Handmade table at Renfro residence, Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910
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Handmade table at Renfro residence, Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910

Beaux Arts Village, a lakeside community near Bellevue, Washington, was originally established in 1908 by several Seattle members of the Society of Beaux Arts, including artist, editorial cartoonist, photographer, and architect Alfred Renfro (1877-1964). The isolated artists colony, created for members to live and work in a natural setting, included ten acres for community outdoor recreation, art studios, and craft…
ID Number:2013.39.3.7
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Fireplace in living room at Renfro residence, Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910
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Fireplace in living room at Renfro residence, Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910

Beaux Arts Village, a lakeside community near Bellevue, Washington, was originally established in 1908 by several Seattle members of the Society of Beaux Arts, including artist, editorial cartoonist, photographer, and architect Alfred Renfro (1877-1964). The isolated artists colony, created for members to live and work in a natural setting, included ten acres for community outdoor recreation, art studios, and craft…
ID Number:2013.39.3.9
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Man and girl posing at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910
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Man and girl posing at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910

Beaux Arts Village, a lakeside community near Bellevue, Washington, was originally established in 1908 by several Seattle members of the Society of Beaux Arts, including artist, editorial cartoonist, photographer, and architect Alfred Renfro (1877-1964). The isolated artists colony, created for members to live and work in a natural setting, included ten acres for community outdoor recreation, art studios, and craft…
ID Number:2013.39.18.8
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Beaux Arts Village gazebo on bridge, circa 1910
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Beaux Arts Village gazebo on bridge, circa 1910

Beaux Arts Village, a lakeside community near Bellevue, Washington, was originally established in 1908 by several Seattle members of the Society of Beaux Arts, including artist, editorial cartoonist, photographer, and architect Alfred Renfro (1877-1964). The isolated artists colony, created for members to live and work in a natural setting, included ten acres for community outdoor recreation, art studios, and craft…
ID Number:2013.39.18.12
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Alfred Renfro, Jr. playing in snow at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910
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Alfred Renfro, Jr. playing in snow at Beaux Arts Village, circa 1910

Beaux Arts Village, a lakeside community near Bellevue, Washington, was originally established in 1908 by several Seattle members of the Society of Beaux Arts, including artist, editorial cartoonist, photographer, and architect Alfred Renfro (1877-1964). The isolated artists colony, created for members to live and work in a natural setting, included ten acres for community outdoor recreation, art studios, and craft…
ID Number:2013.39.19.5
Date:Circa 1910
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