316 results for: Recreation
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Carl Henry Moen in barrel on beach at Salmon Bay, Seattle, 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:1980.6880.266
Date:Circa 1910
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Swimmers at Ballard Beach, Seattle, circa 1913
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:1980.6880.307
Date:Circa 1913
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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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Group listening to wax cylinder recordings on Ballard Beach, Seattle, circa 1913
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:1980.6880.317
Date:Circa 1913
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Lake Washington Casino at Leschi Park, Seattle, circa 1890
As Seattle’s wooded hills were logged, realtors developed the newly cleared lands. To attract prospective buyers to the new house lots, developers built a cable car line from Pioneer Square to the shores of Lake Washington, at what is now Leschi, and opened an amusement park there in 1888. Seattle entertainment manager John Cort opened his Lake Washington Casino (later…
ID Number:1980.6923.61
Date:Circa 1890
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Campbells and others at Chautauqua log cabin, 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:1980.7025.15
Date:1890
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Campbell and Corliss families near tents at Chautauqua, 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:1980.7025.16
Date:1890
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Group of people and tents on Vashon Island, 1885
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:1980.7025.19
Date:1885
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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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Boat Friendship sailing on opening Day of Boating Season, May 6, 1978
The Seattle Yacht Club's Opening Day is the nation's largest regional celebration of water, spring, and the opening of boating season. A tradition since 1920, the parade of boats starts at noon the first Saturday in May with a cannon blast, while spectators line both sides of the Montlake Cut to view the boats as they enter Lake Washington. In…
ID Number:1981.7263.5.1
Date:1978