650 results for: Lake Washington
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Canadian military band in front of the Vancouver Daily World headquarters at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds were located on the campus of the University of Washington. Several of the buildings and the landscaping survive, continuing to shape the layout of the campus. This photo shows Canadian military bugle and drum band posing in front…
ID Number:1990.73.122
Date:1909
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Aerial of Snoqualmie Falls, near Snoqualmie, circa 1965
The Snoqualmie River drops 268 feet at Snoqualmie Falls. The waterfall was spiritually important to the Snoqualmie people who once lived in the area and was a scenic wonder to the settlers who came later. After the Seattle, Lake Shore, and Eastern Railway was built along the south shore in 1889, the falls became a popular place for day trips…
ID Number:1994.27.160
Date:Circa 1965
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Fire Chief Vickery with Lake City Lions Club members, Seattle, 1971
Civic leader Gordon Franklin Vickery (1920-1996) began his service to the City of Seattle in 1946 with the fire department. During his tenure as Chief from 1963-1972 he won praise for his efforts to hire minorities and women. In 1968, Chief Vickery began discussions with Dr. Leonard Cobb, Chief of Cardiology at Harborview, about training firefighters in emergency life-saving techniques.…
ID Number:1995.31.15
Date:1971
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Guendolen Plestcheeff, Paris, 1931
Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff (1892-1994) was born in Seattle in 1892 at the First Hill mansion home of her parents, British-born Seattle pioneers Morgan and Emily Carkeek. Guendolen was sent to Europe for schooling at age 13 and spent much of the adult life traveling between Seattle and Europe. Following in the footsteps of her mother, who founded the Seattle Historical…
ID Number:1995.71.99
Date:1931
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Moran-Lakeside School mailer, Seattle, 1921
In 1919, Frank G. Moran, founder of the Moran School for Boys on Bainbridge Island, opened an additional boys’ school on Lake Washington in Seattle’s Denny-Blaine district. Named Moran-Lakeside School, it lasted for four years before a series of changes in ownership, name, and location. Today, as Lakeside School, it serves both boys and girls at its campus in North…
ID Number:1996.55.4
Date:1921
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Seattle Photo-Engravers Union engravers picnic, Lake Wilderness, 1938
In the summer of 1938, members of the Seattle Photo-Engravers Union and their families gathered at Lake Wilderness for their annual picnic, and posed for this informal panoramic group photo. The men, women, and children show a variety of ages and clothing styles.Lake Wilderness, near Maple Valley, Washington, became a popular resort area in the 1920s. Handwritten on verso: Photo…
ID Number:1997.18.99
Date:1938
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Edward and Abbie Denny Lindsley posing for wedding portrait, Seattle, 1877
Abilene Lucinda "Abbie" Denny (1858-1915) was born in Seattle to pioneers David Thomas Denny (1832–1903) and Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827–1916). In 1877 she married Edward Lawrence Lindsley (1853-1933) who had been born in Wisconsin to Aaron and Maria Newell Lindsley. Abbie Lindsley was a well-known painter and writer, using the pen-names "Chelana" and "Sagebrush." Together the Lindsleys had at least…
ID Number:1999.42.1
Date:1877
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Gene Achziger and his Bubbleator greenhouse, Des Moines, Washington, December 8, 1988
In this image Gene Achziger adjusts the doors on the 1962 Seattle World's Fair Bubbleator, converted to a greenhouse at his Redondo home in the 1980s. The Bubbleator was a 19-foot wide, 3,000 pound, bubble-shaped transparent hydraulic elevator, built specifically for the fair's "World of Tomorrow" exhibit in the Washington State Coliseum (later Key Arena, and as of 2021 Climate…
ID Number:2000.107.002.14.01
Date:1988
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Students in substance abuse support group, Lake Washington High School, Seattle, April 28, 1989
In this image Lake Washington High School students attend a year-long, one credit course addressing issues the students face as former addicts. The student at left, speaks freely of his family problems as the other two listen. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.006.09.01
Date:1989
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Family riding on Bicycle Sunday, Seattle, May 28, 1972
From April through September, Lake Washington Boulevard has often been closed to cars for Bicycle Sundays. The route ran from Mount Baker to Seward Park. The weather for the May 1972 event was sunny and warm, and many cyclists took part.Here, a man pedals his bicycle along the boulevard, carrying one toddler in a framed backpack and another on a…
ID Number:2000.107.021.23.02
Date:1972