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Image of Green Lake, Seattle, circa 1912
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Green Lake, Seattle, circa 1912

Handwritten on sleeve: Woodland Park - Green Lake.Photographer's Reference Number: 7515
ID Number:1983.10.7849.2
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Man with large tree in Ravenna Park, Seattle, circa 1911
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Man with large tree in Ravenna Park, Seattle, circa 1911

Handwritten on sleeve: Ravenna Park.Photographer's Reference Number: 8140
ID Number:1983.10.7952.1
Date:Circa 1911
Image of Woodland Park, Seattle, circa 1910
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Woodland Park, Seattle, circa 1910

Guy Phinney developed Woodland Park during the 1890s. The park had gardens, a zoo, a large greenhouse, and many miles of winding paths through the woods. At that time, Woodland Park included Green Lake. Handwritten on sleeve: Woodland Park Playground.Webster & Stevens number: 17267
ID Number:1983.10.8974
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Volunteer Park, 1910
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Volunteer Park, 1910

Seattle's Volunteer Park was named in honor of the men who served in the 1898 Spanish American War. The Olmsted Brothers' 1909 plan for the park included lawns, gardens, pavilions, and play areas which were designed to harmonize with the surrounding Capitol Hill neighborhood.This photo shows an area of Volunteer Park, with rose gardens, lawns, winding paths, and a water…
ID Number:1983.10.8981.1
Date:1910
Image of Boy picking berries in Salmon Bay Park, Seattle, circa 1910
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Boy picking berries in Salmon Bay Park, Seattle, circa 1910

In the 1890s, residents of the young community of Ballard began clearing brush and trees from a tract of land surrounded by streets named "Sloop," "Canoe," and "Brig" to create the first dedicated park in the area. After annexation into Seattle in 1907, it was called Salmon Bay Park, after the name of the real estate addition. The Park Board…
ID Number:1983.10.9008.2
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Volunteer Park music pavilion, Seattle, circa 1912
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Volunteer Park music pavilion, Seattle, circa 1912

Seattle's Volunteer Park was named in honor of the men who served in the 1898 Spanish American War. The Olmsted Brothers' 1909 plan for the park included lawns, gardens, pavilions, and play areas which were designed to harmonize with the surrounding Capitol Hill neighborhood. Handwritten on sleeve: Pan Volunteer Park Music Pavillion [sic]. Photographer's Reference Number: 19617
ID Number:1983.10.9228.1
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Canoe Pass at Deception Pass, circa 1912
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Canoe Pass at Deception Pass, circa 1912

The firm of Webster & Stevens took a series of scenic pictures of the Puget Sound region. Some of them were made into post cards. In this photo, a small boat is dwarfed by the rocky cliffs of Deception Pass. Tne narrow pass, which runs between Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands, is well known for its strong and dangerous currents. Webster…
ID Number:1983.10.9367.1
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Lake Washington Boulevard at Mount Baker, circa 1913
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Lake Washington Boulevard at Mount Baker, circa 1913

In 1903, the Olmsted Brothers, a noted firm of New York landscape architects, produced a plan for Seattle's parks. Part of this plan involved a boulevard winding along the western shore of Lake Washington from the university campus to Seward Park.This photo, taken around 1913, shows a stretch of Lake Washington Boulevard at the foot of College Street in the…
ID Number:1983.10.9642
Date:Circa 1913
Image of Mount Baker Park, Seattle, circa 1914
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Mount Baker Park, Seattle, circa 1914

Handwritten on sleeve: Mt. Baker Park.Photographer's Reference Number: 36471
ID Number:1983.10.9705
Date:Circa 1914
Image of Nisqually Glacier, Rainier National Park, May 1915
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Nisqually Glacier, Rainier National Park, May 1915

Starting around 1915, The Seattle Times ran a series of articles describing auto tours Seattle drivers could make to nearby scenic spots. One of these ran to Mount Rainier and included a stop at Nisqually Glacier. The newspaper reported, "a walk of five minutes takes the visitor to the very mouth of the glacier from which shoots the Nisqually River.…
ID Number:1983.10.10044
Date:1915
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