672 results for: Lake Washington
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Morgan and Emily Carkeek and others at Carkeek Park annual luncheon, Seattle, 1923
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:2008.3.1.46.19
Date:1923
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Vivian Carkeek and others at Carkeek Park annual luncheon, Seattle, August 28, 1924
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:2008.3.1.46.22
Date:1924
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Husky Stadium filled with spectators for President Harding's address, Seattle, July 27, 1923
On July 27, 1923, President Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) arrived in Seattle from Alaska as part of a 40-day tour of the Western United States. His short six-hour stay included a review of the Navy fleet in Elliott Bay, a parade through downtown, greeting schoolchildren at Volunteer Park, speaking to a huge crowd of boys at Woodland Park, making an…
ID Number:2008.7.3
Date:1923
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View from First Hill toward Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1885
This view from First Hill looking west and north toward Elliott Bay was taken before the Great Seattle Fire in 1889. The large white building in the center of the frame is the Central School, built in 1883 at Sixth Avenue and Madison Street, and destroyed in an 1888 fire; just behind and to the right of Central School is…
ID Number:2008.54.16
Date:Circa 1885
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View looking north toward Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, circa 1885
This image of the city was taken from the roof of Central School, and is facing north, with Seventh Avenue on the right, and Queen Anne Hill straight ahead. Smoke can be seen rising from Western Mill on Lake Union in the distance. On June 6, 1889, the Great Seattle Fire destroyed 25 city blocks, including much of what is…
ID Number:2008.54.17
Date:Circa 1885
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Proposed Plan and Improvement of Salmon Bay Harbor, Seattle, November 1892
Since the city's earliest days, Seattleites proposed canals to cheaply and easily move logs, coal, and other resources between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. Possible routes extended from the Black River at the south end of Lake Washington to canals through Lake Union and Shilshole Bay in the north. A 1891 report commissioned by the federal government explored five possible…
ID Number:2008.54.48
Date:1892
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Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company fire, May 20, 1958
On May 20, 1958, at about 9:25 p.m., a massive fire began that destroyed the Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Co. at Salmon Bay in Ballard. Fireboats poured water on the flames, the largest fire in Seattle since the fire of 1889. Heat from the fire was felt more than two blocks away, and the fire's glow was visible from Tacoma…
ID Number:2009.23.9
Date:1958
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Aerial view of Aurora Bridge over Lake Union, Seattle, April 1960
The Aurora Bridge (officially the George Washington Memorial Bridge) is a cantilever and truss bridge that carries State Route 99 (Aurora Avenue North) over the west end of Seattle's Lake Union. Construction on the bridge piers began in 1929, and the bridge was opened to traffic on February 22, 1932, George Washington's 200th birthday. It was listed on the National…
ID Number:2009.23.31
Date:1960
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Aerial view of Freeway Bridge during Interstate 5 construction, Seattle, January 1961
Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, and Seattle's widest freeway. The section of I-5 connecting Kent to Seattle to Everett was built between 1960-1966, including "Freeway Bridge," shown in this aerial photograph taken in 1961. The direction of the photograph is looking south and slightly west over Lake Union towards…
ID Number:2009.23.57
Date:1961
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Aerial view of Interstate 5 construction at Denny Way, looking north, January 1961
Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, and Seattle's and widest freeway. The section of I-5 connecting Kent to Seattle to Everett was built between 1960-1966, including the section shown in this aerial photograph taken in 1961. The direction of the photograph is looking north, Lake Union is on the left…
ID Number:2009.23.64
Date:1961