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Ephemera
Don't Fail to See Ravenna (or Big Tree Park), 1909
Seattle's Ravenna Park was among the few areas that escaped the logger's ax in the late 1800s, thus preserving stunning examples of giant old-growth Douglas Firs. Centered around a stream that ran from Green Lake to Union Bay, the park opened in 1887 as Ravenna Springs Park, named for the Italian town which sits beside an ancient forest. Owners William…
ID Number:1987.69.2
Date:1909
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Group of people on top of Mount Pilchuck, circa 1900
Joseph Swartz was a shingle mill owner in Granite Falls, Washington, in the 1890s and early 1900s. By 1908, he had relocated his business to Everett. Swartz was also an amateur photographer. His images of family, friends and local scenery, all on glass plate negatives, document life in Snohomish County at the turn of the 19th century.This Swartz photo shows…
ID Number:1991.40.220
Date:Circa 1900
Postcard
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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Great Northern Railway snowshed no. 2-B, circa 1898
In the steep areas of Stevens Pass, Washington, where avalanches were common, Great Northern Railway workers built snowsheds to keep snow off the railroad tracks. Early snowsheds were built of logs which were easily cut in the nearby woods. This photo, taken around 1898 by Norwegian photographer Anders Wilse, shows a log snowshed near Stevens Pass.
ID Number:1994.44.12
Date:Circa 1898
Postcard
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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Emil Schanno standing on bridge near Alki Point, Seattle, 1890
Emil Sabastian Schanno (1872-1936) was born in The Dalles, Oregon, to Charles Francis Schanno (1833-1889), a brewer born in France, and Emma Hannah (Bartlett) Schanno (1848-1894). In 1904 in Walla Walla Emil married Alice May (Cameron) Schanno (1869-1952); by 1910 they were living near Alki Point in West Seattle, where they operated one of the area's first restaurants, at 2758…
ID Number:2000.52.21
Date:1890
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Lloyd Anderson resting on Howser Spire, British Columbia, 1941
In this image Lloyd Anderson rests after climbing Howser Spire in the Purcell range in British Columbia. During the 1930s and 1940s, Anderson logged many first ascents in the Cascades in Washington and the Bugaboos in Canada. In his lifetime, he scaled 400 peaks, subsequently writing about those experiences in his "Climbing Notebook," published in 1980.Avid outdoorspeople Lloyd Alva Anderson…
ID Number:2000.107.008.02.01
Date:1941
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Lloyd and Mary Anderson pose in climbing gear, December 15, 1946
Avid outdoorspeople Lloyd Alva Anderson (1902-2000) and his wife Mary Gaiser Anderson (1910-2017) learned climbing techniques through a Mountaineers class taught by Wolf Bauer (1912-2016). The inability to find high-quality, inexpensive climbing gear led them and 21 mountaineering friends to found the retail cooperative Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) in 1938, enabling them to buy gear in bulk from Europe and…
ID Number:2000.107.008.02.02
Date:1946
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Jimmy Carter speaking to media after viewing Mt. St. Helens eruption zone, Kelso, May 22, 1980
Jimmy Carter (1924-2024) was the Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was both the longest-lived and the longest-retired President in US history. After leaving the White House, Carter worked on fighting communicable disease, helped build housing for low-income families, and promoted human rights, for which he…
ID Number:2000.107.032.36.05
Date:1980
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Beverly and Frank Herbert at home, Port Townsend, September 11, 1979
In this image Tacoma-born author Frank Herbert (1920-1986) and his wife Beverly sit in the living room of their home. Mounted on the wall between the paintings (original works by John Schoenherr for a "Dune" calendar) is a control panel for the home's solar heating system. An avid alternative energy experimenter, Herbert created his own solar collector, wind plant, and…
ID Number:2000.107.087.11.02
Date:1979