650 results for: Lake Washington
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Two women on Lake Washington cycling path, circa 1901
The 1890s boom in bicycling hit Seattle and the rest of the country. Public and private money built a network of bicycle paths in Seattle and out into the wooded countryside. Four tracks were built for bike racing. As the city grew, many of the trails became streets and lost their use as bike paths. This photo shows two women…
ID Number:SHS2968
Date:Circa 1901
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Workers pouring concrete for Beacon Hill reservoir, Seattle, circa 1911
Washington's Cedar River originates in the Cascade Mountain Range and drains into Puget Sound via Lake Washington. Since 1899 the upper Cedar River watershed, and its subsequent reservoirs and pipeline infrastructure, have been operated by Seattle Public Utilities, providing drinking water for about two-thirds of King County. The population of Seattle and King County grew quickly after the establishment of…
ID Number:SHS3768
Date:Circa 1911
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Row of houses in Green Lake area, Seattle, circa 1955
The area near Seattle's Green Lake is filled with small frame houses, many built in the 1920s. This image shows houses on North 76th Street, in the area between Aurora Avenue and Green Lake. Judging by the metal porch railings and the TV antenna, it was likely taken in the 1950s.
ID Number:SHS4259
Date:Circa 1955
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Men and cows at Madison Park, Seattle, August, 1897
The Madison Park neighborhood of Seattle is situated on the western shore of Lake Washington. The Duwamish Peoples who originally inhabited it called it "Where One Chops." After Seattle was founded in the 1850s, the area's first developer, Judge John J. McGilvra (1827-1903), purchased land and opened Madison Street at his own expense in 1864-1865. Madison Park became a favorite…
ID Number:SHS4977
Date:1897
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Seattle skyline and suffragists, 1915
The print pictured here features two panoramic images, one of the Seattle skyline, with many landmarks identified, and the other of a large group of people posing together on a city sidewalk. Most of the individuals are women, and several are proudly displaying copies of The Suffragist, a weekly newspaper published by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage. Handwritten on…
ID Number:SHS5211
Date:1915
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Jensen Motor Boat Company, Seattle, circa 1935
Jensen Motor Boat Company was founded in 1922 by Tony Jensen (1889-1963), a Danish immigrant who came from a family of boat builders. In 1927, Tony, his wife Bessie (1892-1968), and two partners moved the company to 1417 NE Boat Street on Portage Bay. The company specialized in building boats with experimental designs. Sons George (1915-1977) and Anchor (1918-2000) continued…
ID Number:SHS5521
Date:Circa 1935
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Exterior of Yesler School, circa 1893
Yesler School opened in the early 1890s in the new lumber mill town of Yesler, on Lake Washington's Union Bay. The school was located across from the sawmill on Thirty-sixth Avenue NE, just above NE Forty-seventh Street. The school closed in 1918 and the student body moved to Bryant School.In this photo, taken around 1893, the students and teachers of…
ID Number:SHS5568
Date:Circa 1893
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Aerial of Fishermen's Terminal from southwest, Seattle, 1950
For many years, commercial fishermen have kept their boats at Fishermen's Terminal, in Salmon Bay, just west of the Ballard Bridge. This sheltered area of the Lake Washington Ship Canal gives easy access to Puget Sound. Typed on verso: Air view of Salmon Bay Terminal. Largest commercial fishing terminal in U.S., 1950.
ID Number:SHS6172
Date:1950
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Boys with bicycles above Portage Bay, Seattle, circa 1895
Two boys pose for a photograph on a tree stump with their bicycles and one other, likely the photographer's, parked in front. The view behind shows Portage Bay and Lake Washington in the distance. Typed on verso: From what is now Interlaken Blvd. toward Portage Bay at left, Montlake, Lk. Wash. in the distance. 1890's.SHS category: Transportation - Cycling
ID Number:SHS6349
Date:Circa 1895
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Woman sitting on bridge over Ravenna Creek, Seattle, 1910
Before Green Lake was lowered in 1911 to create the park that surrounds the lake, a stream ran from its eastern shore to Union Bay on Lake Union. The creek, Duke Creek, or more commonly, Ravenna Creek, dried up when Green Lake was lowered. Eventually Ravenna Boulevard was built above the old creek bed with soil dredged from the eastern…
ID Number:SHS6500A
Date:1910