This image of the construction of the temporary Naval Training Station was taken on October 1, 1918. The training camp was active from August 1, 1917 to 1919, during which time over 5,000 mostly college students and graduates from University of Washington, Washington State College, and Oregon colleges, were trained for both naval and naval aviation units. The two buildings in the background were built for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909; the Oriental Foreign Exhibit Building is at the left edge of the frame, and the Washington State Building is on the right edge of the frame.
Inscribed on negative: 10-1-'18 Embossed on recto: Frank H. Nowell, 1212 Fourth Ave., Seattle, U. S. A. Handwritten on verso: UW Naval Station Photographer's number: 19361-C
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on linen : b&w ; 7.75 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv08561
Credit: MOHAI, H.W. McCurdy Collection on the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co., 1955.970.500.8.1
