In 1917, a committee from the University of Washington offered campus facilities to the United States Navy, which decided to build a temporary Naval Training Station on campus grounds along Portage Bay on Lake Union (near the area now occupied by the UW Health Sciences Center). The station was established on August 1, 1917, and before the camp closed in 1919, over 5,000 men had been trained there for both naval and naval aviation units.
This photograph of the U.S. Naval Training Station looks northeast from the Montlake neighborhood over Portage Bay toward the University District. The Montlake Cut is visible here in about the center of the image between Portage Bay and Union Bay, however the permanent Montlake Bridge wasn't opened until 1925.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : b&w ; 16.5 x 7 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.
