Seattle-area nuns walking on beach at Grayland, WA, August 1960

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Image of Seattle-area nuns walking on beach at Grayland, WA, August 1960 — a1986.5.6047.2

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Seattle-area nuns walking on beach at Grayland, WA, August 1960

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A group of nuns from the Order of Saint Benedict enjoyed their summer vacation at the beach in Grayland. In this image, they enjoy a walk along the shore. From left to right are Sisters Ebba, Lydia, Rita, and Agnes. After a weeklong break they returned "refreshed and strengthened" to their routine duties of teaching school in the Seattle and Tacoma area.

Caption information source: “Happy Nuns on Vacation,” by Stan Reed, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 21, 1960, page 1.

ID Number: 1986.5.6047.2

Date: 1960

Creator(s): Brownell, Tom, Photographer

Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 2.25 x 2.25 in.

Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.6047.2, photo by Tom Brownell

Subjects: Recreation, Religion and Spirituality