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

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Image of Seattle-area nuns fishing on beach at Grayland, WA, August 1960 — a1986.5.6047.4

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Seattle-area nuns fishing 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. This image shows two of the nuns fishing at the shoreline. Sister Lydia (left) is waiting for a bite while Sister Rita (right) casts her line. 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: 1986.5.6047.4

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, 1986.5.6047.4, photo by Tom Brownell

Subjects: Recreation, Religion and Spirituality