Seattle's oldest charity, the Seattle Children's Home originated as the Ladies' Relief Society in April 1884 to aid orphaned children. In the 1930s, the home shifted its emphasis from orphans to troubled children. Beginning in the 1980s, it provided comprehensive treatment and services to troubled youth. In 2012, Seattle Children’s Home merged with Navos, one of the largest providers of community mental health services in Washington State.

In this image, young residents play with blocks and dolls at the Seattle Children's Home on Queen Anne Hill.

Handwritten on negative: Seattle Children's Home
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): November 1, 1946

Caption information source: "Seattle Children's Home," by Dave Wilma, HistoryLink.org Essay 3399
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff.