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Aerial view of Evergreen Point Floating Bridge construction, Seattle, January 18, 1962
Order an ImageThis aerial photograph was taken during construction of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, on January 18, 1962. The direction is facing north, with the construction in the foreground, and Husky Stadium and the University of Washington campus beyond.
The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge carries State Route 520 across Lake Washington and was second bridge to cross the lake. The bridge is 1.4 miles long and crosses from Union Bay, located just south of the University of Washington, to Evergreen Point in the city of Medina. The bridge opened after three years of construction on August 28, 1963.
John Fraser Vallentyne (1928-2002) was an aerial photographer for The Boeing Co. and a staff photographer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the 1950s-1960s.
Caption information source: "Evergreen Point Floating Bridge opens on August 28, 1963," Phil Dougherty, http://www.historylink.org/File/690
Caption information source: "John F. Vallentyne, photographer, dies at 74," by D. Parvaz, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 1, 2002
The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge carries State Route 520 across Lake Washington and was second bridge to cross the lake. The bridge is 1.4 miles long and crosses from Union Bay, located just south of the University of Washington, to Evergreen Point in the city of Medina. The bridge opened after three years of construction on August 28, 1963.
John Fraser Vallentyne (1928-2002) was an aerial photographer for The Boeing Co. and a staff photographer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the 1950s-1960s.
Caption information source: "Evergreen Point Floating Bridge opens on August 28, 1963," Phil Dougherty, http://www.historylink.org/File/690
Caption information source: "John F. Vallentyne, photographer, dies at 74," by D. Parvaz, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 1, 2002
ID Number: 2009.23.101
Date: 1962
Creator(s):
Vallentyne, John, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, John Vallentyne Collection, 2009.23.101
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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