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Campers at Lake Washington, 1900

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Some of the parks on Seattle's Lake Washington provided platforms for tent camping. City dwellers could escape to the woods and spend the warm summer days and nights by the lakeshore.

This photo, taken by Anders Wilse for the Seattle Photo Company, shows a shady campsite by the shores of Lake Washington. A canoe and several other small boats are hauled up on the beach. Behind the canoe, a fringed hammock hangs in the shade between two trees (center). A man lounges on the steps of his tent platform (right).
ID Number: Lib1988.33.100
Date: 1900
Creator(s): Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : glass, b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 in.
Additional Information: View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv05483
Credit: MOHAI, Anders Beer Wilse Photographs, Lib1988.33.100
Copyright: No Known Copyright