Though the enrollment number is a touch out of date (it’s now up past 30k), the imagery stands up in this 1941 vintage postcard showing the University of Washington and Seattle Yacht Club. The succinct card was sent from Marie and John to the Lochner Family of Baltimore, Maryland. The front shows a linen-era hand-tinted Asahel Curtis photo. Click on the image for more resolution.
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Front: University Of Washington And Seattle Yacht Club, Seattle, Washington. Showing Mt. Baker In Distance.
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Back: The University of Washington was founded in 1861, just ten years after Seattle was settled. It has a 583 acre campus and now boasts an enrollment of more than 10,000 students. Lake Washington, shown to the left, is one of the three large fresh water lakes located within the city limits. Postcard sent 1941 to Baltimore, Maryland.
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What’s that road reaching all the way down to Portage Bay?
That road must no longer exist as that area is now covered with the hospital complex. It looks like a golf course with sand traps. Also, the poplars along the west edge of Montlake are still there, visible on the Google Earth view. Asahel Curtis died in 1941, so I’m guessing this image
might be a bit older, especially with the lack of development. It’s also odd that the card states that Lake Washington is shown to the left, but I guess Portage Bay is part of Lake Washington.
Perhaps 15th Ave. NE?
Portage Bay is part of Lake Union, I thought.
The UW golf course was removed in the about 1955. They have(or had) a nice aerial shot of it at the UW driving range