Do You Know These Skiers?
April 14th, 2008 @ 1:02 am by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure
Julie Kerssen, archivist at the Seattle Municipal Archives, wrote in to let me know that they’ve just launched a Flickr site. If you love the Seattle Municipal Archives like I do, then you’ll want to check it out for the offbeat items they’re posting. Julie and her colleagues are also looking for some help in identifying the women in their Sails and Trails Club collection. Julie writes:
One of our Flickr sets is of the Sails & Trails Club. This club organized low-cost recreational outings for adult (mostly working) women in the 1930s and 1940s. We recently acquired a set of photos of club activities, but we don’t know who the women are or where they were. We’re hoping that by putting the photos “out there,” perhaps someone will recognize a mother or aunt and be able to tell us more about the photos. I’m not sure if this is appropriate for your blog or not, but if so, we’d really appreciate your help in getting the word out that the set is there and that we’re looking for help with identifications.
Sails and Trails Club Flickr Collection
Sails and Trails Club Flickr Collection
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| Possibly at Hyak. Photograph courtesy Dorothy Brekke Sails and Trails Photograph Collection, Seattle Municipal Archives. |
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| Possibly at Hyak. Photograph courtesy Dorothy Brekke Sails and Trails Photograph Collection, Seattle Municipal Archives. |
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| Possibly at Hyak. Photograph courtesy Dorothy Brekke Sails and Trails Photograph Collection, Seattle Municipal Archives. |
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| Possibly at Hyak. Photograph courtesy Dorothy Brekke Sails and Trails Photograph Collection, Seattle Municipal Archives. |
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| Possibly at Hyak. Photograph courtesy Dorothy Brekke Sails and Trails Photograph Collection, Seattle Municipal Archives. |
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| Possibly at Hyak. Photograph courtesy Dorothy Brekke Sails and Trails Photograph Collection, Seattle Municipal Archives. |
April 14th, 2008 @ 1:50 pm
Historical photos!
April 15th, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
Hyak is probably a good guess. The railroad built a jump there and at Leavenworth to promote winter tourism. In the first picture there is what appears to me to be a snow shed over the tracks in the background.
I love the single pole, yes, that was the style then. I learned to ski on seven foot long wooden skis just like those in the pictue. One foot for every year of age I guess.
Did you know there used to be a ski lift at Paradise on Mount Rainier? They had to take it down in the spring and put it back up in the fall. Somewhere I have a photo of me sking there as a young boy (circa 1954), I will have to look for it.