Second Oldest Photo Of Seattle On NPR
May 4th, 2008 @ 1:35 am by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure
The Washington State History Museum’s Abigail Azote writes in to let us know about a KUOW feature on the second oldest photo of Seattle. It’s not quite as high-res as we’d like, but maybe that means you and I need to head to the museum to see it in person. Take it away, Abigail.
We have an exhibit on now called “Curators’ Choice” which features items selected by six of our curators as their favorite from our permanent collection. Ed Nolan, our head of Special Collections, included an old photo of Seattle in his selection. He talks about it in KUOW’s Sound Focus. You can listen here: http://www.kuow.org/defaultProgram.asp?ID=14786. He describes the photo and the many firsts that it captured.
Abigail Azote
Washington State History Museum
Via E-Mail 5/1/2008
Abigail Azote
Washington State History Museum
Via E-Mail 5/1/2008
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| Robinson panorama photograph of Seattle, Wash., dated 1869. Courtesy of the Washington State Historical Society. |
May 4th, 2008 @ 8:44 am
Anyone know the exact spot where this was taken? Jackson St? King St.?
May 4th, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
Nice to see that the second oldest photo of Seattle is a panorama!
May 4th, 2008 @ 7:01 pm
If this is the second oldest photo of Seattle, what is the oldest?
May 5th, 2008 @ 9:07 am
Was wondering the same thing as Scott — any idea on where the photo is taken from approximately? Presummably it is looking north (since Elliott Bay is on the left). Is the tree covered hill in the middle left of the picture Denny Hill long before regrade? BTW, the link to the KUOW site does not appear to be working (at least at the moment).
May 7th, 2008 @ 1:08 am
Alex:
I believe this is the oldest, from 1865:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/klse/hrs/hrs1-2.jpg
Cliffe