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Welcome to the third installment of our look at the 1961 pamphlet “Seattle, The Nation’s Most Beautiful City”! Thanks again to John Chilson of Lost Oregon (formerly Stumptown Confidential, which was all lost due to a hosting problem) for sending it to me. This time ’round we’ve got aerial shots of Rainier, Lake Washington Ship Canal, Pier 91, and more. Give them a look.

“A well known world traveler once said that Stockholm, Sweden, was the most beautiful city in Europe; Seattle, Washington, the most beautiful in America. Though controversial, this remark about Seattle, we believe, is true. Many ‘pretty’ cities have their particular points of attractiveness, but none has such a complete variety of natural beauty within its city limits.”

Symbolic of Seattle’s basic economy of aircraft manufacturing is this Boeing-made 720 jet, flying high over Seattle. Seen in the photo is the eight-mile-long Lake Washington Ship Canal system which extends from Lake Washington to Puget Sound. Body of water at top of photo is Lake Washington; water at upper right is Lake Union, and water at upper left is Green Lake.

A view of Seattle and its harbor from the West Seattle district. Trees and ships in right of photo are representative of two industries which led to Seattle’s early growth: lumbering and shipping.

Aerial view of Seattle’s U.S. Naval Supply Depot at Smith’s Cove in Elliott Bay. The carrier USS Bennington is shown berthed at Pier 91.

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