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Past Post: Lake Union, Ballard, Fremont

February 18th, 2009 @ 1:05 am by Cliffe | Sorted Past Post |
Past Postcard today is showing Lake Union, Ballard, and Fremont.
and penis growth
The timestamp is hard to see, but you can guess this post is probably around 100 years old.
late penis growth
Lawrence writes, I transcribe (probably incorrectly):
Well Claudia am having a good time on my furlough. Hope you are fine. All sands. Their best. Yours as ever, Lawrence.
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Lake Union, Showing Ballard and Fremont In The Distance. Seattle.
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4002 Lowman & Hanford S. & P. Co. Publishers. Seattle, Washington. Pr inted in Germany.

6 Responses to “Past Post: Lake Union, Ballard, Fremont”

  1. striatic says:
    February 18, 2009 at 2:21 am

    incredible to think that’s eastlake in the foreground. i can see where i’m sitting right now and it’s just .. trees.

    looks like it took a while for eastlake’s development to start up, compared to fremont and wallingford.

  2. Martha says:
    February 18, 2009 at 5:50 am

    How about “All sends their best.” meaning everyone. Bad grammar as well as poor penmanship.

  3. Shannon says:
    February 18, 2009 at 8:54 am

    Isn’t this sort of the same vantage point, this photo taken in 1891?:

    http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm-desmo/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/warner&CISOPTR=36&CISOBOX=1&REC=1

    There are way more houses in the photo than in the postcard. Were postcards doctored that much, to show a more idyllic and pastoral scene? Or else this postcard was painted from a photo older than 1891.

  4. Colin says:
    February 19, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Allegan, MI is a nice town.

  5. striatic says:
    February 20, 2009 at 1:52 am

    Shannon, the photo you link to was taken from 10th and Union, considerably further South than the image on the postcard, which aligns more to Boylston Ave E where it deviates from Lakeview.

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=seattle+10th+ave+and+union&sll=47.624157,-122.322121&sspn=0.018367,0.039182&ie=UTF8&ll=47.636608,-122.325811&spn=0.009181,0.019591&t=h&z=16

    Notice how Fairview curves along the water’s edge, as it does on the postcard?

    The image you’ve linked to captures most of South Lake Union, which would be well out of frame to the left from the postcard’s angle.

  6. dan says:
    February 23, 2009 at 9:06 am

    It looks like the exact same vantage point as your earlier post here:
    http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/01/12/lake-union-from-high-1912/

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