Comments on: On Leave 1954

By: Matt the Journeyman

Matt the Journeyman — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:14:21 +0000

In the last shot, the metal grating between the photographer’s car and the cars up ahead gives me sweet memories — I can here the sudden dissonant drone and feel my teeth rattling a little bit — as do the guide pilings up ahead at the donut. Thanks for sharing these with us Tim!

By: Matt the Journeyman

Matt the Journeyman — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:10:30 +0000

Look at that shiny new concrete, two-story, view-blocking highway traversing the shoreline. I think every littoral municipality should have one!

By: Tim Rosencrans

Tim Rosencrans — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:19:57 +0000

Yes its definitely Alaskan and Colombia shot from the Colman Dock building. The building and the viaduct match perfectly. Thanks

Note now I can clearly read the sign on the other building its”Alaska Native Industries Cooperative Association”. Its the only thing other than the viaduct that still exists, though they have moved quite a ways down the road.

By: Alan J. Stein

Alan J. Stein — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:11:08 +0000

The mystery intersection shot would have been most likely taken from the platform in front of the old Colman Dock building, where the pedestrian overpass connected. You can see a little bit of the building on the far right.

A front view of the building is here

http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/imlsmohai&CISOPTR=557&CISOMODE=thumb

A better view of the platform, taken when the building housed the Black Ball offices, can be seen here

http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/curtis&CISOPTR=1162&CISOMODE=thumb

And for a similar shot as the one in question, here’s a 1951 view during construction of the Viaduct

http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~scripts/nph-brs.exe?s1=colman+dock&S2=&S3=&l=100&Sect7=THUMBON&Sect6=HITOFF&Sect5=PHOT1&Sect4=AND&Sect3=PLURON&d=PHO3&p=1&u=%2F%7Epublic%2Fphot1.htm&r=13&f=G