February 5th, 2010 @ 12:25 am by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure
Today’s photo exposure shows Seattle’s Children’s Orthopedic Hospital as photographed by Max R. Jensen. Though it was founded in 1907 by the Clise family, Children’s Hospital has been at its current Laurelhurst neighborhood spot sine 1953. Click on the thumbnail for the high res copy. Who can help w/ the cars in order to date the photo?
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| The Children’s Orthopedic Hospital, Seattle, Washington. Organized in 1907 and internationally famous as a medical center. Approximately 61% of care is free care. Over 260 top Seattle doctors volunteer their services and more than 16,500 women belong to the Hospital Guilds and Auxiliaries. Color photo by Max R. Jensen. |
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February 5th, 2010 @ 8:40 am
The cars in the parking lot suggest the photo was taken not long after the Laurelhurst hospital opened, perhaps about 1955. There is at least one 1954-5 model Chevrolet or Pontiac in the picture along with a circa 1964 model Ford. Is there a Jensen archive somewhere? If so, more exact dates could probably be ascertained.
February 5th, 2010 @ 9:33 am
I would say the same thing based not on the cars, but on the landscaping. The trees have only just been slotted in, and the peripheral treatments (at the edges of the parking surface) look unfinished–no turf or bark at all.
February 5th, 2010 @ 10:44 am
There is a 55 or 56 Ford in the parking lot, that is the newest that I see.
Steve
February 5th, 2010 @ 1:23 pm
Much ado about parking lots in those days, photographically speaking. Fun for the car enthusiasts here, but I get the sense that people were really excited by the sight of so much space for automobiles.
February 5th, 2010 @ 7:31 pm
I noticed the freshly planted trees - but also the grease that had already collected in the parking spaces! Dirtier cars back then. Or was the lot open a long time before the plantings were put in? Seems unlikely.
February 5th, 2010 @ 7:42 pm
That black&white car middle-left is the newest in this photo. A 1956 Ford.
February 5th, 2010 @ 11:39 pm
E.O. Pederson: I asked Max R. Jensen about dating his shots and postcards and he told me he didn’t know of a way to decode the numbers on the back to get a certain date.