Archives Accession # 69

1.1.17e. Historic Arboretum Photographs 1937-1977 (box 2)

Date statement: : 1937-1977
Summary:

 1 small file box 8" x 6" x 2 1/2", containing 66 photographs of the Washington Park Arboretum

Description:

 Those labelled include:
North entrance to Washington Park Arboretum on Lake Washington Blvd. (2 copies).
Arboretum May 1938 [aerial photograph].
Arboretum May 1938 [aerial photograph, different view].
Lester Fey (of Arthur B. Loveless, Architects) Designs for Gatehouses @ WPA 1936 [3 drawings].
Wash. Park Blvd.
Start of Azalea Way 1936.
Middle gatehouse.
Nov. 11, 1942 Arboretum vertical at 10,000'.
Rhododendron Glen site.
South Entrance road 1935, by Leissler.
Arboretum Nov. 1947/ Former city dump site, looking north/Lagoon on right behind willows.
Greenhouse complex 1935.
Pond dredger 1938.
Old park barn 1935.
Middle gatehouse.
April 6, 1949/Looking south down Azalea Way.
Wa. Park Blvd. 1935.
Wash. Park Blvd. 1935. 
Wa. Park Blvd. '35.
South end of Arb c. 1936/Leissler.
WPA workmen mixing concrete for Arboretum greenhouse construction.
WPA workmen building.
Back cover.
WPA workers making cedar rails at Arb. 1/28/1936.
WPA workers along Madison Street 1936 Leissler.
Along Madison Street 1936 Leissler.
S. end playground 1935.
south end Arb 1936 Leissler.
S. end Arb 1936 Leissler
South end Arb 1936 Leissler.
July 1977/Minoru Takahashi/Japanese Garden Arboretum/ photo by Joy Spurr.
Arbor Day Planting/April 8, 1964/Professor Brockman speaking.
View from the north end of the Arboretum across Union Bay toward the University.
Fred Leissler choosing alpines for Seattle Garden Club Show circa 1938.
Mr. E. L. Reber, 1938/Regional V.P. of American Rock Garden Society.
Probably the service road above rhododendron glen, view north/"splendid opportunity for a vast fern planting" (from original).
Installing drainage system in Rhododendron Glen - 1938.
April 16, 1937/WPA work on new Arboretum greenhouse.
Greenhouse site.
Site - Rhododendron Glen 1937.
Site - Rhododendron Glen 1937.
Arboretum nursery circa 1939.
Greenhouse complex 1936.
Greenhouse Construction 1935.
Sprinkler system.
Site - Rhododendron Glen 1937.
Upper nursery site.
Gatehouse - s. end of Arboretum.
Middle Nursery Site.
Upper Nursery.
Rhododendron Glen.

1947-49,"Arboretum photos annotated by Brian O. Mulligan," envelope with 25 2x3" photos.  Names included:
3/10/1948, Earl Brown, Henning Ross, F. White, Homer Hartsell.
3/10/1948, Homer Hartsell, L. Michaud, Earl Brown.
3/10/1984, Earl Brown, Homer Hartsell, F. White, L. Michaud.
3/10/1948, "Mich," Al. Logdahl, Homer Hartsell.
6/14/1947, "Office at Arboretum."

Accession date: 2012-03-06 Last updated: 2025-03-19 14:25:52
Subjects: Washington Park Arboretum--infrastructure, Washington Park Arboretum--history, Washington Park Arboretum

Names	Role	Function
Fey, Lester		Subject
Leissler, Frederick, 1904-1989		Subject
Takahashi, Minoru, 1891-1983		Subject
Brockman, C. Frank		Subject
Reber, E.L.		Subject

Location	Note
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