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:

 
Envelope labelled "Arboretum people 1972,"15 4x5" glossy photos:
Dr. Chinn, Dr. Martin, Dr. Taylor, Dr. Odegaard,Bob Behnke.
John A. Putnam.
[group at tables, no label].
Dr. F. de Vos.
Brian O. Mulligan.
Brian Mulligan, Dr. P. Seymour.
[group seatedl, no label].
Prentice Bloedel, Mrs. Pringle, Dr. Chinn.
Dr. Robert Legro, Mrs. H.P. [Marjorie] Clausen, John Putnam.
F. Ching.
Joseph A. Witt.
Dr. Roy L Taylor.
"lunch," group at table.
Dr. L. B. Martin.
James Bray - Hoyt Arb., Carl English.
Dr. L. Laking.



July 1977, Minoru Takahashi/Japanese Garden Arboretum/ photo by Joy Spurr.
April 8, 1964, Arbor Day Planting//Professor Brockman speaking.
April 6, 1949/Looking south down Azalea Way.
11/1947, Arboretum, Former city dump site, looking north/Lagoon on right behind willows.
Nov. 11, 1942 Arboretum vertical at 10,000'.
c. 1938, Arboretum nursery circa 1938.
May/1938, Arboretum [aerial photograph].
c. 1938, Fred Leissler choosing alpines for Seattle Garden Club Show.
1938, Mr. E. L. Reber, Regional V.P. of American Rock Garden Society.
1938, Installing drainage system in Rhododendron Glen.
Arboretum May 1938 [aerial photograph, different view].
1938, Pond dredger.
April 16, 1937/WPA work on new Arboretum greenhouse.
Greenhouse site.
1937, Site - Rhododendron Glen.
1937, Site - Rhododendron Glen.
1937, Site - Rhododendron Glen.
Lester Fey (of Arthur B. Loveless, Architects) Designs for Gatehouses @ WPA 1936 [3 drawings].
1936, Start of Azalea Way.
1936, South end of Arb c. 1936/Leissler.
1/28/1936, WPA workers making cedar rails at Arb. (A second, unlabelled photo seems to show the same project.)
1936, WPA workers along Madison Street 1936 Leissler.
1936, Along Madison Street 1936 Leissler.
1936, south end Arb 1936 Leissler.
1936, S. end Arb 1936 Leissler
1936, South end Arb 1936 Leissler.
1936, Greenhouse complex.
1935, South Entrance road, by Leissler.
1935, Greenhouse complex.
1935, Old park barn.
1935, Wa. Park Blvd. 
1935, Wash. Park Blvd. 
1935, Wa. Park Blvd. '35.
1935, Greenhouse Construction.
1935, S. end playground.
n.d., Middle gatehouse.
n.d., Rhododendron Glen site
n.d., Middle gatehouse.
n.d., WPA workmen mixing concrete for Arboretum greenhouse construction.
n.d., WPA workmen building.
n.d., Back cover.
n.d., View from the north end of the Arboretum across Union Bay toward the University.
n.d., Sprinkler system.
n.d., Upper nursery site.
n.d., Gatehouse - s. end of Arboretum.
n.d., Middle Nursery Site.
n.d., Upper Nursery.
n.d., Rhododendron Glen.
n.d., North entrance to Washington Park Arboretum on Lake Washington Blvd. (2 copies).
n.d., Probably the service road above rhododendron glen, view north/"splendid opportunity for a vast fern planting" (from original).
n.d.,Wash. Park Blvd.
[9 photos have no date and no label.]

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.
3/10/1948, 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: 2025-06-17 10:52:11
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

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