HERITAGE REFLECTOR Summer 2017 Volume XVII Issue 1I

Vision To be a destination heritage A City of Art-How Bellevue’s museum and research facility that enhances Annual Art Celebration Began community identity through the preservation and A highlight of the stewardship of the summertime in Bellevue is Eastside’s history. the annual celebration of art held each July. Today the event is a combination of Mission three festivals: BAM ARTSfair, Bellevue Festival To steward Eastside History of Arts and 6th Street Fair. by actively collecting, Each event offers a variety of preserving, and interpreting unique and beautiful one of documents and artifacts, kind creations, and the and by promoting public opportunity for visitors and residents alike to admire the involvement in, and work of local artists. appreciation of, this heritage through The event first began in 1947 educational programming as the Bellevue Arts and and community outreach. Crafts Fair. During this time, Bellevue was just beginning to develop and the Above: Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair c.1947 at Bellevue Square Mall. Visable is the In this Bellevue Square Mall opened Bel-Vue Theater and Kandy Kane Café. in 1945. Its opening was restaurant with local featured piece at the first fair, followed by other businesses artwork, which patrons Issue such as the Crabapple and his iconic Forest Deity was asked to purchase. The also installed in 1947, and still Restaurant, that opened in positive response from the Recent Accessions……………...2 1946 and was originally stands near Bellevue Square. community, inspired the Collections Corner……………..3 owned by Carl and Patricia Pefley’s through the Pacific Pefley. The restaurant was For more than 60 years this Strawberry Festival………..4-5 Northwest Arts and Crafts annual celebration has evolved famous for the large Association to launch an art Upcoming Events..…………….6 Madrona Tree that stood into a treasured Bellevue show, which became the tradition. From the Pacific Education Corner……………...6 outside its entrance. Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair Northwest Arts and Craft Volunteer Corner……………....7 in 1947. Dudley Carter’s Bird Carl Pefley knew many local EHC Membership ...... 7 artists and decorated his Woman sculpture was the Continued on pg. 2… Summer 2017 HERITAGE REFLECTOR P age 2 ...cont.. from pg. 1

The 6th Street Recent Accessions Fair, Thank you for your donations to the collection: produced by the Bellevue Ron Green – Photos, news Downtown clippings and programs Association (BDA), from the Bellevue Playbarn. has 120 jury selected artists Kim Radcliffe – News showcasing clippings related to William jewelry, home Radcliffe and the Kirkland décor, music, Arts Community. paintings, woodworking and Stu Vander Hoek – more. The fair also Bellevue retail map, 2004 . features hands-on kids’ activities. City of Bellevue Parks Above: Donor Ron Green, acting Department – in a Bellevue Playbarn production, You can check out Architectural elements from c. 1964. #2017.016.009 this year’s art Above: Local artist Dudley Carter's iconic Forest Deity the Philbrook House. celebration on July Bob Shay – State of carving being installed near the Bellevue Square in 28-30, 2017 in Margot Blacker – Minute Women 1947. . Eastside Contemporary photos of lapel pin. Heritage Center will be downtown Bellevue and Association the Bellevue Art Art Eash – 9 foot logging saw, Museum was born. The sharing a booth with the Northtowne community from the Preston area. Bellevue Arts Museum BDA on Friday, July 28 from developments. 10:00am-8:00pm at the 6th ARTSfair today is one of the Richard Curdy – 1980’s Street Fair. JoAnne Matsumura – largest and most prominent Bellevue High School Beacon festivals in the Pacific News clippings, business yearbooks, Barques and other Northwest, cards and matchbooks from BHS ephemera. featuring more around the Eastside. than 300 national Nancy Way – Redmond artists and Martha Moss – Materials Lions Club event photo welcoming and photos related to hundreds of mayor Bailey Gazert, James McClinton – Bellevue thousands of art enthusiasts every and his home on Hunt’s Boys Club sports jerseys. year. Point.

Branching from the original arts Access For All Initiative festival as part of Support access to heritage, Access for All will help to the event today, science and arts in our the Bellevue create a thriving community Festival of the community by voting Yes on where our county’s cultural Arts features 200 Prop 1! The ACCESS FOR institutions will be able to of the most ALL initiative will open provide continued and talented and doors to arts, science, and increased levels of public popular artisans, heritage experiences for all musicians and benefits. With cuts to King County residents, humanities funding proposed craftspeople Above: Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair promotion in The creating new opportunities from the Bellevue American from 1954. at the national level, local Northwest and for economically and support is more important beyond. Produced by the geographically underserved than ever. Craft Cooperative of the Find information on all three populations and others who Northwest and organized by art festivals online at: artists, the Festival supports a www.visitbellevuewashingto face barriers to accessing variety of non-profits. n.com/events/bellevue-arts--- diverse cultural experiences. crafts-fair/. Page 3 HERITAGE REFLECTOR Summer 2017 Recent Accessions Collections Corner

Sarah Frederick website and social media Collections Manager pages for updates.

Lowering of Lake 4-Culture Film Washington Summer Digitization: Centennial Events: Thanks to funds received Memorial Day weekend from 4Culture as part of the kicked off a summer filled 2016 Heritage Collections with events around Lake Care grant round, EHC was Above: Women posed with bundles of the Look magazine issue that Washington commemorating able to digitize 25 reels of announced Bellevue as an All American City, January 1956. #2005.028.047 16mm film. These films the centennial of the opening American City celebration Culture, Friendly Voice include footage from of the Ballard Locks and the events from around Bellevue Media and LightPress for Bellevue, Kirkland, lowering of Lake and throughout the state helping to preserve these Redmond and Seattle from Washington. On Sunday July from 1954 through 1956. historic moving images of life the 1950’s-1970’s. Together 9th a boat parade took place Two reels of footage are on the Eastside! these reels total approx. that included several ships from the Bellevue First 7,775 feet of footage American Alliance of that participated in the Congregational Church documenting life on the Museums Conference opening day parade on July 4, (BFCC) from 1952-1961, and Eastside, particularly civic 1917, including the Glory Be Clyde Hill Elementary In May, Collections Manager activities and the arts and Honey Boy. The parade was School from 1955. Sarah Frederick was able to community. Film subjects led by the Adventuress and attend the American Alliance include artist Bill Radcliffe, There are two reels of film included over 50 ships. of Museums annual Bellevue All American City from the 1971 Pacific conference in St. Louis, MO. In July, a new book on the events, the Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts The theme of this year’s history of the Lake Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair, which include footage conference was Gateways to Washington Ship Canal, Fair, Clyde Hill Elementary of the fair, and interviews Understanding: Diversity, School, the Bellevue First with artists and attendees. Waterway: The Story of Seattle’s Equity, Accessibility and Congregational Church, and 1971 was the 25th year of the Locks and Ship Canal, by Inclusion in Museums. The family film footage from Pacific Northwest Arts and Jennifer Ott and David theme is especially timely, as several eastside families. Crafts Fair, and drew artists Williams is scheduled to be EHC is moving forward on a from around King County released. There will be author Bill Radcliffe was a Kirkland new strategic plan, and as and the Pacific Northwest, talks scheduled around the artist, instrumental in the Bellevue has become a including George region. founding of the Kirkland majority-minority city. In Tsutakawa and Greg Arts Center, the Kirkland addition to connecting with EHC has partnered with Newitt. The PANACA was Cellar Gallery and the new and old colleagues, HistoryLink to make our an important early arts Kirkland Summer Arts attending informational existing Change over Time: The organization in Bellevue, Festival. The digitized reels sessions, and checking out Lowering of Lake Washington and evolved into the are the only known, existing some of St. Louis’ local curriculum kit more Bellevue Art Museum in footage from his live art museums and attractions, the accessible to educators 1975. outside of the Bellevue School instruction series, which conference inspired some new Portions of these films were ideas for public programming, District. The curriculum was shown on KCTS materials will be available Channel 9 in the 1960’s. included in our 2016 connecting with underserved Heritage Benefit Dinner communities and ways to digitally through the In 1955 Bellevue was voted video, Eastside Stories: Schools, utilize and share our HistoryLink website by the an All American City by which can be viewed on our collections more widely. Stay end of this summer, thanks to Look Magazine. The newly website and YouTube tuned! funding provided by Sea digitized content contains channel. Thank you to 4- Grant. Please watch our footage of a variety of All Summer 2017 HERITAGE REFLECTOR Page 4

Eastside Heritage Center Captured Moments From The Board of Trustees 2017 Strawberry Festival Rick Carlson President Mike Nesteroff Brittany Barker Secretary 1st Vice President Mike Luis Stu Vander Hoek Treasurer 2nd Vice President Don Davidson

Ross McIvor Jan Van Blaricom Sherry Grindeland Paul Lwali The BECU Main Stage was rockin’ and rollin’ with a wide variety of performances! Justin Merriman Jerry O’Day Betina Finley Bruce Morgan Trisha Nerney Mike Johnson Staff Angela DiLorenzo Sarah Frederick Administrative Manger Collections Manager Jane Morton Lexi Roberts Education Coordinator Marketing & Community Mgr. Endorsers Above: The Republic Services Family Fun Area Above: There was lots of Bob & Clodagh Ash Pamela Lee Daphne Schneider was a buzz all weekend long. hands-on history fun to be Margot Blacker Ken Johnson David Schooler had by the Mini-Museum. Mike Creighton Leslie Lloyd Karl Thunemann Jean Floten Doreen Marchione John Valaas Kemper Freeman, Jr. Dan McDonald Janice & DP Stacey Graven Louise Miller Van Blaricom Jerry Henry Rose Nohara Bob Wallace Ross Hunter Bob Nuber Scott Wallace Tom Ikeda Ron Sher Rosalie Whyel Carol James Lee Springgate Fred Jarrett Bill Ptacek Sarah Langton Colin Radford Above: The Festival’s annual Classic Auto Show was on Sunday, Above: Saturday included a Touch-a-Truck and included many fun vehicles! Charter/Founding Members event with construction equipment and a Brad Best Rosemary Kramer Bob & Pat Sandbo public safety demonstration by the John Betrozoff Bill Lagen Victor Scheffer Bellevue Fire Department . C.Keith Birkenfeld Charles Le Warne Daphne Schneider Richard & Margot Anne Long Dick & Susan Blacker Jim & Pat Loughran Schwasnick Charles Bovee Karen & Duke Barbara Sharpe Dianna Broadie Luetjen Nancy Slote Mardy Call Louis & Patty Marsh W. & V. Thompson John Cannon Beatrice Mathewson Karl Thunemann Karyl Dean Philip Maxeiner Iris Tocher Steve & Kathy Dennis Lee Maxwell D.P. & Jan Above: Thank you to our Volunteer Phil Duryee John McClelland Van Blaricom Phyllis Fenwick Rosa McDonald Stuart Vander Hoek Above: People of all ages dug into Sponsor Puget Sound Energy and our Diana Ford Louise Miller Libby Walgamott the strawberry shortcake eating over 150 student volunteers from the Peter Gulick Alex Modelski John Walker contest, with prizes provided by ! Birgit Hansen Charles Morgan Doug & Patti Ward BECU! Peggy Hansen Bob Neir James & Gwen Bob Hennig Phil & Shelley Noble Warren Left Attendees enjoyed Thomas K. Hitzroth C. & W. O’ Donell Robert & Barbara the 100+ business, Helen Johnson Arnold Olson Welsh craft and food vendor Karen Klett Sally Polk Rosalie Whyel booths. Suzanne & Tom Connie Reed Marcy Williams Knauss Betty Ann Rizk Page 5 HERITAGE REFLECTOR Summer 2017

THANK YOU TO Presented by: OUR 2017 SPONSORS Thank you to all of our sponsors for their wonderful support and participation in the Strawberry Festival this year! The Festival was a success yet again, with 50,000 people in attendance. in Partnership with:

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Location: Crossroads Shopping Center Programs Every Tuesday from June 6th through September 26th, Fraser Cabin Heritage Programming: Crossroads Bellevue Shopping Center will be hosting a Farmers Dates & Times: Saturdays, August 19 & September 16 Market from 12:00pm-6:00pm. Once a month from July through September, Eastside Heritage Center (EHC) is excited to be 11:00AM-3:00PM onsite as a Community Partner! While you shop the delicious Location: Kelsey Creek Farm Park produce from local farmers, and enjoy goods from local merchants and food vendors, stop by the EHC booth for some Join Eastside Heritage Center for a journey back to pioneer time hands-on history activities, information on our upcoming events, every third Saturday in May through September at the Historic projects and exhibits, and to chat about Eastside history! 1888 Fraser Cabin at Kelsey Creek Farm Park. Hands-on History programming of the Fraser Cabin will be kicking off in April in conjunction with Kelsey Creek Farm’s Sheep Shearing Event, and closing the season in October at the annual Farm Education Corner Fair. Jane Morton EHC was joined by Mike

Education Coordinator Intlekofer from the At the Historic 1888 Fraser Cabin, Eastside Heritage Center EHC Hits The Trails! Newcastle Historical Society staff and volunteers will be presenting pioneer activities and and two Cougar interpreting the cabin that was built by the Fraser family over Mountain Parks 100 years ago! Activities include, agricultural, farming and employees, Jason pioneer household tasks, log cabin construction, games and a and Charles. scavenger hunt! We were lucky to

have sunny Presented in partnership with Bellevue Parks & Community Services, and weather for all Kelsey Creek Farm. three hikes, and the students were Early Bellevue Walking Tour: excited to learn Dates & Time: Thursday, July 20 & Tuesday, August 8 about the In May Eastside Heritage 5:30pm-7:30pm Eastside’s coal mining Center (EHC) Education history! The hikes included Coordinator, Jane Morton and Where: Meet at the Bellevue Downtown Park artifacts and photos from 100 longtime volunteer, Steve Entrance & Fountain off NE 4th Street years of mining. We even had Williams took five classes of an extra treat of seeing a red- Registration: Space is limited, please register by second graders on a Coal breasted sapsucker on one of calling 425-450-1049 or emailing Mining History Hike of Red the hikes. [email protected] Town Trail and Coal Creek Parkway in Bellevue. Before glass towers defined the skyline and shoppers bustled The hikes were broken across busy pavement, Bellevue was a quiet town of dirt roads into three separate and scattered homes. The first settlers from Seattle began to outings. In all, over 125 drift across Lake Washington in the 1860s. Discover the hidden students with their history throughout downtown Bellevue on this Early Bellevue teachers and Walking Tour, presented by Eastside Heritage Center. This chaperones did the tour is designed to be self-lead. Download a tour guide online hike as part of their at www.EastsideHeritageCenter.org. social studies

curriculum. Supported by 4Culture and in partnership with Visit Bellevue. Page 7 HERITAGE REFLECTOR Summer 2017

Eastside Heritage Center Volunteer Corner MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION MEMBERSHIP LEVEL: □ Benefactor $1000 □ Contributor $100 Angela DiLorenzo □ Steward $500 □ Family $40 Administrative Manager □ Supporter $250 □ Individual $25 □ Organization $100 □ Student $15 Volunteers we can’t run Enroll me as: □ New Member □ Membership Renewal □ Gift our activities without the generous donation of your ______time, energy and passion MEMBER’S NAME for history! Do you know ______a student that needs high ADDRESS school volunteer hours? ______pioneers used to do. The CITY/STATE/ZIP CODE Do you know a retiree that has too much time on their Fraser Cabin is open from ______PHONE hands? Our summer activities 11:00am to 3:00pm on have many opportunities to August 19 September 16. ______EMAIL get involved with Eastside October 7, from 11:00 to Heritage Center (EHC). 4:00pm EHC, in cooperation This membership is a gift from: ______Every third Saturday EHC with the City of Bellevue PAYMENT INFORMATION: opens and staffs the 1888 opens Fraser Cabin for the □ Check (make checks payable to the Eastside Heritage Center) annual Farm Fair. This is a Fraser cabin located at Kelsey □ Credit Card Creek Farm Park. If you enjoy large family friendly event □ Visa □ Master Card □ American Express working with small groups that celebrates the traditions ______and families consider this of harvest time in Bellevue. NAME ON CARD “Hands-on History” activity. In addition to our “Hands on ______Volunteers greet the public History” activities, CARD # volunteers assist the visiting and assist with many ______activities that allow our public with identifying EXP. DATE V-CODE (last 3 digits on back) visitors to get “In Touch” historical object and Additional Contribution: ______Total Enclosed: ______with history. We have hand guessing their use. This is turned grinders to turn dried your chance to meet families □ My company will MATCH my gift. Company Name: from around the world and ______corn into corn flour, and cream into butter. Families introduce them to Bellevue’s The Eastside Heritage Center is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. love to crank the butter churn historical roots. PLEASE MAIL THIS FORM AND PAYMENT TO: and watch the cream clump To find more information on Eastside Heritage Center Phone: 425-450-1049 together to form butter. On how you could help please P.O. Box 40535 Fax: 425-450-1050 Bellevue, WA 98015 www.EastsideHeritageCenter.org sunny summer days we scrub see our website at laundry on an old fashion www.EastsideHeritageCente wash board, and hang on the r.org and click on Volunteer clothes line just like the tab.

All Eastside Heritage Center CATEGORIES: Organization (schools, scout troops, etc) - Members receive: Benefactor - $1,000 $100 Receives Steward Benefits, plus: Receives Contributor benefits, plus: - Membership Card Honored at Annual Event Discounts on Treasure Box rentals, field rips and classroom presentations - Quarterly Newsletter with historical Steward - $500 Contributor - $100 features and program updates Receives Supporter benefits, plus: Additional benefits include: Special publication - Invitations to exhibits and programs Access to Archives fee waived Curator’s Tour of the collection - 10% discount on books and gift shop Family - $40 Supporter - $250 items Receives Organization benefits, plus: Individual - $25 Historic photo reproduction Student (under 18 years of age) - $15

EASTSIDE HERITAGE CENTER CONTACT INFORMATION

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 40535, Bellevue, WA 98015 Tel: 425-450-1049 Fax: 425-450-1050 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.eastsideheritagecenter.org

McDOWELL HOUSE (EHC Administrative Offices) Visiting Address: 11660 Main Street, Bellevue, WA 98005 Tel: 425-450-1049

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