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2690-2728 Seattle Park System FINDING AID 2690-2728 Seattle park system Excerpt from Includes Jobs 2690, 2693-2695, 2699, 2702, 2707-2710, 2712-2716, 2719-2725, LOC Finding Aid 2727, 2728 Along with Jobs 3209, 3347, 3348 BOX B130 REEL 95 2690 Seattle park system Seattle, Wash. 1902-1903 Digital content available 1904 Digital content available 1905-1907 Digital content available BOX B130 REEL 96 1908-1909 Digital content available 1910-1921 Digital content available 1922-1935 Digital content available BOX B131 REEL 96 2693 Ravenna Park Seattle, Wash., 1908-1909 Digital content available 2694 Woodland Park Seattle, Wash., 1907-1930 Digital content available 2695 Volunteer Park Seattle, Wash., 1904-1913 , 1970 Digital content available 2699 Washington Park (University of Washington Arboretum) Seattle, Wash. 1904-1910 , 1931-1934 Digital content available 1935 Digital content available 1936 Digital content available BOX B131 REEL 97 1937-1942 Digital content available BOX B132 REEL 97 2702 Madrona Park Seattle, Wash., 1908-1912 Digital content available 2707 Cowen Park Seattle, Wash., 1906-1909 Digital content available 2708 Frink Park Seattle, Wash., 1906-1912 Digital content available 2709 Pendleton Miller Playground Seattle, Wash., 1906 Digital content available 2710 Park in the Hill Tract (not yet named) Seattle, Wash., 1906 Digital content available 2712 City Plan Commission Seattle, Wash., 1907-1911 Digital content available 2713 Interlaken Boulevard Seattle, Wash., 1908-1909 Digital content available 2714 Green Lake Boulevard Seattle, Wash., 1905-1912 See also Oversize Digital content available 2715 West Seattle playground (Hiawatha Park) Seattle, Wash., 1910-1911 Digital content available 2716 Alki Point Bathing Beach Seattle, Wash., 1911-1925 Digital content available 2719 Schmitz Park Seattle, Wash., 1908-1912 Digital content available 2720 Fort Lawton Seattle, Wash., 1908-1911 Digital content available 2721 Colman Park Seattle, Wash., 1910 Digital content available 2722 Montlake Park Seattle, Wash., 1911 Digital content available 2723 West Seattle Parkway Seattle, Wash., 1911 Digital content available 2724 Seward Park Seattle, Wash., 1911-1927 Digital content available 2725 Jefferson Park Seattle, Wash., 1911-1913 Digital content available 2727 John H. McGraw Monument Seattle, Wash., 1918-1919 Digital content available 2728 West Seattle Park Seattle, Wash., 1922 Digital content available BOX B219 REEL 177 3209 Hunter Tract Improvement Co. - Mount Baker Park subdivision Seattle, Wash., 1906-1910 Digital content available BOX B232 REEL 190 3347 Licton Mineral Springs Co. - Subdivision, "Licton Springs Park" Seattle, Wash., 1907-1920 Digital content available 3348 Golden Gardens - Subdivision Seattle, Wash., 1907-1908 Digital content available Source: LOC Finding Aid - Olmsted Associates records, 1863-1971 - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001018 .
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