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| Title | Woodland Park, Seattle, ca. 1898 |
| Photographer | Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 |
| Date | ca. 1898 |
| Caption | Guy Phinney developed Woodland Park during the 1890s. The park had gardens, a zoo, a large greenhouse, and many miles of winding paths through the woods. At that time, Woodland Park included Green Lake.
This photo, taken by Anders Wilse sometime between 1897 and 1900, shows a woman sitting on a bench on the road to Green Lake in Seattle's Woodland Park. The city of Seattle bought the park in 1899. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Wilse. Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Trails & paths--Washington (State)--Seattle; Forests--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Phinney Ridge (Seattle, Wash.)
Woodland Park (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1988.33.333 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Anders B. Wilse Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Anders B. Wilse Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 10 x 8 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 445 |
