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| Title | Colman Pool, Seattle, 1941 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1941 |
| Caption | A salt-water pool dug at Lincoln Park in 1926 had mud sides and bottom, and proved to be very popular. Swimming enthusiasts then called for contructing a more permanent swimming pool. In 1941, Kenneth Colman and his family, long-time residents of Fauntleroy, donated funds to the city for an outdoor salt-water pool and bathhouse to honor his father, Laurence Colman (1860-1935), who was the son of Scottish-born engineer James M. Colman. The Colman Pool continues as one of the city's favorite swimming pools. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Colman Pool.
Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, Colman pool.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 5, 1941. |
| Subjects | Swimming pools--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
West Seattle (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.8812.1 |
| 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 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
