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| Title | Group at Colman Pool for West Seattle Commercial Club picnic, Seattle, July 27, 1947 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1947 |
| Caption | Colman Pool and Bathhouse were built in 1941 with a grant from the Colman family, residents of the Fauntleroy district. The salt-water pool quickly became a popular meeting place for community organizations, who often held their annual picnics in Lincoln Park. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: West Seattle picnic, 7/27/47.
Handwritten on sleeve: Picnics, West Seattle, with: (Comdr) Paul Dittenhafer, Jo Ann Quine, (Mrs) May Avery Wilkins, Mon C. Walgren, (Mrs) Morrison Campbell.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 30, 1947. |
| Subjects | Swimmers--Washington (State)--Seattle; 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 | PI21620 |
| 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 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made 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. |
