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Inez Green cutting ribbon at Meydenbauer Bay Bridge dedication, Bellevue, February 11, 1950
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| Title | Inez Green cutting ribbon at Meydenbauer Bay Bridge dedication, Bellevue, February 11, 1950 |
| Photographer | Brant, Bill
Brant Studio |
| Date | 1950 |
| Notes | This bridge is located along NE Lake Washington Boulevard in Bellevue, above Meydenbauer Beach Park. In 2002 this structure was torn down and replaced with a new bridge, which was dedicated on November 12, 2002.
Inez Green was chosen Queen of Hearts to represent Bellevue and Mercer Island in the National Heart Drive. Bellevue High School senior girls and boys separately sponsored lucrative cake sales to raise money for the Heart Fund.
Handwritten on verso: Meydenbauer Bay Bridge Dedication - 1950.
Stamped on verso: Photography by: Brant Studio, Bellevue Shopping Square, Bellevue, Washington.
Handwritten on sleeve: Meydenbauer Bay Bridge Dedication - 1950. Sat. Feb. 11 - 8:30 AM. Photo used in Bellevue American Article about dedication. Queen of Hearts Inez Green cutting aluminum ribbon with blowtorch. Left-Right - Joe Burke - director of the county's part of bridge Festivities; Sol Caruso - Chairman of the Chamber's special committee to handle the opening; Dean McLean - County Commissioner for the district. |
| Subjects | Dedications--Washington (State)--Bellevue
Beauty contestants--Washington (State)--Bellevue
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| Personal Names | Green, Inez
Burke, Joe
Caruso, Sol
McLean, Dean |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Bellevue |
| Digital Collection | Eastside Heritage Center Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1994.32.03 |
| Ordering Information | To order a copy of this image or inquire about permissions, contact the Curator of Collections at (425) 450-1049 or P.O. Box 40535, Bellevue, WA 98015. |
| Repository | Eastside Heritage Center |
| Repository Collection | Bellevue Collection |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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. |
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