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| Title | Yacht Alarwee, Seattle, 1929 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1929 |
| Caption | The 'Alarwee, ' a twin-screw diesel fantail yacht, was designed by L.E. 'Ted' Geary and built by Ballard Marine Railway Company in 1925. She had an 83-foot deck length with a 79-foot waterline and two 4-cylinder Atlas diesels. Owned by A.S. Eldridge, a member of the Seattle Yacht Club, the 'Alarwee' was used to transport Charles Lindbergh from Sand Point Field to the University of Washington stadium on his 1927 trip to Seattle. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: AS Eldridge Yacht.
Caption information source: Scott Rohrer; HistoryLink.org.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 17, 1929. |
| Subjects | Yachts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Passengers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Flags--American--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Washington, Lake (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5G.622 |
| 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 glass 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. |
