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| Title | Alice Eldridge on deck of the yacht Alarwee, Seattle, 1929 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1929 |
| Caption | Alice Eldridge was the wife of Arthur 'A.S.' Eldridge, a Seattle businessman who owned several Buick dealerships in Seattle in the late 1920s. A member of the Seattle Yacht Club, his diesel fantail yacht, the 'Alarwee, ' was used for local special events including transporting Charles Lindbergh from Sand Point to the University of Washington during his visit. The 'Alarwee' was a twin-screw diesel fantail yacht and was designed by L.E. 'Ted' Geary and built by Ballard Marine Railway Company in 1925.
This 1929 photograph of Alice Eldridge on the deck of the 'Alarwee' was likely taken on Lake Union. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Mrs AS Eldridge.
Caption information sources: Polk's City of Seattle Directory 1929; Scott Rohrer.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 5, 1929. |
| Subjects | Yachts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Eldridge, Alice |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Union, Lake (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5G.624.2 |
| 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. |
