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| Title | Girls with hoops on playground, Seattle, ca. 1910 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1910 |
| Caption | For many years, Seattle's parks and playgrounds have had organized play activities led by adults. In the early years, boys and girls played in separate groups. Starting in 1910, the parks held an annual Play Festival in which the children showed off their games, dances, races, exercises, gymnastics, and other activities.
This photo shows a group of girls doing hoop exercises in a Seattle playground in about 1910. A teacher and several boys watch. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Playground group.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Children exercising--Washington (State)--Seattle; Playgrounds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Physical education--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.8407 |
| 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 | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 5 x 7 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. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 10971 |
