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| Title | Rail route to Meadows Racetrack, Seattle, ca. 1905 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1905 |
| Caption | As early as 1872, Seattle had regular horse racing. Starting in 1902, racing fans flocked to The Meadows, south of downtown Seattle on the current site of Boeing Field. On at least one occasion, the railroad used cattle cars to carry the crowds. The Meadows closed in 1909, when Washington state made racetrack betting illegal. This photo shows the railroad tracks leading south to the racetrack from Seattle. |
| Notes | Handwritten on mount: Tracks running to Meadows Racetrack.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Houses--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2002.3.240 |
| 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 | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Lantern Slide Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 lantern slide: color; 2 1/4 x 3 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original lantern slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
