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| Title | Troops at Fort Lawton, Seattle, ca. 1909 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1909 |
| Caption | In the 1890s, the U.S. Army built a group of forts to protect the entrance to Puget Sound. One of these, Fort Lawton, was begun in 1898 in what is now Seattle's Discovery Park. By 1910, a group of wooden buildings had been built around the fort's parade ground. Few companies were stationed there until World War II, when the fort became a center for troops leaving for duty in the Pacific.
In this postcard from around 1909, troops stand at attention on the Fort Lawton parade ground in Seattle. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Dress Parade, Fort Lawton, Seattle, Washington.
Handwritten on verso: May 9 09 - Teddy from Mrs. J. Dofflemyer.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Military personnel--Washington (State)--Seattle; Military facilities--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fort Lawton (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Magnolia (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2002.48.836 |
| 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 | Postcard Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 postcard: color; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original postcard 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. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 1751 |
