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| Title | Morgan and Vivian Carkeek seated in office, circa 1920s |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | circa 1920s |
| Caption | Morgan J. Carkeek was an accomplished stonemason and successful building contractor who built several of Seattle's early stone buildings, such as the Dexter Horton Bank, and large office buildings, including the Burke and Haller buildings. In 1918, Morgan Carkeek donated land for a city park on Pontiac Bay on Lake Washington at Sand Point, but the park was displaced in 1926 by the Sand Point Naval Air Station. Carkeek donated his compensation payment back to the City toward the purchase of land in Piper's Canyon for a new park, the present day Carkeek Park.
Morgan and Emily Carkeek's son Vivian, born in 1879, was a graduate of the first University of Washington Law School class in 1901 and practiced law in Seattle. Carkeek was active in Seattle civic and social affairs, and taught at the University of Washington Law School from 1930-1931. He started an annual student award, the Vivian Carkeek Prize, which the UW Law School continues to award today. |
| Subjects | Office furniture; Offices—Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Carkeek, Morgan J. (Morgan James), 1847-1931
Carkeek, Vivian M. (Vivian Morgan), 1879-1934 |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1995.71.39 |
| 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 | Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff photographs and other material, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff photographs and other material |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print on cardboard mount: b&w; 5.5 x 8 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS2. |
