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| Title | Farm and orchard at Meydenbauer Bay, ca. 1912 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1912 |
| Caption | Around 1912, Bellevue, Washington had around 600 inhabitants. Nine daily mail boats and a number of steamers connected Bellevue with Seattle. The area was rural, with numerous fruit orchards and dairy farms. Several hundred acres of Bellevue farmland were devoted to strawberries.
This photo, taken around 1912, shows strawberries and fruit trees growing on the Pettit & Sons farm near Meydenbauer Bay in Bellevue, Washington. |
| Subjects | Orchards; Farms; Pettit & Son |
| Places | Bellevue (Wash.); Meydenbauer Bay (Bellevue, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.7830.1 |
| 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; 6.5 x 8.5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 7, 263 |
