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| Title | Photo from the Woodland Park Zoo, 1934 |
| Date | 1934 |
| Notes | "This photo is from the Seattle Parks and Recreation's Sherwood History Files, the remarkable legacy of Donald N. Sherwood (1916-1981), who worked as an engineer for Parks for 22 years from 1955 to 1977. In the course of his work, which included designing buildings and producing brochures, Sherwood began compiling sketch maps of the parks, annotating them with historical information. When the information didn't fit on the maps, Sherwood wrote individual histories for each facility. In the early 1970s, Sherwood discovered that older department files were being destroyed as employees retired, and urged that valuable Parks records be preserved. In 1972 he was assigned the responsibility. Sherwood continued this work until his position was eliminated due to a budget reduction, in 1977. Some additional material was added to the collection after this date by various Parks Department employees. Sherwood continued his research and writing on the history of Seattle parks until his death. " |
| Personal Names | Sherwood, Don |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact The Seattle Municipal Archives, 600 4th Av. Room 104, Seattle, 98104 206-684-8353 |
| Credit Line | Seattle Municipal Archives; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
| Accession/Acquisition Number | 30928 |
