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Mayor Cotterill, the Seattle City Council, Park Board, Tilicums, and members of the West Side Women's Improvement Club gathered in West Seattle near the proposed stadium site, August, 17, 1912
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| Title | Mayor Cotterill, the Seattle City Council, Park Board, Tilicums, and members of the West Side Women's Improvement Club gathered in West Seattle near the proposed stadium site, August, 17, 1912 |
| Photographer | Pierson & Company |
| Date | 1912 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Mayor, City Council, Park Board, & Tilicums viewing the City Stadium site. Conducted under the auspices of the West Side Women's Improvement Club, Seattle, on Aug. 17, 1912.
Stamped on image: Pierson & Co Photo. Copyright 1912.
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| Contextual Notes | Fairmount Park (the site of the proposed stadium in 1912) in West Seattle occupies a portion of the head of a ravine that cuts down the side of the Duwamish headland to the waters of Elliott Bay. In 1907 the Park Board authorized the Olmsted Brothers to develop a "Supplemental Plan to the 1904 Comprehensive Plan of Parks and Parkways" in Seattle that included a "Park Reserve" bowl and a parkway around Duwamish Head in West Seattle. In 1912 William Pigott and Frank T. Hunter who were looking to develop West Seattle saw the bowl as an attractive, potential site for a new stadium. They agreed to excavate the site if the city would provide funding to build the stadium. Unfortunately even though the site was excavated (the fill was used for Alki Avenue), problems with springs created a potential slide area and the site was never developed. The West Seattle Stadium was built in 1936 but at another location. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Cotterill, George Fletcher, 1865-1958; Mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle; Seattle (Wash.). City Council; Seattle (Wash.). Board of Park Commissioners; West Side Women's Improvement Club (Seattle, Wash.); Elliott Bay (Wash.) |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Panoramic Photographs
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| Order Number | PPC053 |
| Ordering Information | Restrictions apply to the ordering of this image. Please contact photos@u.washington.edu for more information. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Panorama Photographs Collection. PH Coll 900 |
| Object Type | Panoramic photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin, b & w; 7 1/4 x 21 3/4 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photograph at 400 dpi in TIFF format using a Graphtec CSX300-09, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2010. |
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