Men playing polo at the Olympic Riding and Driving Club, Seattle, 1934

In the 1930s, the undeveloped area north of Seattle near present day Lake City was home to six riding academies including a number of polo fields. One of those was the Olympic Riding and Driving Club, located east of 15th NE, across the street from Jackson Park Municipal Golf Course, which opened in...

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Main Author: Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Polo > Washington(State) > Seattle
Horseback riding > Washington(State) > Seattle
Sports > Washington(State) > Seattle
Horses > Washington(State) > Seattle
Athletic fields > Washington(State) > Seattle
Polo
Barrow
Point Barrow
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/5649 2023-05-15T15:39:43+02:00 Men playing polo at the Olympic Riding and Driving Club, Seattle, 1934 Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer United States—Washington (State)--Seattle Scanned from film positive 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. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5649 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1986.5.6397.1 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5649 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection Polo--Washington(State)--Seattle Horseback riding--Washington(State)--Seattle Sports--Washington(State)--Seattle Horses--Washington(State)--Seattle Athletic fields--Washington(State)--Seattle photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:55:42Z In the 1930s, the undeveloped area north of Seattle near present day Lake City was home to six riding academies including a number of polo fields. One of those was the Olympic Riding and Driving Club, located east of 15th NE, across the street from Jackson Park Municipal Golf Course, which opened in 1930. Jackson Park is one of the remaining green spaces left in the area from this rural legacy. The Olympic Riding and Driving Club is also remembered as the place where humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post took their last ride in 1935 before their deaths in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska. Handwritten on negative: Polo Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): November 2, 1934 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. Other/Unknown Material Barrow Point Barrow Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Polo ENVELOPE(28.967,28.967,65.600,65.600)
institution Open Polar
collection University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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language unknown
topic Polo--Washington(State)--Seattle
Horseback riding--Washington(State)--Seattle
Sports--Washington(State)--Seattle
Horses--Washington(State)--Seattle
Athletic fields--Washington(State)--Seattle
spellingShingle Polo--Washington(State)--Seattle
Horseback riding--Washington(State)--Seattle
Sports--Washington(State)--Seattle
Horses--Washington(State)--Seattle
Athletic fields--Washington(State)--Seattle
Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Men playing polo at the Olympic Riding and Driving Club, Seattle, 1934
topic_facet Polo--Washington(State)--Seattle
Horseback riding--Washington(State)--Seattle
Sports--Washington(State)--Seattle
Horses--Washington(State)--Seattle
Athletic fields--Washington(State)--Seattle
description In the 1930s, the undeveloped area north of Seattle near present day Lake City was home to six riding academies including a number of polo fields. One of those was the Olympic Riding and Driving Club, located east of 15th NE, across the street from Jackson Park Municipal Golf Course, which opened in 1930. Jackson Park is one of the remaining green spaces left in the area from this rural legacy. The Olympic Riding and Driving Club is also remembered as the place where humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post took their last ride in 1935 before their deaths in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska. Handwritten on negative: Polo Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): November 2, 1934 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.
format Other/Unknown Material
author Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
author_facet Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
author_sort Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
title Men playing polo at the Olympic Riding and Driving Club, Seattle, 1934
title_short Men playing polo at the Olympic Riding and Driving Club, Seattle, 1934
title_full Men playing polo at the Olympic Riding and Driving Club, Seattle, 1934
title_fullStr Men playing polo at the Olympic Riding and Driving Club, Seattle, 1934
title_full_unstemmed Men playing polo at the Olympic Riding and Driving Club, Seattle, 1934
title_sort men playing polo at the olympic riding and driving club, seattle, 1934
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5649
op_coverage United States—Washington (State)--Seattle
long_lat ENVELOPE(28.967,28.967,65.600,65.600)
geographic Polo
geographic_facet Polo
genre Barrow
Point Barrow
Alaska
genre_facet Barrow
Point Barrow
Alaska
op_source Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI).
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection
op_relation Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
1986.5.6397.1
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5649
op_rights Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
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