Washington Fir timber outside the Washington State Museum, fomerly the Forestry Building for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition,, University of Washington, between 1909 and 1931
Caption on postcard: A Washington Fir Timber - State Museum - Seattle - 4 1/2 feet square 74 1/2 feet long Filed in: UW - Buildings - Forestry Building The Forestry Building was built for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. It was sponsored by the State of Washington and was intended to sho...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:uwcampus/37307 2023-05-15T18:48:48+02:00 Washington Fir timber outside the Washington State Museum, fomerly the Forestry Building for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition,, University of Washington, between 1909 and 1931 United States—Washington (State)--Seattle between 1909 and 1931 Scanned from original text or image at 100-200 dpi saved in JPEG format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop. 2018 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/uwcampus/id/37307 unknown University of Washington Campus Photographs UWC4822 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number] http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/uwcampus/id/37307 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections University of Washington Postcard Collection. PH Coll 803 Postcard; image 1909 ftuwashingtonlib 2021-01-16T23:57:20Z Caption on postcard: A Washington Fir Timber - State Museum - Seattle - 4 1/2 feet square 74 1/2 feet long Filed in: UW - Buildings - Forestry Building The Forestry Building was built for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. It was sponsored by the State of Washington and was intended to showcase the state's forest resources. Architects Charles Saunders and George Lawton created a building that echoed the European style of Howard's buildings but which also incorporated the log-cabin idiom of early pioneer buildings. Featuring enormous unprocessed logs felled in Chehalis (now Gray's Harbor) County, the Forestry Building's grand colonnade and soaring interior spaces evoked the majesty of Washington's seemingly limitless forests and, not coincidentally, implied the great potential wealth they contained. An article in the Seattle Times called it “Nature's storehouse, which is more striking than anything man could devise as a display of the Northwest's greatest division of natural wealth.” Located on the site of the present-day Husky Union Building, it served for a time as a forest and botanical museum and also housed the Burke Museum, then known as the Washington State Museum. By 1931, however, insects and the elements had taken their toll and the building was demolished. Other/Unknown Material Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Log Cabin ENVELOPE(-134.954,-134.954,59.766,59.766) Pacific Saunders ENVELOPE(-45.316,-45.316,-60.700,-60.700) Yukon |
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Caption on postcard: A Washington Fir Timber - State Museum - Seattle - 4 1/2 feet square 74 1/2 feet long Filed in: UW - Buildings - Forestry Building The Forestry Building was built for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. It was sponsored by the State of Washington and was intended to showcase the state's forest resources. Architects Charles Saunders and George Lawton created a building that echoed the European style of Howard's buildings but which also incorporated the log-cabin idiom of early pioneer buildings. Featuring enormous unprocessed logs felled in Chehalis (now Gray's Harbor) County, the Forestry Building's grand colonnade and soaring interior spaces evoked the majesty of Washington's seemingly limitless forests and, not coincidentally, implied the great potential wealth they contained. An article in the Seattle Times called it “Nature's storehouse, which is more striking than anything man could devise as a display of the Northwest's greatest division of natural wealth.” Located on the site of the present-day Husky Union Building, it served for a time as a forest and botanical museum and also housed the Burke Museum, then known as the Washington State Museum. By 1931, however, insects and the elements had taken their toll and the building was demolished. |
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Washington Fir timber outside the Washington State Museum, fomerly the Forestry Building for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition,, University of Washington, between 1909 and 1931 |
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Washington Fir timber outside the Washington State Museum, fomerly the Forestry Building for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition,, University of Washington, between 1909 and 1931 |
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Washington Fir timber outside the Washington State Museum, fomerly the Forestry Building for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition,, University of Washington, between 1909 and 1931 |
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Washington Fir timber outside the Washington State Museum, fomerly the Forestry Building for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition,, University of Washington, between 1909 and 1931 |
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Washington Fir timber outside the Washington State Museum, fomerly the Forestry Building for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition,, University of Washington, between 1909 and 1931 |
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Washington Fir timber outside the Washington State Museum, fomerly the Forestry Building for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition,, University of Washington, between 1909 and 1931 |
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washington fir timber outside the washington state museum, fomerly the forestry building for the alaska yukon pacific exposition,, university of washington, between 1909 and 1931 |
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ENVELOPE(-134.954,-134.954,59.766,59.766) ENVELOPE(-45.316,-45.316,-60.700,-60.700) |
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Log Cabin Pacific Saunders Yukon |
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