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02690_Lake Washington Boulevard at Colman Park vista

Job Number
02690
Image Type
postcard
Description
In 1903, Seattle Park Commissioners hired the Olmsted Brothers to plan a comprehensive system of parks and boulevards for Seattle. Commissioner Edward Cheasty said in 1906, “To the tourist visiting Seattle, the boulevard system probably makes a more lasting impression than any other scenic feature.” U.S. President Taft described the Olmsted Brothers’ boulevard system in Seattle as “One of the most magnificent combinations of modern city and medieval forest, of formal gardening and Nature’s handiwork, with the most beautiful vistas of lake, sea and snow-capped mountain peaks, that has ever delighted the eye of man in this or any other country.” {Vegetation - CIrcuation - Vista-Water}
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J&A Collection
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