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About UW Libraries Digital Collections Our collections feature materials from the University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington Faculty and Departments, and organizations that have participated in partner projects with the UW. Collections are primarily pictorial, although some have accompanying essays and text. Other media are presented, such as newspapers, reports, pamphlets, posters and maps. The emphasis of these collections is on rare and unique materials. More UW Libraries Images We invite you to browse the 90+ collections at content.lib.washington.edu . You have the option to search within one or a combination of collections, creating customized queries by keywords or phrases and by preferences such as title, subject, description, or a variety of other fields.

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Katie Phar studio portrait, Seattle, Washington, c. 1920s

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  • ninigreen1 said:
    #seattlephotographystudio #seattlephotographer #professionalportrait #studioportrait

Skier traveling past Coleman Creek and Camp Kizer, Mount Baker

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  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • Maciek said:
    I hope the path is added just to show which route this guy took and not his 'actual' footsteps ;) Obviously, I know this 'footsteps' were present on actual photo at the time of scanning and not added later by the Library
  • Artur Listwan said:
    This is still great image. I love this try with footsteps anyway :)
  • heady caption said:
    Amazing image.
  • Jason Hummel said:
    Awesome stuff.
  • Tristan Sewell said:
    Badass

"Spruce Girls" in spruce veneer bathing suits at the beach playing in the surf, probably near Hoquiam, Washington

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  • n1ne3 said:
    That's a whale vertebrae in the bottom of the picture!
  • jamica1 said:
    Spruce veneer bathing suits? That doesn't sound very comfortable.
  • Jennifer Snyder said:
    I am totally fascinated by all the photos of the Spruce Girls. Thanks for sharing these. I have used them in my private artwork with references here. scrap-escape.blogspot.com/2012/06/scraps-of-elegance-june...
  • Happy Breath said:
    Lovely capture. Nice old picture.

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