File:Children's playground in Volunteer Park, ca. 1910 - DPLA - 45ff0e123691cee0ed3685a4b0406002 (page 1).jpg

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Children's playground in Volunteer Park, ca. 1910 (

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Nowell & Rognon:



Alternative names	Frank Hamilton Nowell
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	19 February 1864	19 October 1950
Location of birth	Portsmouth
Authority file	: Q26202833 VIAF: 33560918 ISNI: 000000007378680X LCCN: n88218690 Open Library: OL5327482A GND: 140358919 WorldCat

Orville J. Rognon (–1958)
Description	photographer
Date of birth/death		1958
Location of birth/death		Placer County
Work location	Seattle; Vancouver
Authority file	: Q56324320

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Children's playground in Volunteer Park, ca. 1910

Description

The city purchased the land for Volunteer Park from James Colman in 1876 and development of the land began into a park began in the 1890s. The water reservoir was constructed in 1901, followed by the Water Tower in 1906. Volunteer Park was originally known as City Park but the name was changed in 1901 to honor Spanish American War veterans. Transcribed from postcard: ""The city of Seattle owns 22 playgrounds, from a block to thirty acres in area. Twelve are equipped with modern outdoor gymnasium, with experienced supervisors in charge. Four have field or recreation houses, with gymnasiums, libraries, club rooms and assembly halls.""

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Date

circa 1910

Collection

Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

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DPLA identifier: 45ff0e123691cee0ed3685a4b0406002
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_pc_32000

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