tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20521351237159301082024-03-05T01:35:55.559-08:00Burke Museum History ProjectThe history of the Thomas Burke Memorial MuseumCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10553989790156051152noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-79662412105425811882009-08-25T16:25:00.000-07:002009-08-25T16:25:58.343-07:00Eighties Interior<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmd30bpcHpveVV4SRNhTzJAmCYRKqWdD6BeuTRzmd2Cu-4OLeSaK6maUa7QOLnhkQ9Hdcmo-PhGciXEpvIkALHzfNHPI2O9Yuu60Pai3fPbiy1jPy_h3XHYjdoS_-xWaoZajaWv5JHbyxS/s1600-h/1984.BMM+-+scanned+from+Burke+Archives.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmd30bpcHpveVV4SRNhTzJAmCYRKqWdD6BeuTRzmd2Cu-4OLeSaK6maUa7QOLnhkQ9Hdcmo-PhGciXEpvIkALHzfNHPI2O9Yuu60Pai3fPbiy1jPy_h3XHYjdoS_-xWaoZajaWv5JHbyxS/s320/1984.BMM+-+scanned+from+Burke+Archives.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374045470046959362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scanned from Burke Archives. All rights reserved.</span></span><br /></div>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-36196636224977349792009-04-24T15:16:00.000-07:002009-04-27T13:19:53.127-07:00Zoological Collections circa 1905<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsp48me2DUsocy6LnnzsoV7ubiA2MxX9v1KacGekE5D0dxWtqSyk1X3ATGZc2zgYlIyvBY_PBF9ANpqemSHKnsBcPUVy8cxjAhecFZyF01kpQzxEDIi0dWYSW97HEWMDXj13M7Rrp_opN/s1600-h/1907.Parrington+-+009-CP-_2+State+Museum,+Zoological+Section+July+1905.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsp48me2DUsocy6LnnzsoV7ubiA2MxX9v1KacGekE5D0dxWtqSyk1X3ATGZc2zgYlIyvBY_PBF9ANpqemSHKnsBcPUVy8cxjAhecFZyF01kpQzxEDIi0dWYSW97HEWMDXj13M7Rrp_opN/s320/1907.Parrington+-+009-CP-_2+State+Museum,+Zoological+Section+July+1905.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328385371889837874" border="0" /></a>In Parrington Hall.<br /></div>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-43809712088960537462009-02-01T16:39:00.000-08:002009-04-27T13:07:34.266-07:00Fresh building<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3duY18NZ3VJxKGYiPn1wB-TOAbfhx4icU6XdQTjKu3cPwCT8qX9qwjSWIq8QjpAzzayVWmgQnL_noBgj-CmSvA7OmrBazPBCr32R3hjuQnf6KPKAGiwYHSLFxNoCP79f2CJ9-lhi5gkZ/s1600-h/img007+-+scanned+from+Burke+Archives.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3duY18NZ3VJxKGYiPn1wB-TOAbfhx4icU6XdQTjKu3cPwCT8qX9qwjSWIq8QjpAzzayVWmgQnL_noBgj-CmSvA7OmrBazPBCr32R3hjuQnf6KPKAGiwYHSLFxNoCP79f2CJ9-lhi5gkZ/s320/img007+-+scanned+from+Burke+Archives.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297994096819374898" border="0" /></a><br />So fresh and so clean. The Burke Museum circa 1961.<br /></div>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-10030079918172700232009-01-26T17:16:00.000-08:002009-04-27T13:20:05.373-07:00What ambiance!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wbThAmxYStIasbudfNxK5Mw9svCMHn0rx4asn3Js8Qivn0eFfQq6x6Ohp4NSFcXaGgIUTH8thoVo6pCTqm1VloYCjUkwo4RAo5VJ6AI5fCKwkNG9l86M5aWwOfSDjn9DrEI7mxcjw3uF/s1600-h/exhibits+in+forestry+2+neg+%23+uw+510.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wbThAmxYStIasbudfNxK5Mw9svCMHn0rx4asn3Js8Qivn0eFfQq6x6Ohp4NSFcXaGgIUTH8thoVo6pCTqm1VloYCjUkwo4RAo5VJ6AI5fCKwkNG9l86M5aWwOfSDjn9DrEI7mxcjw3uF/s320/exhibits+in+forestry+2+neg+%23+uw+510.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295776520961026962" border="0" /></a><br />Washington State Museum in the Forestry Bldg, ca 1910<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo courtesy of UW Special Collections, for educational use only.</span><br /></div>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-86390200912497528542008-05-19T14:01:00.001-07:002009-04-27T13:20:16.254-07:00Destruction! The end of Washington Bldg 1957<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClHDHHrLBDcuLbmLCN9giAj7HF83e3b6SLxWuHF9ujdfqegsz1WzWer4ZExXJHYMrfXSi_RVOhXbPsLEgozyGNNubd1ZmQFlZsuLhvYHalU-ildi2cWs7GhyphenhyphenBSG_wjVzRp1kGChOMVbaL/s1600-h/demolition+1957+by+seattle+times.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClHDHHrLBDcuLbmLCN9giAj7HF83e3b6SLxWuHF9ujdfqegsz1WzWer4ZExXJHYMrfXSi_RVOhXbPsLEgozyGNNubd1ZmQFlZsuLhvYHalU-ildi2cWs7GhyphenhyphenBSG_wjVzRp1kGChOMVbaL/s320/demolition+1957+by+seattle+times.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202197344682641298" border="0" /></a>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-64235916363827281332008-05-19T13:59:00.000-07:002009-04-27T13:20:26.655-07:00Destruction! The end of Forestry Bldg 1930<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFdyZEV7unRSZT2i0Mode_vmFLhtbHeuonZxaU9BeTLeGd8K_HVJ8gbvl9e2RPMApfijAH4qSCRLc1lmi5vouLfqDL5pPqWFpUANbb0RqeQvF9Tqivb-ttA5L0HpXZUKPb6pJ85zILyKU/s1600-h/Demolition+1930+of+Forestry+neg+uw19803z.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFdyZEV7unRSZT2i0Mode_vmFLhtbHeuonZxaU9BeTLeGd8K_HVJ8gbvl9e2RPMApfijAH4qSCRLc1lmi5vouLfqDL5pPqWFpUANbb0RqeQvF9Tqivb-ttA5L0HpXZUKPb6pJ85zILyKU/s320/Demolition+1930+of+Forestry+neg+uw19803z.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202196850761402226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo courtesy of UW Special Collections, for educational use only.</span><br /></div>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-81985640103075969032008-05-19T13:50:00.000-07:002009-04-27T13:25:52.347-07:00Destruction! The end of California Bldg in 1915<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLedVNpJMoECnExu39AHYqBsfU-5NHiH8gq8tn19lEuB-HQCnN67rZQMnkXcXwezsFM_Dp_0Mvnxi8V95r-XcBUomuUIOCGuBQ3Hk6377qiLc-GjMOB76TRIBNi9v2XjqF9WBS7e-iyiu/s1600-h/Demolition+1915+of+California+neg+uw26692z.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLedVNpJMoECnExu39AHYqBsfU-5NHiH8gq8tn19lEuB-HQCnN67rZQMnkXcXwezsFM_Dp_0Mvnxi8V95r-XcBUomuUIOCGuBQ3Hk6377qiLc-GjMOB76TRIBNi9v2XjqF9WBS7e-iyiu/s320/Demolition+1915+of+California+neg+uw26692z.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202196301005588322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo courtesy of UW Special Collections, for educational use only.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-41476222399745927882007-12-09T22:45:00.000-08:002007-12-09T22:50:37.763-08:00Who is this Thomas Burke?<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrWNwi8CGzIQE_cp0oQm4AJamQONPPHSErLwdE2781vWCkrLiI-8GgfJ3ff5mpa45X5rZCiuWH-g_HaOINcQtRtWJeS-tSoIbeP0BmmzITllDkLyRabi1zizfyX_KZD927hO4fTtnaUyZ/s1600-h/DSCN3167.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142227504170937586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrWNwi8CGzIQE_cp0oQm4AJamQONPPHSErLwdE2781vWCkrLiI-8GgfJ3ff5mpa45X5rZCiuWH-g_HaOINcQtRtWJeS-tSoIbeP0BmmzITllDkLyRabi1zizfyX_KZD927hO4fTtnaUyZ/s400/DSCN3167.JPG" border="0" /></a>The gravesite of Judge Thomas Burke and his wife Caroline </div><div align="center">provides grandeur but no epitaph. </div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142229548575370498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqstfdoM6YQiTI6QlR4JrhXPFy63f_GngBe5AYmzzW8MdizvJq6m_Wbir6gzgip55eRuKJRn14nNe4fTdESdIJqGzsZpvN7yLHumXLXBN7oq59AByqzqQPK465pXG8f3Q1rs58V3IlTFyh/s400/DSCN3181.JPG" border="0" />His memorial erected in Seattle's Volunteer Park offers both:</div><div align="center"><br /><em>1849-1925<br />Thomas Burke<br />Patriot Jurist<br />Orator Friend<br />Patron of Education<br />First in every movement for the </em></div><div align="center"><em>advancement </em><em>of the city and the state<br />Seattles foremost and best beloved citizen</em></div><em><div align="center"><br />Faithful unto death in the promotion of </div><div align="center">understanding and amity among nations. </div><div align="center"><br />Champion of law and order, unselfish </div><div align="center">leader in the city's early struggle.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></em></div><div align="center"><em>This monument erected by his friends throughout the world.</em> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Photos by McGilvra, December 2007.</span> </div>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-61574674334592703892007-11-26T16:37:00.000-08:002007-11-26T16:47:46.824-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfSnZVHR0OOgIk1Zi5nn-KNA-SXEm_t8D0VWAW_BACpggmvxj9cXehGijmmpvA85oRn6O45rzcPfTX0VBnIYzz5wn3X0ctxjaUZPKP8xMKglmu0hp2n6i45HmSjvNTtLwgxwKtUY6X89L/s1600-h/aerial+view+1955+uw+lib.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfSnZVHR0OOgIk1Zi5nn-KNA-SXEm_t8D0VWAW_BACpggmvxj9cXehGijmmpvA85oRn6O45rzcPfTX0VBnIYzz5wn3X0ctxjaUZPKP8xMKglmu0hp2n6i45HmSjvNTtLwgxwKtUY6X89L/s400/aerial+view+1955+uw+lib.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137313040090027602" border="0" /></a>Aerial view of UW Campus, 1955.<br />The Museum is in the lower right, Washington State Building.<br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:78%;" >Photo by unknown photographer, 1955; courtesy of the UW Library Special<br />Collections, negative #UW19721z</span><br /></div>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-45913531126888927252007-11-13T16:51:00.000-08:002007-11-13T17:27:40.578-08:00Incarnations of the Museum: 1962-present<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW710tYwHeXa-wfemeZLK1KFS6kT-TVm1wxT_Ign578bu7mtMS8PqjWcO6SGrR-gf6SWQk7COwvYyZqKaPzmd0iEdZeQcYz1Y9Htu6qujNmMqsUcdNdhEzZmYNn5wtcnO4RDkRR-UIQnr7/s1600-h/Burke+1962.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW710tYwHeXa-wfemeZLK1KFS6kT-TVm1wxT_Ign578bu7mtMS8PqjWcO6SGrR-gf6SWQk7COwvYyZqKaPzmd0iEdZeQcYz1Y9Htu6qujNmMqsUcdNdhEzZmYNn5wtcnO4RDkRR-UIQnr7/s400/Burke+1962.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132499691205056690" border="0" /></a><br />In the 1960s, the museum reemerged with a new building and a new name, the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum. The museum opened its doors to the public on May 4, 1964.<span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-24464183019506989852007-10-24T15:38:00.001-07:002007-10-24T16:38:31.239-07:00Incarnations of the Museum: 1927-1957<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nu80usxfmWx9ioz6LCXVooSUmjGQjnsjLJJYvQcQ2KR3E-iLzcDSq9Kx1qzVTf4DEvuhb89Q7xQ1ogbjYxGGz5eCfVXA4hZMa44oAZ5ji4oofmdtRIqMoGBY3UkYP6w-H31HG7PRERAm/s1600-h/washington.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nu80usxfmWx9ioz6LCXVooSUmjGQjnsjLJJYvQcQ2KR3E-iLzcDSq9Kx1qzVTf4DEvuhb89Q7xQ1ogbjYxGGz5eCfVXA4hZMa44oAZ5ji4oofmdtRIqMoGBY3UkYP6w-H31HG7PRERAm/s400/washington.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125047776539551042" border="0" /></a>For thirty years the Museum operated out of the Washington State Building. As with Forestry & California, this building was also a remnant of the 1909 Expo. It was the library until 1926 and then remodeled for the Museum in 1927. After the Museum moved out, it was gradually torn down, some in 1961 and the rest in 1988.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Photo by Calvin F. Todd, n.d.; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, order #CFT0165.<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQ1qHTpNnLmZmxz178I-xZe6oM41V-YyY4LaTNaJo6S_m243DwqKg0kwnVb10tD2Rpvv91IcSFAW9rPk1EH0rx_d7FsSwYmBplan2Qxix1tsLcM5ixYSrO3hbGPkf9JzaLOg4P_74wrHN/s1600-h/washington+interior.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCQ1qHTpNnLmZmxz178I-xZe6oM41V-YyY4LaTNaJo6S_m243DwqKg0kwnVb10tD2Rpvv91IcSFAW9rPk1EH0rx_d7FsSwYmBplan2Qxix1tsLcM5ixYSrO3hbGPkf9JzaLOg4P_74wrHN/s400/washington+interior.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125050989175088466" border="0" /></a>Third grade students inside the Museum, December 7, 1950.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Photo by E.F. Marten, 1950; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, order #UWCO374.</span></span><br /></div></div>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-83720188910558947122007-10-24T15:15:00.002-07:002007-10-24T15:38:09.884-07:00Incarnations of the Museum: 1910-1923<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kpc31d2FG4daRx0PIRlttdDvIzxyPWWkk3jb60BefoaFGkl-dc9KyE8L9-mpg43zekWtQ7XqPIAhaQLpiEWaeAsTIXDCGVnPUfMUjTyg81VUm3OzepKu_dWELwlpXdm44Eyedp-qSsFo/s1600-h/Forestry+1922.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kpc31d2FG4daRx0PIRlttdDvIzxyPWWkk3jb60BefoaFGkl-dc9KyE8L9-mpg43zekWtQ7XqPIAhaQLpiEWaeAsTIXDCGVnPUfMUjTyg81VUm3OzepKu_dWELwlpXdm44Eyedp-qSsFo/s400/Forestry+1922.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125035800597152610" border="0" /></a>The Forestry Building (above) and California Building (below) provided new space for the Museum, both were constructed for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo in 1909. Forestry was built using natural Fir tree logs as columns 4' diameter and 37' tall. The building was compromised by Bark Beetles and torn down in 1930.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5KB60Wm_nYiOtYukmf2tVgAIRBassj1hjh3RY97MWi7HrBVFu-Nt5lit3AYIbgI71MpBbreg6gflIuc0KiBAncHPG669r3HWYC_gcpghanjhlkVGuotCas7LfIY0aYhlqdgAOrpfqmDi/s1600-h/California+1909.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5KB60Wm_nYiOtYukmf2tVgAIRBassj1hjh3RY97MWi7HrBVFu-Nt5lit3AYIbgI71MpBbreg6gflIuc0KiBAncHPG669r3HWYC_gcpghanjhlkVGuotCas7LfIY0aYhlqdgAOrpfqmDi/s400/California+1909.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125035761942446930" border="0" /></a>California did not last as long, torn down in 1915.<br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Top: Photo by John N. Cobb, 1922; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, negative #Cobb 4626. Bottom: Photos by unknown photographer, 1909; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, order #AYP322.</span></span>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-31755608873108945022007-10-24T14:52:00.001-07:002007-10-24T16:32:55.046-07:00Incarnations of the Museum: 1895-1910<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMEKWwJtNdb-LejdbbFtGL7Zv8_PXoK3-RYtXyBKraCcqqMmVegvlrFqgAwtqjo56c-hLAUCzUGZ-6Pfe7T5YsrHUfW215_hiFA0oRziM_T880BjLHwRfjEpBsEpfujZydbfI-PiR7QT9/s1600-h/Denny+1901.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMEKWwJtNdb-LejdbbFtGL7Zv8_PXoK3-RYtXyBKraCcqqMmVegvlrFqgAwtqjo56c-hLAUCzUGZ-6Pfe7T5YsrHUfW215_hiFA0oRziM_T880BjLHwRfjEpBsEpfujZydbfI-PiR7QT9/s400/Denny+1901.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125024590732509970" border="0" /></a>When the University moved to Denny Hall, so did parts of the Museum collection, and in 1904 the rest of the collection followed. <span style="font-size:78%;"><br />Photo by Webster & Stevens, circa 1901; courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, negative #UW19757z.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uTergqZ9yBu_-BjeF67r-PhZ_SNj85ofs94vYS8Kz7zYAu1SDvPqyuyQzdv8mIcMDfRBwJkvNmewD7uz2pHGlpSYJ6OvkVOAH3XAWj2kKzo_QG2DkIHLRTqzXmALTOw8pZtouhYzJDXD/s1600-h/Denny+interior.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uTergqZ9yBu_-BjeF67r-PhZ_SNj85ofs94vYS8Kz7zYAu1SDvPqyuyQzdv8mIcMDfRBwJkvNmewD7uz2pHGlpSYJ6OvkVOAH3XAWj2kKzo_QG2DkIHLRTqzXmALTOw8pZtouhYzJDXD/s400/Denny+interior.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125028052476150562" border="0" /></a>Museum exhibits inside Denny Hall, probably the basement.<br /></div><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Photo by unknown photographer, courtesy of UW Libraries Special Collections, negative #UW19949z.</span></span>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-40251060353109787802007-10-24T12:36:00.001-07:002007-10-24T15:14:10.329-07:00Incarnations of the Museum: 1885-1904<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9x_V7WYXR91cvBxXntdjGA4i3ce-qK9RXb__pANfuTvJAyNueZQ0LxIjcmslw515zBnhIU3_wWoOKYYRbrN8dUFURGjZ0fN0dFzkPtEUc9yJDMQquXxdzx_VL1DYj5e8KeqsSF2ziJIv/s1600-h/Hall+of+the+Young+Naturalists+1890s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9x_V7WYXR91cvBxXntdjGA4i3ce-qK9RXb__pANfuTvJAyNueZQ0LxIjcmslw515zBnhIU3_wWoOKYYRbrN8dUFURGjZ0fN0dFzkPtEUc9yJDMQquXxdzx_VL1DYj5e8KeqsSF2ziJIv/s400/Hall+of+the+Young+Naturalists+1890s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125015919193539330" border="0" /></a><br />The Hall of the Young Naturalists, home to the Museum from 1885 to 1904. The building was located on the UW campus in downtown Seattle, near the present location of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel at 4th & University.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Photo by unknown photographer, courtesy of the UW Libraries Special Collections, negative # UW910. </span></span>SThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877340928398489181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2052135123715930108.post-75354421181097765112007-10-23T05:26:00.000-07:002007-10-23T05:31:07.049-07:00<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/czick.u/BurkeHistory/photo#5124494380304040914"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/czick.u/Rx3cfPeCA9I/AAAAAAAAAC4/Ke_7dPivBOs/s400/burke_4.jpg" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>Third grade students viewing exhibits inside the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/info/history.php">Burke Museum</a>, Washington State's oldest museum, December 7, 1950</blockquote><br /></div><br /><table><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><br /></td><td><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10553989790156051152noreply@blogger.com