Historical Photos
A 1977 photo from Old Kenmore
I honestly don’t know whether the most surprising part of this 1977 photograph is that it was used on a postcard – which it was – or that the old Barber Shop is now a hair salon. Yes, the branding has changed a little, but it’s still hair. But if you’re wondering – no, Dorothy isn’t running it.
back in 1915
From approximately 1915, a postcard, a hand-coloured black-and-white photograph showing Bothell Way heading west into Kenmore – and a misspelled Sammamish River. It’s very unusual to see a photo of any kind looking west from that far east! The rail line visible in the postcard is now Burke-Gilman Trail.
Below that, enjoy the same view – as best I could manage it – using Apple Maps.
back to 1971
A little while ago, I bought a Japanese-made Korean doll which had been packaged away in 1971 – or so it appears, given that the copy of The Seattle Times used to pad it were from 1971 – and hey, look – an Uplake house for sale!
Also another house elsewhere in Kenmore – this one doesn’t have an address.
Both from the Sunday, July 18th, 1971 issue of The Seattle Times.
here comes the train
Train Towards Kenmore, 1930
A train from Seattle enters Kenmore, near 55th Avenue NE, in 1930.
(photo courtesy Kenmore Historical Society Newsletter)
Busy Winter Day, 1924
Busy Winter Day, 1924
This photo shows business is brisk at L.F. Stetson Sr.’s general store in Lake Forest Park on a winter day in 1924. The store, located at the intersection of Victory Boulevard (Old Brick Road/Bothell Way/SR-522) and what will become Ballinger Way, was just west of what is now Kenmore city limits, and serviced customers in Lake Forest Park and Kenmore, on their way to Seattle.
Kenmore's Log Boom, 1924
Kenmore's Log Boom, 1924
This photograph shows the Kenmore Log Boom in 1928, as seen from Victory Boulevard (the Old Brick Road, now Bothell Way/SR-522). This is now part of Log Boom Park. Tracks of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, now Burke-Gilman Trail, can be seen in the foreground.
Victory Boulevard (Old Brick Road), towards Uplake, 1924
Victory Boulevard (Old Brick Road), northeast towards Uplake, 1924
By this time, the Brick Road (now Bothell Way/SR-522) had been renamed Victory Boulevard after the Great War (now World War I). The curve in the road visible in the distance is in what is now Kenmore western city limits; Kenmore’s downtown, already present, is off camera to the right; if you look carefully, you can spot the gap in the trees marking Cat’s Whiskers Road (61st Avenue NE). Uplake would be laid out 25 years later, on the hill visible in photograph centre.
Ballanger, Burke, and Goat Trail, 1915
Ballanger, Burke, and Goat Trail, 1915
This 1915 photo of Lake Forest Park’s eastern houses shows the pre-lowering Lake Washington, along with the railroad which is now Burke-Gilman Trail, and Goat Trail Road heading off towards what is now Uplake, in Kenmore. Photo courtesy Shoreline Historical Museum.
The Dixie Inn of Kenmore, in 1927
The Dixie Inn of Kenmore, in 1927
(meaning drinking) and dancing (also meaning drinking). The Dixie Inn was one
of many such establishments.
(Image courtesy Shoreline Historical Museum Barbara L. Drake Bender Collection.)
Red Brick Road at Ballanger Way, 1924
Red Brick Road at Ballanger Way, looking west into Kenmore from Lake Forest Park
Kenmore’s downtown hill and eastern hill can be seen in the
background, as well as the northern tip of Lake Washington
(Photo Asashel Curtis, 1924, of the Stetson store in Lake Forest Park.
Image courtesy the Shoreline Historical Museum.)
Ole Hanson on Gehr Erickson Road (Bothell Way), 1910
Ole Hanson on Gehr Erickson Road (now Bothell Way) in 1910
photo Asahel Curtis, North Seattle Improvement Company Promotional Booklet, 1912
Original Kenmore schoolhouse, 1936
Original Kenmore schoolhouse, in dilapidated condition (1936)
use for many years by the time this photo was taken;
it was later put back into good order.
Goat Trail Road, 1910
Goat Trail Road, 1910
from the western boundry of what is now Uplake.
Photo Asashel Curtis, 1910, for the North Seattle Improvement Company.
Image courtesy the Shoreline Historical Museum.
McMaster Shingle Mill worker's shack, circa 1914
McMaster Shingle Mill worker's shack, circa 1914 (From the collection of Priscilla Droge)
Uplake Terrace, from the air, December 1953
Uplake Terrace, from the air, December 1953
Large (1280-pixel) version – Huge (2900-pixel) version – Current aerial view
From a stet of a photo found attached to the original plat map, possibly by Pope and Talbot Developers.
We speculate that the white areas are snow, already melted off the trees; it was a particularly snowy winter. The road along the bottom of the photo is Bothell Way, and the road on the far right Cat’s Whiskers Road, or 61st Avenue NE.
(Recovered from a damaged photo stet, photographer unknown, provided by long-time Uplake resident Jim Palm)
The Red Brick Road passing Uplake, Kenmore, circa 1914-1917
The Red Brick Road passing Uplake, Kenmore, circa 1914-1917
Soon, the lake will be lowered, the train line will become the Burke-Gilman Trail, and 40 years later the road will become Bothell Way, and most of the land shown on the far side of road will become the neighborhood of Uplake, in Kenmore.
McMaster Shingle Mill, circa 1909
McMaster Shingle Mill, circa 1909 (From the collection of Priscilla Droge)
