1909 Frosh Pond (Arctic Circle) looking west, the pond had a railing around it during the Fair, the cascading waterfall and the Government Building in the background.
2018 Looking west up toward where the Government Building and cascading waterfall would
have been during the Fair of 1909.
We visited the University of Washington campus the other day in hopes of seeing the cherry trees in full bloom but we were a few days too early. We hope to return and catch the best of the blooms. However, since we were on the campus we decided to walk down to Frosh Pond and take a few pictures from places that appear in some of the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition postcards. Even though a couple of these postcards have been shared before I am re-posting them with comparison photos of the modern views.
1909 Looking east from the Government Building, Mt Rainier in the distance, the cascading waterfall flows toward what is today called Frosh Pond.
2018 Looking east. Where the people are standing in this photo is where a section of the cascading waterfall was during the exposition in 1909.
1909 Looking east from Arctic Circle now Frosh Pond, gardens of the Rainier Vista
2018 Looking east toward the Rainier Vista, even though it was too cloudy this day to see the mountain. This is where gardens were in 1909.
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