A City at Work: Images from the Seattle Municipal Archives Photo Collection

Parks Facilities: Introduction

As of 2007, the Parks and Recreation Department oversaw 488 facilities including 185 athletic fields, 151 tennis courts, 130 children's play areas, 90 comfort stations (outdoor restrooms), 27 wading pools, 26 community centers, 11 off-leash dog areas, 10 swimming pools, 9 swimming beaches, 9 gardens, 4 amphitheaters, 3 eighteen-hole golf courses, 3 moorages, 1 aquarium, 1 zoo, and 1 stadium.

Signs in support of Bond Issues, 1958. [Item No: 30991]

The Archives' main source of early parks facility photographs through the 1960's is the Don Sherwood Parks History Collection, viewable on the Photo Collection Index. Some recent, digital photographs are also available on the Index. The Archives has thousands of post-1960 parks facility negatives, prints, and slides, and these images can be searched and viewed by visiting the Seattle Municipal Archives.

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