Seeing the sights of Seattle, 1909

[bcp]

Hang on!

Bruce

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Seems to me that pictures of that era, everyone has on their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes; men and women nearly all wear hats. The full beards are a thing of the past for most men, and the same for the sidewalk-dragging skirts the ladies wore...a sanitary measure to combat tuberculosis.

 

[Rebeldad1]

Seattle used to be a wonderful place to go. Always something for everyone.
Now its enter at your own risk. Glad to have left.

 

[cqaigy2]

Seems to me that pictures of that era, everyone has on their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes; men and women nearly all wear hats. The full beards are a thing of the past for most men, and the same for the sidewalk-dragging skirts the ladies wore...a sanitary measure to combat tuberculosis.

That sounds interesting. Could you rephrase the tuberculosis thing? I'm not sure i understood it.

 

[ultrarunner]

My intro to Seattle...

here comes the brides theme song - Google Search

 

[JasperFrank]

How Tuberculosis Shaped Victorian Fashion

The deadly disease—and later efforts to control it—influenced trends for decades

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[2LaneCruzer]

That sounds interesting. Could you rephrase the tuberculosis thing? I'm not sure i understood it.

The article above explains it pretty well, except that men, especially tobacco chewers, had a habit of spitting, sometimes on the sidewalk. The long skirts simply scooped up the germs and took them home. I can remember old signs, "No spitting on the sidewalk" and references to such prohibitions. The beards of course, were believed to harbor the germs.

 

[Cycledude]

The Lake Washington Ship Canal Fish Ladder - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

www.tripadvisor.com

if you have interest in fish the fish ladder is a pretty interesting place to visit, we stopped there about 10 years ago.