Lyon Family Footage from Washington State, 1937-1941
A collection of family footage clips from the late 1930s and early 1940s in Washington State.
From: 1937 C.E. To: 1941 C.E.
Location: Washington, USA
My grandmother recently gave permission for me to share this collection of family clips from Washington state in the late 1930s. The star of the show is my grandpa Tom, who grew up to be a wonderful, outdoorsy person, and his family. I barely had a chance to know my great-grandparents, so it’s a real joy to be able to watch them in their prime and see what a happy life they shared.
Besides the smiling babies, there are a few familiar places featured here that might be of interest to others. This footage travels across Washington just before World War II and shows little snippets of life at the time, from the swanky old cars to handmade popcorn for Christmas. It’s particularly interesting to see how far Woodland Park Zoo has come over the decades.
If you don’t have a full hour to watch the whole thing, I noted a few major points of interest at the following timestamps:
22:30 - Woodland Park Zoo
24:55 - Woodland Park Zoo again
26:10 - Seattle docks
26:45 - Airplanes at Boeing Field
27:51 - Point Defiance, Tacoma
28:25 - Hood Canal
30:50 - Port Angeles
31:55 - Victoria, BC
33:35 - Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC
34:18 - Seattle and Naches Pass
52:20 - More docks & Seattle
54:00 - More Woodland Park Zoo
56:00 - More Boeing Field
57:26 - Discovery Bay
58:41 - Deer Park, Olympic National Park
59:15 - Deception Pass
60:21 - A nice Christmas, 1940
65:15 - One of the dams
66:58 - The Wizard of Oz moment (color film!)
I hope you will enjoy this glimpse into Washington’s past as much as I have.
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