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Photos from the 1920s - 1950s: Lena Koenig's Scrapbook

Lena Koenig was born in Spokane in 1911. She has graciously provided these images from her scrapbook.

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Lena Koenig was born in Spokane in 1911. She has graciously provided these images from her scrapbook.

By Heather MacIntosh, January 01, 1900

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Lena Koenig getting ready for a flight to Seattle from Spokane, late 1920s.
Courtesy Lena Koenig

Lena Koenig and friend stopping off in Wenatchee during an air trip across Washington, 1920s
Courtesy Lena Koenig

Boeing field, 1920s
Courtesy Lena Koenig

Downtown Seattle looking east from Railroad Avenue, now Alaskan Way, in the late 1920s.
Lena Koenig

Rose garden at Woodland Park, late 1940s.
Lena Koenig

Inside the Koenig residence, Seattle, ca. 1950
Courtesy Lena Koenig

Sailing preparations in the early 1950s, Lake Union.
Lena Koenig

Lena Koenig and her husband Florian (in Spokane) in the 1940s
Courtesy Lena Koenig

Lena Koenig hiking up Mt. Rainier, late 1920s. Lena rented a pair of hiking pants reinforced with a metal guard sewn into the seat, visible in this photograph.
Lena Koenig

Lena Koenig The University of Washington campus, late 1920s.
Lena Koenig

Sailing on Lake Washington in the early 1950s. The Koenigs won this boat from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Courtesy Lena Koenig