WAUPugetMillPHColl256.xml Guide to the Puget Mill Company Alderwood Manor Photograph Album circa 1917-1939 Puget Mill Company Alderwood Manor Photograph Album Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2009 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0256 Puget Mill Company Puget Mill Company Alderwood Manor photograph album circa 1917-1939 33 photographic prints (1 album) Collection materials are in English. Promotional photos of the Alderwood Manor area created by the Puget Mill Company

In 1917, the Puget Mill Company developed a planned community called Alderwood Manor, located halfway between Seattle and Everett as an attempt to reduce their tax obligation for their logged lands. As part of the promotion for Alderwood Manor, a demonstration farm was created to illustrate the community lifestyle. In this 30-acre site, potential residents learned how to raise chicken, farm fish, and grow fruits and vegetables. Soon after it opened, Alderwood Manor became one of the largest egg producers in the country.

With the completion of the nearby Highway 99 in 1927, the community grew much larger. It suffered greatly during the depression when the price of eggs fell. Many residents were forced to sell their land and the demonstration farm was closed. In addition, the crucial InterUrban Railway ceased to operate in 1939.

In the 1960s, after Interstate 5 was constructed, Alderwood Manor was incorporated as a city. This effort failed, however, and Alderwood Manor Town became part of the city of Lynnwood. Today, the city is home to over 33,000 residents.

The collection contains an album created by the Puget Mill Company to illustrate the progress of their demonstration farm project. It includes photographs of farmhouses, farm lands, chicken hatcheries and the neighborhood around Alderwood Manor.

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Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Puget Mill Company Demonstration gardens--Washington (State)--Alderwood Manor City and town life--Washington (State)--Alderwood Manor--Photographs Alderwood Manor (Wash.)--Photographs Photographs Home and Family

 

1 Bush lined path leading to a flagpole and building between 1917 and 1939 2 Automobile parked outside Wickers Store and Post Office between 1917 and 1939 3 Man standing at entrance of demonstration farm between 1917 and 1939 4-5 Field, house and tower between 1917 and 1939 6 Woman standing outside of house between 1917 and 1939 7 Man and woman with buckets of eggs between 1917 and 1939 8 House and chicken house between 1917 and 1939 9-10 Exterior of chicken house between 1917 and 1939 11 Wood shingled house with shed between 1917 and 1939 12 House and field between 1917 and 1939 13 Road running next to three houses between 1917 and 1939 14 Chicken farm between 1917 and 1939 15 Automobile on road next to farms between 1917 and 1939 16-17 View of road and houses between 1917 and 1939 18-21 House between 1917 and 1939 22 Woman standing next to large corn stalks between 1917 and 1939 23 Storage in a room. Possibly incubators between 1917 and 1939 24 Superintendent's cottage and water tower between 1917 and 1939 25 Large barn with a man guiding horse and carriage in front between 1917 and 1939 26-27 House and barn between 1917 and 1939 28 Chicken houses between 1917 and 1939 29 Road and neighborhood between 1917 and 1939 30 Men and automobile in road near house and barn between 1917 and 1939 31 Man, shed and car outside house between 1917 and 1939 32 Man driving horse and cart in road past house and farm buildings between 1917 and 1939 33 House and landscape between 1917 and 1939