File:Lake Union, Union Bay and Lake Washington, looking north, ca 1912 (SEATTLE 2006).jpg

English:

Caption on image: A bird's eye view of Lake Union, Union Bay and Lake Washington showing the Lake Washington Ship Canal as it will look upon complention. Seattle, U. S. A. On verso of image: Published by Lowman and Hanford Co., Seattle. Made in U. S. A.

• Subjects (LCTGM): Boats--Washington (State)--Seattle; Postcards
• Subjects (LCSH): Union, Lake (Wash.); Union Bay (Wash.); Washington, Lake (Wash.); Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.); Lakes--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bays--Washington (State)--Seattle; Canals--Washington (State)--Seattle; Dwellings--Washington (State)--Seattle

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This picture is more an artist's imagining than a representation of anything real. The systematized Portage Bay (not even the main body of Lake Union which would be to the left out of frame, the bridge at Montlake entirely unlike the one that was eventually built in the 1930s, and the imaginary road system for a very green North Capitol Hill and Montlake are entirely figments of the artist's imagination.