Looking Back
Sailing back in time: May 2006
This was a wonderful evening. I set up on the rocks at the end of 5th Street. Then the parade of sailboats got under way, Mt. Baker providing the perfect backdrop. Seems like only yesterday!
Downtown welcome, Summer 2006
One can only hope that our local businesses are able to remain healthy under the restrictions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Who would have ever guessed such circumstances in the Summer of 2006?
Seeding the bay with oysters: 2006
Volunteer teams gathered in August 2006 to plant oysters in the bay area beneath the old Burlington Northern Railroad trestle on Fidalgo Bay (part of Tommy Thompson Trail). The Puget Sound Restoration Fund organization presided over the transport and planting of thousands of seed-bearing oyster shells. After dropping bags of shells one afternoon, crews arrived […]
Keith Shugarts Playground: 2003
Volunteers work on new Keith Shugarts Playground at the Anacortes Library in this 2003 photo. Shugarts was a teacher and P.E. specialist at Fidalgo Elementary. He died in 1984 at age 41 from ALS. This playground and associated picnic tables are located at the intersection of 10th Street and “N” Avenue.
Steam & music: 2004
One of my favorite “days gone by” events was the Steam Engine Show held for a number of years in downtown Anacortes. These photos are from September 2004. Included is an action shot of Anacortes musician Frank Orr, who has brought many a smile to his listening audiences over the years. Yes, and a bit […]
Legacy of love for the game: Coach Anderson
Loren “Coach” Anderson of Anacortes passed away Sunday, August 2 at the age of 84. What a legacy he left behind! Anderson discovered sports early in life and excelled at several including baseball and basketball, which he played at Seattle Pacific College (he graduated with 13 scoring records). Just out of college, coach/mentor Les Habegger […]
Motoring Deception Pass: 2018
Sailboat “Cutty Sark” motors past hikers on shore of Fidalgo Island at Deception Pass, winter 2018.
AHS Class of ’60: 2010 reunion
It was 10 years ago this month that the AHS Class of 1960 hit the street in front of Gere-a-Deli for this reunion photo. Look carefully and you might find a guest from the AHS Class of 1941.
Sentimental journey to Summer of ’05
This 2005 photograph of the late muralist/historian Bill Mitchell takes on added emotional significance as those of us who love the Anacortes Arts Festival like Bill did come to grips with the fact that there will be no artists in the street this year. Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Class officers: AHS Class of 1935
I was excited the other day to receive old issues of the Anacortes High School “Rhododendron” yearbook from my brother. Among them was the 1935 issue, where I discovered this photo of senior class officers superimposed over a photo of Rosario Beach. Pictured left to right are Frank Barcott, Charles Weaverling, Bernice Affleck and Kenneth […]
The late great Lake Campbell barn
I passed this “Centennial’s Flour” barn at Lake Campbell often on the way to and from my workplace in the early Eighties. Like so many other barns, it ultimately succumbed to the elements. I applied an oil effect to this image, scanned from a transparency.
School portrait, days gone by
I don’t have details, but I found this image with a note that I had scanned it for the late Irene Cameron, a dear family friend. I’m thinking Lake Campbell school, Thirties. It’s a classic.
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