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Community Life

  
   Main Street/Commerce:
  
   Youngers Candy Store   Youngers Candy Store

This store was located in the original McKee Building on Main Street for a period of two to three years.

1929

  
   George Hanson Garage   George Hanson Garage

1925

  
   Old Main Street   Old Main Street

Old Main Street first got street lights around 1950. Today, except for the cars, heavier traffic, it looks much the same

  
   Main Street Looking West   Main Street Looking West
  
  
   Early Post Office/Church/School:
  
   Post Office Wagon   Sam Sharpe Post Office Wagon
  
   First Baptist Church   First Baptist Church

Organized in 1900

  
   Main Street School   Main Street School

After 1900

  
  
   Organizations:
  
   Bellevue Club House Drama   Bellevue Club House Drama

1922

  
   Bellevue Japanese Community Association   Bellevue Japanese Community Association

Building Committee

  
   Overlake Fruit and Flower Mission   Overlake Fruit and Flower Mission

Bellevue's first social service agency formed in the late 1920's for the purpose of distributing fruit and flowers to the sick.

  
   Japanese Baseball Championship Team   Japanese Baseball Championship Team

Bellevue baseball team at tournament for the Puget Sound Area Japanese teams held in Seattle. Coach Tok Hirotaka in back far right.

1930

  
  
   Children:
  
   Factoria Grade School   Factoria Grade School

1924

  
   Kids om Ice   Kids on Ice

On the rare occasions when Lake Bellevue (aka Lake Sturtevant and Midlakes) froze over, Bellevue children took advantage of it.

  
   Japanese Children   Bellevue Area Japanese Children

Children await the ferry at Medina dock to attend a Sunday School function at the Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle.

1935

  
   Phyllis Hill Fenwick and Friend   Phyllis Hill Fenwick and Friend

The ferry "Leschi" provides a backdrop for Phyllis Hill and her friend who are enjoying the water in Meydenbauer Bay.