Mature conifers by a domed palace
The AYPE view toward the Agricultural Building shows a domed palace with tall, mature conifers behind it.
The questionWas the forest there first, and how much of the site was cleared around it?
Investigate · Seattle 1909
AYPE view to Agricultural Building and north
1 clue in this photo
Photo: AJ Park · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Same kind of clue, elsewhere
Dark streaks on the surviving corniceHow long does weathering like this take, and does any of it predate 1876?
Mature trees on a former swampHow do you get a mature woodland on a swamp in two years?
An established lawn and potted palmsWas the ground freshly made, or already settled?
A weathered grotto overgrown with vinesHow does a grotto look this overgrown at a fair that had just opened?
Young, thin trees: a contrary detailIf the planting was new, was the ground new too, or was an older site cleared and replanted?
Mature trees around the survivorWas the park landscape older than the fair, and was the building too?