Realtor lined up and its off for a fun afternoon of time-traveling house shopping. More interesting than the 2026 kind because you can check out the 1955 fashions in decor from back before someone at Wayfair made the rules. Collections of the University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington State USA.

Aspirational decor from folios and magazines., Paintings of interiors, Photographs 2 Minutes
Alger house, exterior view of carport. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect. 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2047/rec/1
Alger house, exterior view of deck. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect. 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2044/rec/2
Alger house, exterior view of patio bar. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect. 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2048/rec/5
Alger house, interior view of living room. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect. 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2050/rec/7
Alger residence, interior view of the kitchen. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect. 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection. Property of MSCUA, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/979/rec/14
Alger residence, interior showing light fixture in living room. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect. 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection. Property of MSCUA, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/867/rec/15
Alger residence. Another view of the patio bar as seen from the side with a bookcase on the right so presumably a library or den. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect. 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection. Property of MSCUA, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/977/rec/22

The house is still there. It turns up on Redfin which states that it was built in 1955 so photographed right after it was built though whether for the architects or the owners I don’t know. These images (and more with them, 22 in all) are archived as part of a collection of Dearborn-Massar photographs. They were professional architectural photographers in the Pacific Northwest during the period 1943-1963.

With some of these the bedrooms and bathrooms weren’t photographed because they were private spaces as opposed to patio bars, carports and living rooms. I expect that is why there are no photographs of them.

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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