THEN: In the cover image of a new book, “Preserving Ballard,” three young women straddle a railroad track along Ballard’s west flank in the late 1910s or early 1920s. Two are Swedish sisters from the Peterson family: Rhoda, left, and Ethel, center. The third is believed to have been their friend. A younger sibling, Ted Peterson, became a state senator and during his retirement led a successful campaign to restore the Ballard Bell to its original position on Ballard Avenue.
Credit: Peterson Collection / Ballard Historical Society