2008.7.4 July 12, 2023 6080 × 1372 Seattle Now & Then: Harding, big crowds at Woodland Park & UW, 1923 THEN1: As far as the eye can see, a crowd of 30,000, including many Boy Scouts, assembles at an Elks-sponsored picnic at Woodland Park on July 27, 1923, to hear an address by President Warren G. Harding. (Museum of History & Industry)