In 1910, dirt roads were the way to get around in Bellevue. Long gone are the dirt roads, replaced by ribbons of asphalt. This site is now occupied by a QFC, near Bellevue Square.

A sign towers over the Bellevue ferry dock in the early part of the century. The small car ferries that crossed Lake Washington between Leschi, Medina and Meydenbauer Bay were suspended after the first Interstate 90 floating bridge was built in 1946.

The strawberry crop was ready to be harvested at the Jesse Warren Farm in the early 1900s. The strawberry field was close to the site of the present-day Nordstrom store at Bellevue Square.

Students gathered for a photo outside Bellevue's Main Street School at the turn of the century. The community has a record of funding quality education.

This is a 1928 view of Bellevue standing on Main Street and looking north on 104th Avenue Northeast. The sign at left tells when the ferries leave for Seattle, and the other directs travelers to Everett and Kirkland (turn left) as well as Redmond and Lake Sammamish (hang a right).

Planning for Bellevue's future was the job of city officials, from left, J. Fred Herman, Ralph E. Lifvendahl and W.W. Kennedy. In 1958, the trio worked on a portable scale model of the city, which took a year to construct.

In this 1962 photo, the intersection of Bellevue Way Northeast and Main Street was quiet and undeveloped compared to today.

Although Bellevue was seen as a bedroom community for Seattle, this scene in 1973 shows signs of a developing downtown. Within a couple decades, Bellevue had become the state's fifth largest city.