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| Title | Doughboy statue in front of Civic Auditorium, Seattle, 1932 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1932 |
| Caption | Sculptor Alonzo Victor Lewis's "Doughboy" was controversial from the beginning. It was to be a memorial to Seattle soldiers who had served in World War I. Navy veterans felt left out. Some people thought the statue was too arty, others thought it wasn't arty enough. Still others objected to the German helmet slung over the soldier's shoulder in the original design. Eventually, without the helmet, the statue was placed in front of the city's new Civic Auditorium. In 1962, it was moved behind the auditorium when the building was renovated into the Seattle Opera House. |
| Notes | Handwritten on negative: Doughboy statue.
Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - Monuments - Doughboy.
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): December 2, 1932. |
| Subjects | Monuments & memorials--Washington (State)--Seattle; Sculpture--Washington (State)--Seattle; Flags--American--Washington (State)--Seattle; Auditoriums--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI24434 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
