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| Title | Men scavenging in garbage dump, Seattle, 1937 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1937 |
| Caption | During the Depression of the 1930s, hundreds of unemployed and homeless people lived in shacks along the Seattle waterfront. Such settlements were called Hoovervilles after President Herbert Hoover, blamed by many for the hard times. This photograph shows men scavenging a garbage dump for reusable items, with some of the shanties visible in the background. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Garbage Dump Workers.
Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, Garbage, Dumps.
Caption information source: P-I exhibit.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 6, 1937. |
| Subjects | Refuse disposal--Washington (State)--Seattle; Refuse--Washington (State)--Seattle; Foraging--Washington (State)--Seattle; Poor persons--Washington (State)--Seattle; Unemployed--Washington (State)--Seattle; Depressions--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.9009 |
| 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 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. |
