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Shacks in shantytown known as Hooverville, Seattle, Washington, October 27, 1931.
Title
Shacks
in
shantytown
known
as
Hooverville
,
Seattle
,
Washington
,
October
27
,
1931.
Photographer
Lee
,
James
P.
(James
Patrick)
,
b.
1894
Date
1931
Notes
Looking
north
from
6th
Ave.
S.
and
S.
Massachusetts
St.
The
name
Hooverville
was
applied
to
homeless
shantytowns
which
sprang
up
during
the
Hoover
years
of the
Great
Depression.
On
front
of
image:
""10544.
10-27-31""
On
verso
of
image:
""1931.
Unemployed
(shacks)
(Depression)
6th
Ave.
So.
and
Massachusetts
St.
looking
north""
Subjects (LCTGM)
Utility
poles--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Subjects (LCSH)
Squatter
settlements--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Depressions--1929--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Laundry--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Clotheslines--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Location Depicted
United
States--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Digital Collection
James Patrick Lee Collection
Order Number
LEE002
Ordering Information
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Please cite the Order Number when ordering.
Negative Number
Lee
10544A
Repository
University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository Collection
James P. Lee Photograph Collection. PH Coll 294
Object Type
Photograph
Digital Reproduction Information
Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 120 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 6 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 3/1999.
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