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| Title | Houses being demolished for Yesler Terrace housing project, Seattle, 1940 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1940 |
| Caption | Opened in 1940, Yesler Terrace was Seattle's first public housing project. The project had an integrated housing policy, which was somewhat unusual at that time. |
| Notes | Handwritten on negative: Yesler housing project.
Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - housing projects - Yesler (wrecking old houses).
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): October 15, 1940. |
| Subjects | Dwellings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Demolition--Washington (State)--Seattle; Yesler Terrace Garden Community (Seattle, Wash. : Public housing development) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
First Hill (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI23720 |
| 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 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.; stained |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
