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| Title | American Legion exposes Communist College in Burke Building, Seattle, 1936 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1936 |
| Caption | The Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) steadily gained membership through the 1930s, largely because of its success in organizing labor unions and its early opposition to fascism.
In early 1936, the American Legion exposed a burgeoning "Communist College" set up in an office in the Burke Building at Second Avenue and Marion Street. Upon discovery, the office was hastily vacated. This photo of men in a hallway likely shows the aftermath of the discovery of the "college." |
| Notes | Written on sleeve: Communist, Seattle and American Legion
Handwritten on image: C. C & A. L.
Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times; Date: 01-02-1936; page: 3
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 2, 1936 |
| Subjects | American Legion—Washington (State)—Seattle
Anti-communism—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.1894.1 |
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| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from film positive as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
