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| Title | Elise Olmstead reading story book into microphone, ca. 1924 |
| Photographer | Hartsook |
| Date | ca. 1924 |
| Caption | Elise Olmstead, originally from England, was the second wife of Roy Olmstead, one of the most notorious bootleggers in King County during the Prohibition years of the 1920s. The Olmsteads started a radio station in their Mt. Baker home. Elise Olmstead read children's stories that were broadcast, and Prohibition agents speculated that the stories contained coded messages for rumrunners. This studio photograph may not have been taken inside the radio station but it illustrates the broadcasts done at that time. |
| Subjects | Microphones; Prohibition—Washington (State)—Seattle; Radio—Washington (State)—Seattle; Reading—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Personal Names | Olmstead, Elise |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)—Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1987.30.2 |
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| Credit Line | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL 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, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
