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Skagg's Safeway store, Seattle, 1938
Skagg's Safeway store, Seattle, 1938
TitleSkagg's Safeway store, Seattle, 1938
PhotographerUnknown
Date1938
CaptionSkagg's Safeway store at 5200 Rainier. Grapefruit are 6 for 19 cents, piece bacon is 25 cents a pound, sliced bacon is 17 cents a pound, pork roast is 19 cents a pound, and butter is 22 cents a pound. A grocery clerk's wages were $15 a week, a good rate. Tuition at the University of Washington was $15 a quarter, and streetcar tokens were 3 for 25 cents with no zone fare.
NotesHandwritten on verso: 1929 - Skagg's Store near Rainier & Pearl.
SubjectsGrocery stores--Washington (State)--Seattle
Fruit--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.)
Digital CollectionRainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection
Accession Number93.001.692
Ordering InformationTo order a copy of this photograph, please email Rvhsoffice@aol.com and mention the Accession Number.
RepositoryRainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle
Repository CollectionHall-Summers Collection
Physical Description1 photographic print: b&w; 3 1/2 x 5 in.
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
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