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| Title | Men building bus in Kenworth plant, Seattle, 1934 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1934 |
| Caption | The Kenworth Motor Truck Company got its start building heavy-duty trucks for the timber industry. It later expanded its line to include moving vans, delivery trucks, fire trucks, and buses. Kenworth is now a subsidiary of PACCAR.
This 1934 photo shows men working on a bus in the Seattle Kenworth factory at Yale and Mercer streets in Seattle. During the Depression, Kenworth relied heavily on bus companies for their business, as fewer trucks were being sold. |
| Notes | Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Buses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Transportation industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Laborers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Factories--Washington (State)--Seattle; Kenworth Truck Company |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
South Lake Union (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.4964.39 |
| 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 | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative 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. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 34-343 |
