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| Title | Anna Louise Strong, possibly in Seattle, 1939 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1939 |
| Caption | Born in Nebraska, Anna Louise Strong moved to Seattle in 1915. She was elected to the Seattle School Board but later was recalled because of her socialist politics and her support of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). She reported on the Everett Massacre for the New York Evening Post, going on to a long career as a journalist. She lived in the Soviet Union and China for many years. |
| Notes | Handwritten on negative: Strong Anna Louise.
Handwritten on sleeve: Strong, Anna Louise, Writer-lecturer.
Handwritten on sleeve: Strong, Anna Louise, Writer-lecturer.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 9, 1939. |
| Subjects | Journalists--Washington (State)--Seattle; Activists--Washington (State)--Seattle; Socialists--Washington (State)--Seattle; Women--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Strong, Anna Louise, 1885-1970 |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.42932.1 |
| 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 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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. |
