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| Title | Hooverville, Seattle, March 1933 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1933 |
| Caption | During the hard times of the 1930s economic depression, many unemployed and homeless people settled just west of where Seattle's sports stadiums now stand. They built ramshackle houses out of scrap material and elected their own mayor. The area was nicknamed Hooverville or Hoover City by people who blamed President Herbert Hoover for causing the Depression. This 1933 photo, taken at Seattle's Hooverville, shows the small houses scattered between the roadway and the waterfront. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Hooverville, March 1933.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Shelters--Washington (State)--Seattle; Unemployed--Washington (State)--Seattle; Depressions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Industrial facilities--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bodies of water--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Puget Sound (Wash.)
Elliott Bay (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.10788 |
| 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 | 140000? |
