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| Title | Beacon Avenue looking northwest from Spokane Street, Seattle, 1934 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1934 |
| Caption | This 1934 image shows the streetcar tracks which once ran along Beacon Avenue. It is possible that the photo was taken to show off the concrete slabs that had been placed at the intersections by workers in one of the Depression-era government work relief programs. |
| Notes | Signs in image include: Dyeing and Cleaning.
[Red] Lion.
Hop Gold Beer on Draught.
Bakery.
Drugs.
[Hanford Grocery].
Handwritten on negative: Beacon and Spokane.
Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, STREETS, Beacon Ave. at Spokane
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 1, 1934.
Caption information source: Images in Federal Emergency Relief Administration Collection, University of Washington Libraries. |
| Subjects | Street railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Automobiles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Utility poles--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Beacon Hill (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.12270 |
| 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 acetate 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 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
