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| Title | Flooded street, Kent, August 14, 1946 |
| Photographer | Rote, Clarence J.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1946 |
| Caption | Flooding was a serious problem in Kent since its founding in pioneer days. Until a dam was built in the 1950s, the Green River flooded almost every winter. Water covered farms and washed away roads and bridges.
This photo looks west at the intersection of W. Meeker Street and 4th Avenue North in downtown Kent. The Vale Theater was built in the mid-1940s when the old theater at 315 West Meeker Street was razed. In the mid-1950s, with the introduction of television, the Vale also met the wrecking ball and was replaced by a bank. |
| Notes | Vale Theater marquee reads: The Stranger - Loretta Young, E Robinson - Also Bamboo Blonde - Sat Mat Tall in the Saddle.
Handwritten on image: Kent, Wash - 8-14-46.
Handwritten on sleeve: Floods - Kent and Renton Valleys.
Note from MOHAI records: Date was changed from August to December on PI-23126.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): December 21, 1946.
Additional information provided by Dick Novak, longtime resident of Kent and Auburn. |
| Subjects | Floods--Washington (State)--Kent; Motion picture theaters--Washington (State)--Kent; Lampposts--Washington (State)--Kent; Automobiles--Washington (State)--Kent |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Kent |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI23132 |
| 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 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 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. |
