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| Title | Goodwill employee repairing a chair, 1948 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1948 |
| Caption | For a number of years, Goodwill Industries has had its Seattle factory, offices, and main store at Rainier Avenue South and South Dearborn Street. Unskilled, handicapped, and needy people have worked here repairing furniture, fixing appliances, and cleaning and repairing clothing for sale in the Goodwill stores.
In this 1948 photo, a young Asian American man repairs a rocking chair at Seattle Goodwill Industries. During that year, Goodwill had stores in Seattle, Kent, Renton, Bremerton, and Everett. |
| Subjects | Charitable organizations; Asian Americans; Chairs; Maintenance & repair; Goodwill Industries (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.16840.2 |
| 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 negative: safety film, b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 48, 611 |
