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Streetcars being burned for scrap, Seattle, 1939
Streetcars being burned for scrap, Seattle, 1939
TitleStreetcars being burned for scrap, Seattle, 1939
PhotographerStaff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Date1939
CaptionBy 1940, almost all of Seattle's street car lines had been converted to bus routes. Most of the old street cars were hauled to the junk yard where they were scrapped. Workers saved some materials for recycling and then burned the remains. Two of the Yesler line cars ended up in museums. This 1939 photo shows cars 143 and 685 being set alight.
NotesHandwritten on sleeve: Seattle - street railways - street cars (wrecking old cars).

Caption by MOHAI staff.

Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 26, 1939.
SubjectsStreet railroads--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street railroad employees--Washington (State)--Seattle; Demolition--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fire--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image NumberPI27166
Ordering InformationTo 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 LineSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionSeattle Post-Intelligencer Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.; dichroic fog
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
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