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| Title | Aurora Bridge and ship canal, August 7, 1935 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1935 |
| Caption | Seattle's George Washington Memorial Bridge (commonly called the Aurora Bridge) was dedicated on February 22, 1932, on the bicentennial of the first president's birth. The governor of the state and a Canadian representative used a two-person saw to cut the official "ribbon, " a large Douglas fir.
This photo, taken in 1935, shows the main span of the Aurora Bridge above the Lake Washington Ship Canal. The city gas works are in the distance (left center), beyond the log float. |
| Subjects | Bridges; Canals; Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | Aurora Bridge (Seattle, Wash.); George Washington Memorial Bridge (Seattle, Wash.); Seattle (Wash.); |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.4538.2 |
| 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 nitrate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 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 140, 866 |
