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| Title | Earthquake damage in Pioneer Square, Seattle, April 13, 1949 |
| Photographer | Harris, Ken
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1949 |
| Caption | Shortly before noon on Wednesday, April 13, 1949, an earthquake rocked the area from British Columbia to Oregon and caused extensive damage. Seven people died and at least 64 were injured in the heaviest shock ever recorded in the region. In Seattle, downtown streets and buildings were jammed with people but no deaths occurred. As soon as the ground began to shake, photographer Ken Harris headed out the door for Pioneer Square, where he predicted damage would be extensive. His front page photo shows the bricks that cascaded from the cornice of the Seattle Hotel at First and Yesler Way, damaging at least five automobiles. At least a half a dozen buildings in the Pioneer Square area had damage to cornices or walls. |
| Notes | Signs in image include: [McDermott's Hair] Cut, Shave.
Block's, Men's Shoes.
The Pioneer Cafe.
Rex Drugs.
Handwritten on sleeve: EARTHQUAKES, Seattle.
Caption information source: P-I exhibit, research files.
Date photograph was published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: April 14, 1949. |
| Subjects | Earthquakes--Washington (State)--Seattle
Disasters--Washington (State)--Seattle
Debris--Washington (State)--Seattle
Automobiles--Washington (State)--Seattle
Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.2353 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@seattlehistory.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. |
