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| Title | Sea-Tac Airport south concourse, Bow Lake, 1949 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1949 |
| Caption | In 1942, construction started on a new international airport between Seattle and Tacoma. The new airport, dubbed Sea-Tac, was formally dedicated on July 9, 1949. The airport cost $11 million and opened free of debt. United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Pan American World Airways and Western Airlines started their regular passenger service at Sea-Tac on the day of the dedication. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: South Concourse - airport.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Airports--Washington (State)--SeaTac; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--SeaTac |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.17002 |
| 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 safety film negative: b&w; 8 x 10 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. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 49-2694 |
