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| Title | King County Poor Farm, Georgetown, ca. 1907 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1907 |
| Caption | In 1854, Washington's legislature made counties responsible for caring for all poor, sick and homeless people whose relatives could not support them. Counties could build workhouses or poor farms and contract out the care of sick and indigent adults. Starting in 1877, King County operated a County Poor Farm on the Duwamish River, where destitute people lived and worked.
This photo, taken around 1907, shows the King County Poor House (left) and Poor Farm south of downtown Seattle. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: County Poor Farm.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Almshouses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Farms--Washington (State)--Seattle; Houses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Barns--Washington (State)--Seattle; Fences--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Georgetown (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.7773 |
| 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 glass negative: b&w; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 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 | 6676 |
