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| Title | Aerial of Aurora Bridge from south, Seattle, 1932 |
| Photographer | Laidlaw, Charles |
| Date | 1932 |
| Caption | The official name of the Aurora Bridge is the George Washington Memorial Bridge. It carries Seattle's Aurora Avenue (U.S. Highway 99) some 167 feet above Lake Union and the Lake Washington Ship Canal. This 1932 aerial photo shows the newly opened bridge crossing from Queen Anne to Fremont. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Photo by Chas. Laidlaw.
Handwritten on sleeve: Aurora - Wash. Memorial Bridge 1932.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Bridges--Washington (State)--Seattle; Neighborhoods--Washington (State)--Seattle; Canals--Washington (State)--Seattle; Lakes & ponds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Aerial photographs--Washington (State)--Seattle; George Washington Memorial Bridge (Seattle, Wash.); Fremont Bridge (Seattle, Wash.); Lake Washington Ship Canal (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Queen Anne (Seattle, Wash.)
Union, Lake (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.18047.1 |
| 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; 4 x 5 in.; discolored yellow |
| 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 | 31532 |
