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	Aerial of Vashon and nearby farms looking northeast, 1946 Title Aerial of Vashon and nearby farms looking northeast, 1946 Photographer Staff photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer Date 1946 Caption The town of Vashon as shown in this photo includes several landmarks and identified properties. The light-colored building on the right is the Presbyterian church and manse. Moving towards the left on the same side of the street is a building that contained an auto sales and repair business, small shops and a cafe. Further to the left is a two-story brick structure known as the Weiss Building. The Eernisse Farm is located behind and to the left of the church, and the land in the foreground is the Blekkink currant fields. The clearing in right foreground is in preparation for contruction of a new theater. In the background of the picture one can see a chicken ranch and the Coast Guard tower. Notes Handwritten on negative: Vashon. Handwritten on sleeve: Vashon Island - Washington - airview. Caption information provided by Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 29, 1946. Subjects Business districts--Washington (State)--Vashon; Farms--Washington (State)--Vashon; Water towers--Washington (State)--Vashon; Aerial photographs--Washington (State)--Vashon Places United States--Washington (State)--Vashon Digital Collection Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection Image Number PI27880 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 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.; stained 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.
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