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| Title | Bruce Harper with cameras, Seattle, May 14, 1944 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1944 |
| Caption | On a bright Sunday in May 1944, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Seattle Photographic Society cosponsored the Mother's Day Outdoor Portrait Gallery in Volunteer Park. Fifty-three volunteer photographers snapped portraits of 1, 091 mothers and their children to send to husbands, fathers and sons serving in World War II military units overseas. This photo shows a child among the cameras. |
| Notes | Handwritten on negative: Bruce Russell [Harper].
Handwritten on sleeve: Mother's Day - Volunteer Park.
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): 5/15/44. |
| Subjects | Children--Washington (State)--Seattle; Cameras--Washington (State)--Seattle; Holidays--Washington (State)--Seattle; Mother's Day |
| Personal Names | Harper, Bruce Russell |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Capitol Hill (Seattle, Wash.)
Volunteer Park (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI23407 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
