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| Title | Bob Hope speaking to crowd in Victory Square, Seattle, 1942 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1942 |
| Caption | Victory Square, on University Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, was the hub of Seattle's home front activities during World War II. Crowds gathered here for parades, war bond rallies and many other patriotic events. This photo shows a crowd gathered at the square to hear entertainer Bob Hope. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Hope, Bob - Victory Square.
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): October 3, 1942. |
| Subjects | Crowds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Entertainers--Washington (State)--Seattle; War rallies--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; World War, 1939-1945 |
| Personal Names | Hope, Bob, 1903- |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI28264 |
| 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. |
