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| Title | Representative Albert Canwell the year after the Canwell hearings completed, Seattle, 1949 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1949 |
| Caption | In 1946, Albert Canwell ran successfully for a seat in the Washington State House of Representatives, promising to vote for no new taxes and to "do something about the Communists in Washington State." The Joint Fact-Finding Committee initiated its work in 1947, and completed its first two rounds of hearings in 1948. Canwell's work was a model for later anti-Communist crusades, including those of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. In 1948, Albert Canwell lost his bid for re-election, and the fact-finding committee was quietly shut down by the Washington legislature. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Al Canwell.
Handwritten on sleeve: Canwell, Al.
Caption information source: P-I exhibit.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 28, 1949. |
| Subjects | Legislators--Washington (State)--Seattle; Flags--American--Washington (State)--Seattle; Anti-communism--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Personal Names | Canwell, Albert |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.20931 |
| 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 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. |
