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	Sailor kissing girl during blackout, Seattle, 1941 Title Sailor kissing girl during blackout, Seattle, 1941 Photographer Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer Date 1941 Caption In December 1941 an unidentified but creative photographer was assigned to cover what might happen in Seattle if wartime authorities declared a blackout. With all the lights turned off, a kiss stolen over coffee in a downtown cafe was oneof the results. Notes Handwritten on sleeve: World War II - Seattle - blackout. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): December 8, 1941. Subjects Sailors--Washington (State)--Seattle; Military personnel--Washington (State)--Seattle; Kissing--Washington (State)--Seattle; World War, 1939-1945 Places United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Digital Collection Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection Image Number PI28004 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 safety film 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.
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