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Willows Farm, Woodinville, 1926
Willows Farm, Woodinville, 1926
TitleWillows Farm, Woodinville, 1926
PhotographerUnknown
Date1926
NotesKing County ran Willows Farm, which was also known as the "Lazy Husband Farm." Poor men, alcoholics, and the mentally ill were housed here and were put to work distributing milk and vegetables to the poor.

Handwritten on sleeve: King County Poor Farm Stockade.

Handwritten on scan envelope: King County Poor Farm stockade 1926.

Note from EHC records: Lazy Husband Stockade - west side of Willows Road.

Caption information taken from Seattle Times.
SubjectsAlmshouses--Washington (State)--Woodinville
Detention facilities--Washington (State)--Woodinville
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Woodinville
Digital CollectionEastside Heritage Center Photograph Collection
Image NumberL 92.2.7
Ordering InformationTo order a copy of this image or inquire about permissions, contact the Curator of Collections at (425) 450-1049 or P.O. Box 40535, Bellevue, WA 98015.
RepositoryEastside Heritage Center
Repository CollectionMarymoor Collection
Physical Description1 negative: b&w; 1 x 1 1/4 in.
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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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