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Ruth Home for Girls, Seattle, ca. 1926
Ruth Home for Girls, Seattle, ca. 1926
TitleRuth Home for Girls, Seattle, ca. 1926
PhotographerWebster & Stevens
Dateca. 1926
CaptionThe Ruth School for Girls moved to this site at 3404 NE 68th Street in 1921. The buildings were originally constructed to house the Parental Home for Girls run by the Seattle School District. The district continued to supply a teacher to the Ruth School, a Protestant institution. The girls at Ruth were wards of the Juvenile Court. This site is currently adjacent to the Northeast Branch of the Seattle Public Library.
NotesHandwritten on sleeve: Community Chest Ruth Home.
SubjectsInstitutional care--Washington (State)--Seattle; Houses--Washington (State)--Seattle
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Ravenna (Seattle, Wash.)
Digital CollectionMuseum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
Image Number1983.10.3356
Ordering InformationTo 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 LinePEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
RepositoryMuseum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Repository CollectionPEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection
TypeImage
Physical Description1 nitrate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in.
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
Photographer's Reference Number120214
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