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| Title | Harborview Hospital, Seattle, ca. 1931 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1931 |
| Caption | Harborview Hospital's large, Art Deco building has dominated Seattle's skyline since it opened in 1931. Harborview was modeled after large teaching hospitals in the east, and was intended to be both a public city hospital and a statewide health center. This postcard shows Harborview Hospital, now Harborview Medical Center, as it looked shortly after it opened. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Harbor View Hospital, Seattle.
Caption on verso: Seattle's New Hospital Building - One of the finest edifices of its kind on the Coast. Cost - approximately $2, 750, 000.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Hospitals--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
First Hill (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 2002.48.868 |
| 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 | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Postcard Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 postcard: color; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.; scratched |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original postcard as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, 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 Number | 3021 |
