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| Title | House on auction to clear the route for Interstate 5 construction, Seattle, 1958 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1958 |
| Caption | The 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act kicked off the Interstate construction program. Completed in the 1960s, Interstate 5 is the only Interstate highway running from Canada to Mexico.
About 4, 500 parcels of land were cleared along a 20-mile stretch through Seattle to make way for the construction of Interstate 5 from 1958 through 1960. Washington state law guaranteed property owners fair market value for their land, which was appraised by two impartial appraisers. Auctions were then held to divest the state of any existing structures, which were purchase by people either wanting to move them or strip them for salvage. |
| Notes | Written on sleeve: HIGHWAYS, Freeways, Seattle, clearing, homes auctioned
Caption information source: "Washington establishes an office for clearing the route of the Seattle Freeway (Interstate 5) on April 1, 1957." Essay 4168; HistoryLink.org
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): February 14, 1958. |
| Subjects | Auctions--Washington (State)--Seattle; City planning--Washington (State)--Seattle; Houses--Washington (State)--Seattle; Interstate 5 |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.3991.3 |
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| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from film positive as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4. |
