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| Title | State of Washington automobile testing station, Seattle, 1939 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1939 |
| Caption | In 1937, due to an increase in the number of drivers and the demand for safer roads, the state legislature enacted a highway code. Among the measures was a periodic safety inspection of vehicles, with violators being fined or arrested.
In this photo, automobiles line up to be inspected at the State of Washington Department of Highway Safety Station. On the left, the Official Headlight Adjusting Station can be seen. |
| Notes | The location of this testing station is listed as 615 Boren Avenue North in the Seattle City Directory.
Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, Auto testing station.
Caption information source: HistoryLink.org, 1937 Highway Code.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 25, 1939. |
| Subjects | Automobilies--Washington (State)--Seattle; Vehicle maintenance & repair--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.7326.3 |
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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 negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS5, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
