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| Title | Church of the Immaculate Conception damaged by storm, Seattle, 1934 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1934 |
| Caption | On October 21, 1934, a record-breaking wind storm blew through the Puget Sound region, causing 17 deaths and massive property damage. This photo shows damage to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Seattle's oldest standing Catholic Church, located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The wind toppled the church's smokestack into the dome of the sanctuary. Fortunately, the last mass of the day had ended ten minutes prior, and no one was injured. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, CHURCHES, Immaculate Conception, damage from windstorm.
Caption information source: Seattle Daily Times, October 22, 1934, p. 11.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): October 1934. |
| Subjects | Catholic churches--Washington (State)--Seattle; Interiors--Washington (State)--Seattle; Wind damage--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | Capital Hill (Seattle, Wash.)
United States—Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.7985.1 |
| 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 | 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 nitrate 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 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
