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| Title | Woman shopping at Dominik Yellam's vegetable stand in Pike Place Market, Seattle, 1939 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1939 |
| Caption | A series of Seattle Post-Intelligencer home economists wrote articles and cookbooks under the name Prudence Penny. From time to time, the newspaper ran photos of the fictitious Ms. Penny as she did her grocery shopping or served a meal to friends. In this photo, taken in 1939, Prudence Penny shops for produce at Seattle's Pike Place Market. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Prudence Penny.
Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, Markets, Pike Place Public.
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): December 26, 1939. |
| Subjects | Farmers' markets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Farm produce--Washington (State)--Seattle; Shopping--Washington (State)--Seattle; Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.9824.1 |
| 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 Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned 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. |
