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| Title | Hooverville Post Office sign, Seattle, ca. 1935 |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Notes | One of a number of Great Depression shanty towns in Seattle, Hooverville was the largest - populated by more than one thousand homeless, jobless men of all walks of life, living in shacks constructed of every conceivable material; paper, tin, wood, bricks, stones and sheet iron. In 1931 they took over the nine-acre site of the former Skinner and Eddy Shipyard No. 2, now the site of Seattle's sports stadiums, and lived there for the duration of the Depression. Much of the mail posted to Hooverville was from people trying to locate a family member who had disappeared looking for work. Seattle's Hooverville was eventually destroyed by fire, set by the authorities. |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@seattlehistory.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 (MOHAI); All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
| Accession/Acquisition Number | 1980.7029.1 |
