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Homeless man sitting in front of shack in shantytown known as Hooverville, Seattle, Washington, October 27, 1931.
Title
Homeless
man
sitting
in
front
of
shack
in
shantytown
known
as
Hooverville
,
Seattle
,
Washington
,
October
27
,
1931.
Photographer
Lee
,
James
P.
(James
Patrick)
,
b.
1894
Date
1931
Notes
Vicinity
of
Atlantic
St.
and
Alaskan
Way
S.
The
name
Hooverville
was
applied
to
homeless
shantytowns
which
sprang
up
during
the
Hoover
years
of the
Great
Depression.
On
front
of
image:
""10544.
10-27-31""
On
verso
of
image:
""1931.
Shacks
of the
unemployed.
Atlantic
St.
and
Alaskan
Way
So.
Hooverville.""
Subjects (LCTGM)
Utility
poles--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Subjects (LCSH)
Homeless
men--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Unemployed--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Squatter
settlements--Washington
(State)--Seattle;
Depressions--1929--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Location Depicted
United
States--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Digital Collection
James Patrick Lee Collection
Order Number
LEE003
Ordering Information
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Please cite the Order Number when ordering.
Negative Number
Lee
10544B
Repository
University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository Collection
James P. Lee Photograph Collection. PH Coll 294
Object Type
Photograph
Digital Reproduction Information
Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 120 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 6 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 3/1999.
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