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Waterfront near shantytown known as Hooverville, 1938
Waterfront near shantytown known as Hooverville, 1938
TitleWaterfront near shantytown known as Hooverville, 1938
PhotographerUnknown
Date1938
NotesThe name Hooverville was applied to homeless shantytowns which sprang up during the Hoover years of the Great Depression. Shows L.C. Smith Building in background

On verso of image: Backyard of Hooverville, Seattle Wn, on Seattle's waterfront, 1938
Subjects (LCTGM)Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Huts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Depressions--Washington (State)--Seattle
Subjects (LCSH)Squatter settlements--Washington (State)--Seattle
Location DepictedUnited States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Digital CollectionSeattle Photograph Collection
Order NumberSEA0549
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Negative NumberUW13363
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionSeattle Collection
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2000.
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