3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Spanish-American War veterans in Memorial Day parade, Seattle, May 30, 1940
On May 30, 1940, Seattle area veterans of the Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War I held ceremonies of remembrance and marched in the Memorial Day parade. They gathered on Second Avenue at Virginia Street, moved down Second Avenue to Yesler Way and then marched back north on Fourth Avenue. National guard units, cadet corps, patriotic groups, Red…
ID Number:PI23376
Date:1940
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War memorial in Victory Square, Seattle, 1946
Memorial reads: We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain. -Lincoln.Handwritten on negative: Victory Square.Handwritten on sleeve: Memorial Day - Victory Square.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 31, 1946.
ID Number:PI23390
Date:1946
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High Point housing project, July 1942
When the United States entered World War II in December 1941, workers were already pouring into Seattle to work at Boeing and other war industries. The Seattle Housing Authority rushed to complete High Point in West Seattle to house some of the war workers. Some 650 carpenters and other laborers built 700 homes, mainly duplexes.This July 1942 shows the High…
ID Number:PI23696
Date:1942
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Child care center at High Point housing project, April 1942
Many people came to the Seattle area during World War II to work in the shipyards and other war industries. Some of these men and women lived at the High Point housing project in West Seattle. Child care was a problem for working mothers. Many of High Point's young children were looked after at the community's child care center.This April…
ID Number:PI23697
Date:1942
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Rainier Vista Housing Project, Seattle, 1941
The Rainier Vista Housing Project was built to house workers in Seattle's war industries. After the war, veterans moved into the development. It was once again used for defense industry workers during the Korean War. In 1953, the Seattle Housing Authority took over the development. Handwritten on negative: Rainier Vista housing project.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - housing projects - Rainier…
ID Number:PI23703
Date:1941
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Sand Point Housing Project, Seattle, 1941
During World War II, the Navy built temporary officers quarters on the south end of the Sand Point Naval Air Station. The University of Washington took over the housing in 1957, renting the units to married students at low rates. The buildings were torn down in 2000. Handwritten on negative: Sand Point Housing.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - housing projects -…
ID Number:PI23714
Date:1941
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Demolition for Yesler Terrace housing project, October 7, 1940
On the morning of October 7, 1940, workers from the Seattle Housing Authority began to clear a 40-block area on First Hill. Over the protests of many residents, cranes and bulldozers demolished substandard housing to make room for Yesler Terrace, Seattle's first public housing project. Some 1,000 people had to be relocated until Yesler Terrace was completed.This photo, taken on…
ID Number:PI23718
Date:1940
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Houses being demolished for Yesler Terrace housing project, Seattle, 1940
Opened in 1940, Yesler Terrace was Seattle's first public housing project. The project had an integrated housing policy, which was somewhat unusual at that time. Handwritten on negative: Yesler housing project.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - housing projects - Yesler (wrecking old houses).Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month…
ID Number:PI23720
Date:1940
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Yesler Terrace housing project, Seattle, 1941
Opened in 1940, Yesler Terrace was Seattle's first public housing project. The project had an integrated housing policy, which was somewhat unusual at that time. Handwritten on negative: Yesler housing.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - housing projects - Yesler.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): December 27,…
ID Number:PI23736
Date:1941
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Children on slide at Yesler Terrace playground, Seattle, 1942
Yesler Terrace had an integrated housing policy from its beginnings, and today is an extremely diverse community. Handwritten on negative: Yesler project playfield.Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle - playfields - Yesler project.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 22, 1942.
ID Number:PI23743
Date:1942