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Image of Hooverville, Seattle, March 1933
1983.10.10788
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Hooverville, Seattle, March 1933

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During the hard times of the 1930s economic depression, many unemployed and homeless people settled just west of where Seattle's sports stadiums now stand. They built ramshackle houses out of scrap material and elected their own mayor. The area was nicknamed Hooverville or Hoover City by people who blamed President Herbert Hoover for causing the Depression. This 1933 photo, taken at Seattle's Hooverville, shows the small houses scattered between the roadway and the waterfront.

Handwritten on sleeve: Hooverville, March 1933.
Webster & Stevens number: 140000?
ID Number: 1983.10.10788
Date: 1933
Creator(s): Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.10788
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Great Depression, Homes and Housing

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