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1983.10.4435.2
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Hooverville, August 19, 1933
Order an ImageDuring the hard times of the 1930s economic depression, many unemployed and homeless people settled just west of where Seattle's Kingdome now stands. 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 south of downtown, shows the small houses scattered between the roadway and the waterfront.
Description in handwritten inventory: Hoover City 8/19/33
Webster & Stevens number: 139422
This 1933 photo, taken at Seattle's Hooverville south of downtown, shows the small houses scattered between the roadway and the waterfront.
Description in handwritten inventory: Hoover City 8/19/33
Webster & Stevens number: 139422
ID Number: 1983.10.4435.2
Date: 1933
Creator(s):
Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : nitrate, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.4435.2
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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