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Customers on the first day of the new Inner City Farmer's Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975
Order an ImageIn August 1975, the Inner City Farmers’ Market opened at 18th Avenue and Cherry Street in Seattle’s Squire Park neighborhood. During the harvest season, farmers from Yakima, Renton, and elsewhere drove in to provide fresh produce to Central Area residents.
Here, Renton farmer Joe Torlai holds a head of romaine lettuce while he waits for payment.
Caption information source: “A New Market – An Old Idea”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 3, 1975, page E10.
Here, Renton farmer Joe Torlai holds a head of romaine lettuce while he waits for payment.
Caption information source: “A New Market – An Old Idea”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 3, 1975, page E10.
ID Number: 2000.107.19750802.2.22
Date: 1975
Creator(s):
Webber, Phil H., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative ; b&w ; 35mm.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.19750802.2.22, photo by Phil H. Webber
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
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