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Couple sitting under freeway overpass, Seattle, April 14, 1987

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In this image Joe Minish and his companion Jody huddle in blankets in their camp under the Pine Street overpass in downtown Seattle. Keith Roy Ganyo, left, a former Marine, crawls out of a hole under the bridge abutment where the group stores their belongings. This camp was one of about 30 around the city where people experiencing homelessness were sheltering underneath Interstate 5.

Caption information written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number: 2000.107.257.11.04
Date: 1987
Creator(s): Holmberg, John, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8.75 x 13.25 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.257.11.04, photo by John Holmberg
Copyright: All Rights Reserved