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2009.23.57
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Aerial view of Freeway Bridge during Interstate 5 construction, Seattle, January 1961

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Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, and Seattle's widest freeway. The section of I-5 connecting Kent to Seattle to Everett was built between 1960-1966, including "Freeway Bridge," shown in this aerial photograph taken in 1961. The direction of the photograph is looking south and slightly west over Lake Union towards Elliott Bay.

John Fraser Vallentyne (1928-2002) was an aerial photographer for The Boeing Co. and a staff photographer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the 1950s-1960s.

Caption information source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Seattle_Freeways
Caption information source: "John F. Vallentyne, photographer, dies at 74," by D. Parvaz, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 1, 2002
ID Number: 2009.23.57
Date: 1961
Creator(s): Vallentyne, John, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, John Vallentyne Collection, 2009.23.57
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Aerial Views, Construction and Urban Planning, Transportation, Lake Washington Ship Canal, Lake Union

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